Directed by Cameron Crowe, We Bought a Zoo is the story of Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) who moves his two kids Dylan and Rosie (Colin Ford and Maggie Elizabeth Jones) to a dilapidated zoo, to get away from all the reminders of his recently deceased wife. Dylan is a dark and moody teenager, and Rosie [...]
Read MoreAfter getting over my initial surprise that its makers didn’t stoop to calling it a threequel, I actually discovered I sort of enjoyed this third Alvin and the Chipmunks, more than the first two, anyway, and with considerable wincing at the humiliation co-star David Cross endures for a paycheck.
Read MoreMartin Scorsese hasn’t heretofore been famous for making family-friendly movies with positive life-affirming messages, but there was never any reason to think he couldn’t do it well if the subject suited his tastes. I can’t think of a fairy tale that could dovetail with Scorsese’s passions much more closely than Hugo, an atmospheric kid-flick that [...]
Read MoreJack Black officially gets his first franchise with Kung Fu Panda 2, the sequel to the hugely popular 2008 CGI adventure that improves on its parent by being a little less frenetic and, surprisingly, adopting a somewhat darker tone.
Read MoreIt finally happened. Pixar, the studio which has churned out one great film after another (Toy Story, The Incredibles, WALL-E, etc.), finally produced a bit of a dud. This might be a little unfair, since Cars 2 suffers most from comparison with other Pixar releases–less so when pitted against the work of rival animation houses [...]
Read MoreThe family-friendly Zookeeper posits the idea that animals apparently have been able to talk all along, but don’t want us to know they can. Naturally, they decide to reveal this earth-shattering secret for the most important of reasons: to give Kevin James romantic advice. You see, a shallow but gorgeous blonde (Leslie Bibb) rejected James’ [...]
Read MoreMyriad are the reasons the $150 million Mars Needs Moms bombed so badly at the box office. My guess, aside from it being based on a children’s book by “Bloom County” creator Berkeley Breathed, hardly the best source for a family-friendly flick, is that for all its impressive visuals, the movie, like other motion-capture flicks, [...]
Read MoreThe Perfect Game has finally been released. This is a solid kid and family movie, based on a true story, about a Mexican Little League team that went on to compete in the Little League World Series in the U.S. It’s not necessary to be a baseball or sports fan to enjoy the film, but [...]
Read MoreIt finally happened. In the arena of 2011′s animated films, Pixar has been decisively bested. Who’s the new champion? Well, of course it’s still too early to say, but my money is on Rango. Produced by Paramount in conjunction with Nickelodeon, for all intents and purposes it is actually a creation of Industrial Light & [...]
Read MoreBeing the 11 year old I am, I would say that the ongoing garden gnome battle of the Reds and Blues would be better if there were more than just one death. But it is of course a Disney movie, so kids from the ages of 3-8 would enjoy this. But, even the speaking William [...]
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