My 10-second review of Up. Sweet, funny, and don't forget to bring tissues. I haven't cried openly at the movies since I don't know when. It might be too slow for younger kids (under 4), but both my school-age kids liked it. Thumbs up.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

I love my family. They made me a huge breakfast this morning, a homemade chocolate pie for later and took me to Star Trek.

Verdict: Star Trek = Made of Win. And I say this a someone who is not a fan of the original series, but probably has seen every episode at one time or another thanks to my ( Read more... )

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Where the Wild Things Are trailer!

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Happy Valentine's Day!

We're taking the kids to a Valentine's Day dance this afternoon, which should be totally cheeseball, but hopefully lots of fun. Unfortunately, the spouse has to work tonight, so my romantical dinner is going to be me and kids eating pizza in front of the telly:-(.

I took the kids to see Coraline yesterday. Since it was a ( Read more... )

So the rain woke me up and I can't sleep. Anyone else excited about the new Watchmen movie?

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My four-year-old son has been dying to see Spider-man 3 since, like, February when the first billboards started popping up around town. Then to further wrench his poor little fanboy's heart, his Pre-K teacher and two of his classmates saw it on opening weekend. Well, a parent can only listen to so many heartfelt, impassioned pleas at the breakfast ( Read more... )

Last night I finished watching GoF with my two kids. I was worried that the movie would be too scary for them, especially since my 5-year old daughter developed well-documented phobia to all things HP after watching CoS. (Seriously, the scene that did it was Dobby levitating the cake over the Dursleys’ guest’s head, which frightened her so much she ( Read more... )

Insomnia strikes again, so I give you Family adventures at the movies!

I took the kids to see Charlie and Chocolate Factory last night. First off, I should mention that CaCF was one of my favorite books as a child, and I’ve always been rather fond of the previous film version. So I was really looking forward to seeing the remake and I thought it ( Read more... )

After reading the multitudes of posts about Revenge of the Sith (I’m probably one of the last 10 people on LJ who has not seen it, btw), it came to my attention that a horrible cultural tragedy has taken place. There are young people out there who have not seen the original trilogy and yet have seen the prequels. And liked them, apparently. ( Read more... )