• March 17, 2010
• Adventure, At Home, Family

Where the Wild Things Are, the book by Maurice Sendak, is a story that is wedged into millions of people’s imaginations already, with its big friendly beasties and young...

• February 14, 2010
• At Home, Comedy

After the success of the original Air Bud movie, which was about a dog who could play basketball, and the boy who loved him, the powers that be I’m...

• December 28, 2009
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family

An inarguable masterpiece of gentle, sweet storytelling combined with gorgeous hand-drawn animation, My Neighbor Totoro is an indisputable classic of anime from famed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki and his...

• November 25, 2009
• At Home, Comedy, Family

I mean, I dramatically lowered my expectations before sitting down in the theater, and I knew the film probably wouldn’t be very good, but nothing prepared me for the...

• July 27, 2009
• At Home, Drama, Family

Mary White is the true tale of a feisty, opinionated young woman who loved fast horses.  Sometimes she was so feisty and opinionated that it seemed as though someone...

• July 11, 2009
• Action, Adventure, Animation, At Home

The best thing about Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is the introduction, which served as a trailer for the film, and plays like a fabulous short film. Scrat...

• April 19, 2009
• At Home, Comedy, Family, Music

Now that I’ve seen Hannah Montana: The Movie, I can actually answer that pesky question that haunts many people over the age of 13: What up with this Hannah...

• March 14, 2009
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Family

I’ve been mocked wholeheartedly for enjoying (despite my initial resistance) Snow Buddies, which is one of the many straight-to-video sequels spawned by this original Disney hit. “Come on!” I...

• January 29, 2009
• At Home, Drama, Family, Fantasy

A Lobster Tale is an odd little misfit of a movie about an odd little misfit family who discovers some odd little misfit moss. It’s not light-hearted enough to...

• January 29, 2009
• At Home, Drama, Family

As soon as I heard the title of this film, I knew I had to see it: The Secret of the Magic Gourd. (Would this surprise anyone who knows...

• December 28, 2008
• Animation, At Home, Family

Unlike some of the more recently wonderous and often dark films by Hayao Miyazaki (like Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke), Ponyo is squarely for the My Neighbor Totoro set…...

• October 23, 2008
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Comedy

One of my favorite things about classic Rankin Bass specials is that they’re as quirky as they are endearing. They don’t just give you traditional holiday tales, they throw...