• January 27, 2014
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Television

If you grew up in the 70s and 80s, your worldview was probably significantly shaped by Michael Landon. Most likely you have a soft spot for a good prairie...

• December 21, 2013
• At Home, Family, Television

It’s easy to imagine a little child passing a quiet afternoon in the company of The Beatrix Potter Collection. It smacks of rainy days spent with toys strewn over...

• November 25, 2013
• Animation, At Home, Family

Anyone who grew up in the 70s or 80s has a soft spot for the educational cartoons Schoolhouse Rock! Now that complete sets of all the original shorts have...

• November 21, 2013
• Adventure, Animation, At Home

As Disney movies go, The Jungle Book will never be my favorite. Like Peter Pan, it lacks a linear storyline, and consequently feels messy and neverending. It’s the kind...

• November 19, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Remember those Fridays before the start of Christmas break where your teacher would basically plan a whole day of fun stuff to do, usually including festive art projects, baked...

• November 16, 2013
• At Home, Comedy

I tried to consider Home Alone: The Holiday Heist from a kid’s perspective. Would I have liked this movie if I were seeing it for the first time as...

• October 27, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Family, Romance

Wow, who knew The Sound of Music was preceded by a weirder, crappier movie about the Von Trapps, called The Trapp Family? I’m still not entirely sure how this movie...

• October 25, 2013
• Animation, At Home, Comedy, Family

Barnyard introduces us to a community of farm animals that are known to party hearty as soon as the farmer turns his back. But this is no ordinary farm—and...

• October 22, 2013
• Animation, At Home, Family

We’ve all had those awkward moments where someone just shows up and won’t to go away. There’s something at once disarming and bewildering about these characters, and they often...

• September 13, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Family

For some reason, the memory of my mom bringing Savannah Smiles home from the library during the winter of 1986 is burned into my brain. It’s stuck to an...

• July 18, 2013
• Animation, At Home, Family

Turbo (née Theo and voiced by Ryan Reynolds) is a snail with a dream: he wants to be fast. So fast that he might stand shoulder to shell with...

• July 3, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Family

This isn’t so much a crossover comedy like Beverly Hills Chihuahua which will strangely have the power to charm every member of your family, regardless of age, and it’s...