Posts Tagged ‘ Movies ’

Put Your Child On Santa’s Nice List

Dec 21st, 2009 | By Buck Rogers

Disney sent me the above email.  I opened it up and decided to try it out.  I already had registered with their site before (for what I have no idea) then it was just a matter of uploading a recent pic of my daughter and typing in her name.
After you make your own video, there [...]

The Roku Box – and Netflix – Kid Goodness

May 25th, 2009 | By David Niall Wilson
The Roku Box – and Netflix – Kid Goodness

We signed up a little over a year ago to receive DVDs and Blu-Ray disks through the Mail from Netflix.com.  We don’t get out much [...]

Why Must Kid Films Demonize Divorce?

May 11th, 2009 | By Joel
Why Must Kid Films Demonize Divorce?

I’m all for positive nuclear family images in kid films, even the “hit-you-over-the head-with-a-mallet” kind (see: Spy Kids). What makes me uncomfortable is when divorce is superfluously depicted to kids as the end of the world. The obvious inference to real-life children of divorce (of which there are roughly one million a year): Your family is broken. Happy ending for us; stinks to be you.

Monsters vs Aliens vs My 3-Year Old Son

May 7th, 2009 | By Dave Delaney

I’m a big film geek, I have been for many years. It probably all began when my mum took me to go see House of Wax in 3D, starring Vincent Price. No, I’m not “that” old, it was a re-release.
I decided last weekend to take my son to go see a movie, Monsters [...]

This Woman’s Work (She’s Having a Baby)

Sep 27th, 2008 | By Doriano "Paisano" Carta
This Woman’s Work (She’s Having a Baby)

She’s Having a Baby is another one of those underrated comedies that touches you in ways that you never forget. John Hughes broke free from his high school brat pack mold (Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Pretty in Pink, etc.) and totally captures the amazing experiences of marriage and parenthood in this wonderful movie. It includes [...]