Contributor: Bob Waliszewski

A vanity piece for Mariah Carey? Obviously. A challenging role? Hardly.

If I were to compile a Top 10 list of the most positive developments within the world of entertainment, somewhere on it would be an entry that reads: The Walmart/Procter & Gamble Family Movie Nights films. Although these two companies’ pockets are …

The director of the Ice Age movies heads to warmer climes with a few fancifully feathered—and fiercely frenetic—friends in tow.

Poachers and resort builders want to steal away the special gifts of Nim’s island home. So it’s up to that nature-loving girl to once again save the day.

Richard and Gere and Joan Allen play second fiddle to a loyal pooch in this family-friendly (straight-to-DVD) dog tale.

Based on events that happened at Wake Forest University in 2006, a young athlete rallies his college football team in memory of his deceased younger brother.

Mr. and Mrs. Little become captivated with Stuart and take him home, much to the chagrin of Snowbell the cat and their son.

Disney Channel loves to help kids hang on to the high life in its made-for-TV movies. Glitz! Glamour! Hollywood! What’s amazing is how it keeps them so clean.

When their father dies, two orphaned sisters are forced to move into their Latina aunt’s crowded East L.A. home. And a whopping dose of culture shock isn’t far behind.

Start with disturbing hip-hop. Add drugs, some nudity, tons of foul language and violence. Mix in elements of gore, horror and a haunted house.

At the end of the Ice Age, a boy is transformed by the “Great Spirits” into a bear. His quest to regain his humanness is hampered by large theological missteps.

After stealing a limousine and crashing it into a house while drunk, Gwen, a big-city newspaper columnist, is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center.

Dueling dance crews put their hip-hop skills to the test for a chance to win $50K and a spot in a rap video.

Tone down the violence and drop the handful of obscenities and this film could have received a PG rating. But even then, it wouldn’t be worth the price of admission.

In the ongoing series of Family Movie Nights from Walmart and P&G—this time airing on Fox—the gift of adoption gets unwrapped.