• July 11, 2023
• Moviepie Musings

Funny enough, just last night I saw the season three Ted Lasso episode where Higgins dismisses an erratic billionaire as having the “temperament of one of those kids in...

• October 13, 2020
• At Home, Drama, Family, Fantasy

SYNOPSIS: When Mary Lennox’s parents suddenly die, she is sent to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven, on his remote country estate deep in the Yorkshire moors. While exploring,...

• March 6, 2020
• Animation, At Home, Family, Fantasy

Onward’s backdrop is the idea that magic, which once saturated the world with wonder and spectacle, has been siphoned away over the centuries by technology and, well, general apathy....

• December 23, 2019
• Animation, At Home, Comedy, Family

To backtrack: Lance is considered the world’s greatest spy. He can extricate himself from any situation with skill, finesse and borderline-superhuman athleticism, and he’s revered by his colleagues at...

• November 22, 2019
• Animation, At Home, Family

Full disclosure: I thought the original Frozen was just okay. I saw it on DVD back in 2014 – after having heard the endless hype for months – and,...

• November 8, 2019
• Animation, At Home, Drama, Family

I have to admit, I thought the original Lion King was kind of terrifying. The way Scar orchestrates King Mufasa’s death is terrible and upsetting to watch, and there...

• July 19, 2019
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

This “true story based on an actual lie” is a lovely, very personal film written and directed by Chinese-American Lulu Wang. Based on an incident involving her own grandmother,...

• April 16, 2019
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

Alex (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) is an ordinary 12-year-old boy, if a bit earnest and solemn for his years. He seems to have the weight of the world on his...

• April 8, 2019
• At Home, Family, Fantasy

The House with a Clock in Its Walls was one of those pre-YA books that I remember as a kid. I may or may not have read it, but...

• March 8, 2018
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

Meg Murry (Storm Reid) is a glum tween with every reason to be distant from her classmates: Her beloved physicist dad (Chris Pine) disappeared four years ago. Dad and...

• July 22, 2017
• At Home, Comedy, Television

Over twenty years have passed since Full House ended its original run, but it’s still freakishly easy to reenter the Tanner universe. The first episode of Fuller House finds...

• December 9, 2016
• At Home, Drama, Romance, Television

If you haven’t already purchased each of the five When Calls the Heart movies that comprise Season 3, you’re in luck. When Calls the Heart: Complete Season 3 is...