We first see that familiar flicker of hate glimmer in the evil stepmother's eyes on her wedding day to the King - an impossibly young, yet not yet mature, Snow White turns more heads processing down the aisle than the new stepmother. More >>

Mirror Mirror is told from the point of view of Snow White's evil stepmother, much like the wildly popular story Wicked centers on Dorothy Gale's nemesis, the wicked witch of the west. Yet... More >>

Full of interesting topics to discuss with older kids, The Hunger Games is much too emotional and violent for younger viewers. More >>

Any movie that piques kids' curiosity to read classic literature like Treasure Island, Gulliver's Travels and the works of Jules Verne already gets points in my book. More >>

"I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees," opens the self-named "guardian of the trees" and hero of the film version of Dr. Seuss's 1971 classic children's book, The Lorax, setting up the story of what went so wrong in a town as bright, happy, yet as plastic as Thneedville. More >>

I enjoyed reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett a few years back, and tonight I finally watched the film version to gear up for the upcoming Oscars. More >>

War Horse contrasts the grim realities of war with the brightness of innocent children and We Bought A Zoo is heavy on drama, short on animals More >>

Since my youngest turned 3, we've added "going to the movies" to our list of favorite family pastimes. So just in time for the holidays, when many more families reconnect by watching, renting or buying movies, here is my ranking of the children's movies I saw in theatres with my kids this past year. More >>

Since my youngest turned 3, we've added "going to the movies" to our list of favorite family pastimes. So just in time for the holidays, when many more families reconnect by watching, renting or buying movies, here is my ranking of the children's movies I saw in theatres with my kids this past year. More >>

Call me old fashioned, but there are some things that just shouldn't be touched, and Santa is one of them. In the newly released "Arthur Christmas," a spacecraft replaces Santa's sleigh and instead of reindeer, savvy elves rappel from the sky to deliver gifts to every good boy and girl. More >>