With apologies to 30 Rock, The Office and other Emmy-nominated comedies, I think the funniest show on television might be SpongeBob SquarePants. So, while there were a handful of good kids DVDs released this week, for me, it’s all about SpongeBob. The newly released DVD collection SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes includes every episode from [...]
The Sony Pictures animated 3-D movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs opens today. Rated PG for brief mild language, the movie is based on the 1978 children’s book of the same name written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett. In this action-filled comedy, young scientist Flint Lockwood (voiced by SNL’s Bill Hader) invents a machine that [...]
Some of the best kids movies of all time were made by Pixar Animation Studios (now owned by Disney.) On the next rainy weekend, set the kids up with some popcorn and work your way through this list of Pixar’s first 10 feature films: Toy Story (1995|Rated G) Fantastic kids movie about the life [...]
Two star-filled, G-rated Disney movies were released on DVD today: Hannah Montana The Movie (Rated G) Hit Disney film starring Miley Cyrus as herself and her other self, Hannah Montana. Miley returns to her roots in this wholesome movie with a message about remaining true to your family and friends. Also includes must-have How to Do the Hoedown Throwdown [...]
Disney’s Ponyo, a G-rated kids movie created by Japan’s animated film master Hayao Miyazaki, opens today in theatres nationwide. American audiences may remember Mayazaki’s Spirited Away, an Oscar-winning animated film. Ponyo, already a huge success in Japan, is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale The Little Mermaid. After seeing the Ponyo movie trailer, I decided to [...]
