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 [...]

   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 [...]

My kids are bugging me to see Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (PG, 93 minutes) which opened today.  I did a little legwork so I could share a sampling of the reviews from my favorite movie critics: The best of the three Ice Age films, involving the best use of 3-D I’ve seen in an [...]

    For your little ones, a couple of high quality kids DVDs were released today: Bob the Builder:  Truck Teamwork  Bob the Builder and his Can-Do Crew work together to get the job done.  Includes five episodes of the popular TV series. Shaun the Sheep:  Sheep on the Loose  Six new adventures of fun-loving Shaun the [...]

    For animation fans, a few kids DVDs were released today. Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 2  30 episodes from the first season of Steven Spielberg’s cartoon series – one of the best animated shows of the 1990s. Stuart Little: The Animated Series – A Little Family Fun  Three episodes from the popular animated series [...]