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Starring Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, and the voices of Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane, Chazz Palminteri, Steve Zahn, Bruno Kirby, and Jennifer Tillly Directed by Rob Minkoff Rated PG for brief language 1 hour 24 minutes Usually I’m not a big fan of talking animal movies (in this case mice and cats), but this [...]

Animated Featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, and Michael Keaton Directed by Lee Unkrich Rated G 1 hour 43 minutes Having loved the first two installments (and just about everything from Pixar), I was sure that this one was going to be a winner for me.  I did have my doubts, [...]

Animated Featuring the voices of Cate Blanchett, Noah Cyrus, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Frankie Jonas, Cloris Leachman, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, and Betty White Directed by Hayao Miyazaki Rated G 1 hour 43 minutes I have always admired Japanese animation from afar, but my experience (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away  and Howl’s Moving Castle) has always [...]

Animated Starring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, and Bill Murray Directed by Wes Anderson Rated PG for action, smoking and slang humor 1 hour 28 minutes I really like this movie.  It is fast-paced, witty, visually interesting, and funny.  George Clooney is excellent delivering the great lines of Mr. Fox.  The [...]

Starring the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, and Craig Ferguson Directed by Dean DuBlois and Chris Sanders Rated PG for sequences of intense action and some scary images, and brief mild language 1 hour 38 minutes This movie has received almost no bad reviews and it’s easy to see why.  After a [...]

Documentary Narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet Directed by Howard Hall Rated G 41 minutes Originally created for Imax theaters, Deep Sea is just what you might expect: beautiful images of unusual creatures below the ocean surface.  The animals are indeed fascinating and exotic, but there is a noticeable lack of flow between the [...]

Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard and Catherine O’Hara Directed by Chris Columbus Rated PG for language 1 hour 43 minutes Of course I have seen it before… but being that John Hughes (writer and producer) was honored at the Oscars, I figured that it might be fun to remember him by watching this [...]

Starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, and Drew Barrymore Directed by Steven Spielberg Rated PG for language and mild thematic elements 1 hour 55 minutes My kids had never met E.T. and I hadn’t seen him for years, so I thought it was about time to pay a visit to my friend from outer space.  As [...]

Animated Starring the voices of Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, and Keith David Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker Rated G 1 hour 37 minutes Disney + Princess = Gold?  Only in the profit sense.  The Princess and the Frog is basically a twist on the classic Frog Prince fairy tale where the magic happens when [...]

Starring Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin Directed by Thor Freudenthal Rated PG for mild thematic elements, language, and some crude humor 1 hour 40 minutes A kids movie with live animals?  Somebody pinch me.   This one followed the familiar themes of parentless children searching for a home and pets being there for them during the [...]