• March 1, 2015
• Adventure, At Home, Family

I admit I was afraid to watch this for a long time because I was sure that the dog would die in the end. This is a slight spoiler,...

• December 24, 2014
• Adventure, At Home, Drama

Dolphin Tale was a surprise hit family film with a heartwarming true story of an injured dolphin named Winter that finds a new lease on life with a prosthetic...

• October 13, 2014
• At Home, Comedy, Family

Picking up exactly where The Muppets left off (as in, the final song and dance number just ended, and “The End” flashes on screen), the Muppets decide that with...

• July 23, 2014
• At Home, Drama, Television

If you’ve been following the Hallmark Channel’s adaptation of Janette Oke’s When Calls the Heart series, then you’ll be thrilled to find the third installment, When Calls the Heart:...

• April 29, 2014
• Animation, At Home, Comedy

Despite their reputations as being oh-so-cute, have you ever met a city squirrel that was, well, kind of a jerk? Maybe he was a little mangy, or maybe just...

• April 9, 2014
• At Home, Drama, Television

As someone who unexpectedly kind of loved When Calls the Heart, I was thrown off when its sequel, When Calls the Heart: Lost and Found began with a reworking...

• March 16, 2014
• At Home, Comedy, Television

Television can be a pretty bleak landscape these days, but if I look at it from a kid’s perspective, I actually feel kind of sick. When I was a...

• March 16, 2014
• At Home, Comedy, Television

If you’ve seen Season One of Family Ties, you’ll be happy to pick up where you left off with the Keaton family. Season Two finds Alex taking speed supplied...

• March 16, 2014
• At Home, Comedy, Television

It seemed to me that Seasons 1 and 2 of Family Ties approached perfection, and yet, I love Season 3 even more. When Meredith Baxter Birney’s real-life pregnancy is...

• February 22, 2014
• Animation, At Home, Comedy

Just as one might wonder how the United States might have been different if our national symbol was the turkey (as Ben Franklin wanted) instead of the bald eagle,...

• February 16, 2014
• Action, At Home, Comedy

Like good children of Danish ancestry, my brother and I grew up with Lego building blocks. We had a dresser drawer full of the plastic interlocking pieces, and often...

• January 31, 2014
• Moviepie Musings

January 31, 2014–Yesterday in New York City, as part of a promo for Free Birds (which comes to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on February 4th), there was a...