• August 6, 2014
• At Home, Documentary

There’s a thin line between cute and cutesy. The Disneynature film Bears wobbles on the line of being aimed squarely at tots, while being entertaining for anyone over the...

• July 9, 2014
• At Home, Documentary

OK, so right away when a kind pet-dad started talking about a disabled pig that he rescued, and that he named him Chris. P. Bacon, I just about had...

• March 23, 2014
• Adventure, At Home, Drama

It’s never fair to judge a children’s movie by adult standards, so I’m going to consider Against the Wild from a kid’s point of view, or at least from...

• 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 25, 2013
• At Home, Documentary, Television

For those suffering from withdrawal after the Beijing Olympics ended to folks that love armchair traveling on a rainy day, Wild China is yet another excellent documentary series profiling...

• November 16, 2013
• At Home, Documentary

With all the cute critters out there in the critter world, it can easily be argued that a baby otter is in the pantheon of the cute-overload department. This...

• November 16, 2013
• At Home, Documentary

Now, OK, just the title alone is a dead giveaway that I would weep. I have friends that refuse to watch any animal movies with me for fear of...

• October 29, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Based on Marlen Haushofer’s 1962 feminist novel, The Wall is a quiet mood piece, quiet, contemplative, and more than a little chilling in parts. It is also, impressively, basically...

• November 24, 2012
• At Home, Documentary

Narrated by James Earl Jones (taking over for Patrick Stewart) and blessed with breathtaking cinematography, the film aims to teach audiences – in as subtle as a way as...

• October 29, 2012
• At Home, Documentary

A large chunk of this brief 57-minute overview of urban park visionary Frederick Law Olmstead is unsurprisingly (and deservedly) dedicated to the massive and unprecedented design undertaking that became...

• March 1, 2011
• Animation, At Home, Drama, Family

When I finally watched Bambi as an adult, I was struck not only by the beautiful animation, but by the sneakily educational storyline. The film is formatted in a...

• March 28, 2009
• At Home, Documentary

Timothy Treadwell loved bears. He loved them so much that every summer he went to live with them in the Alaskan wilderness. He spent months on end just hanging...