This is the kind of movie that will have conscientious parents face-palming and shaking their heads.
Even in films otherwise chockfull of uplifting, pro-family messages, parents have to stay vigilant to the very end.
Pixar-like moments? Sweet scenes that require wiping a tear from your grown-up eye? Nope, not a one. But then there …
All of Kubo’s eye-, ear- and heart-pleasing stuff masks some spiritual philosophies that parents may not be expecting.
If you’re a parent pausing over concerns about dragons, worry not. Pete’s winged, galumphy bud Elliot is no scary, scaly …
Every dad—and really, every Tabby stripe of parent or spouse—can sometimes use a little reminder that the time you spend …
Just because the movie isn’t quite as good as the book, that doesn’t make it a bad movie.
Ice Age: Collision Course may be showing the series’ prehistoric age, but in some important ways it also emphasizes traditional …
Occasional toilet humor doesn’t ruin this good-hearted, pro-pet flick, one that reminds us humans not to make hasty decisions or …
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of this children’s classic is a delightful story contrasted with the specter of a rather macabre fate.
Dory’s determination to return home, then, becomes a series of teachable moments about loss, parental nurturing, friendship …
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows tries to replicate the goofy charm of the original 1987-96 animated TV …
What more were we expecting from a cartoon based on a phone app that shoots miffed birds at pigs?
It’s a fast-paced, action-heavy story linked to the franchise’s games. It even attempts to strike a kid-friendly balance up on …
An audacious—and kind of awesome at times—update of the Rudyard Kipling-written, Disney-appropriated classic tale.














