Helping you choose the best movies for your family
Movie Title: Saving Mr. Banks Grade: A- In a Nutshell: This is an absolutely lovely film that wraps a perfect Disney bow around your heart. It’s the untold back-story of how the beloved movie Mary Poppins came to be. Walt … Continued
Movie Title: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Grade: A- In a Nutshell: We’re all a little bit like Walter Mitty, imagining ourselves doing great things while reality jails us in some dull cubicle to eek out a living. In … Continued
Movie Title: Thor: The Dark World In a Nutshell: More Thor. More Chris Hemsworth. More muscles and awesome abs. More beautiful Natalie Portman. Thor has to save Earth and the Nine Realms from another evil enemy who looks like … Continued
In a Nutshell: “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”. Swallow Falls has evolved into an island inhabited of living food creatures, triggered by a machine that young scientist Flint Lockwood designed in the first movie. Flint returns to his … Continued
Movie Title: Captain Phillips In a Nutshell: This intense docudrama of the Maersk Alabama hijacking keeps you on the edge of your seat, an especially impressive feat, considering the movie is over two hours long. I kept imagining myself in … Continued
Movie Title: Gravity In a Nutshell: Wow. How did they film that? Gorgeous. Simply stunning. A feast for the eyes. Things I liked: I loved it when Sandra Bullock (SPOILER ALERT) finally gets back into the capsule, strips … Continued
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters movie review One of the best words to describe this sequel to PercyJackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief is “demi-good.” If you enjoyed the first movie, you’ll get a kick out of seeing the … Continued
The newest teen movie Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is in theaters nationwide and before I review it, I felt like I had to at least watch the first one. Better late than never, right? Directed by Chris Columbus, who … Continued
If Planes was about a bomber, then it would be mission accomplished. The voice talents of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, John Cleese, Brad Garrett, and Priyanka Chopra are the best things about the movie Planes, a Disney release, but NOT … Continued
Well, I hate to disappoint you, but Grown Ups 2 isn’t going to win any Oscar’s. Big surprise, right? While the first installment of Adam Sandler and his buddies pretending to be responsible parents was a fun, goofy flick, this … Continued