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10/22/2012
'Frankenweenie' Pays Homage to Classic Horror "Frankenweenie," a new Tim Burton film with lots of Halloween flair, recently hit theaters. Ninety-nine percent of it is a compilation of all the favorite scary movies, and like those classics, it's also dark and scary... More >>

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10/01/2012
'Hotel Transylvania' and 'Won't Back Down' Make Strong Impacts The movies 'Hotel Transylvania' and 'Won't Back Down' both debuted this past weekend. Kids can take home some lessons and fun from each one... More >>

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09/04/2012
'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' Now Out on DVD 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' came out on DVD last week. It's filled with modern humor and music, and the stop-motion animation with clay characters is fun to see. The lifelike impressions the clay characters make are easily the best part of the film... More >>

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08/20/2012
Two Young People, Two Very Different Lives in 'Timothy Green' and 'Sparkle' Both opening this past weekend, 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green' and 'Sparkle' take two very different looks into the lives of young people... More >>

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08/06/2012
'Dog Days' Respectably Captures Middle School Angst 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days' isn't Academy Award caliber, but the PG-rated film is recommended for any readers of the series and their younger siblings too... More >>

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07/24/2012
My Opinion About the Shootings in Colorado I know everyone's glued to the news right now trying to figure out what piece of information they can get out of the "Batman" movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado to keep themselves safe in the future. However, the fact is there isn't any. More >>

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07/09/2012
We See Too Much of Katy Perry in 'Part of Me' 'I look 16, and I act 16, but I'm not 16,' Katy Perry says at one point to a young fan in her new 3D documentary concert movie, 'Part of Me.' That's just what I was thinking - there are parts that will appeal to young girls, but it's not as young and girlish as it seems... More >>

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06/25/2012
'Brave' Proves It's Anti-Princess By Being Anti-Boy I expected 'Brave' to be a tough, girl power film, and it is. What I didn't expect is for 'Brave' to go so far as to be anti-male and anti-marriage to push its feminist message. More >>

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06/25/2012
No Need for Anyone Under 25 to See 'Rock of Ages' If it weren't for the great soundtrack and fresh twist on the songs, I wouldn't recommend this movie at all... More >>

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06/11/2012
A Slow Start, But Ultimately Lots of Heart in 'Madagascar 3' Running away with the circus and many more adventures have the 'Madagascar' friends shrieking, soaring, and train hopping across Europe, their third continent in as many movies. More >>

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