Director Carlos Saldanha Staring Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway and George Lopez Rated G Score 6/6 When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams. Yes, it’s true I have sat through yet another kids animation…
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Hercules Returns
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Directed by David Parker Staring David Argue, Michael Carman, Bruce Spence, Des Mangan, Sally Patience and Mary Coustas Rated M Score 6/6 This is Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili with the old dialogue removed and new comic dialogue inserted, along with some new footage. Several years before Little Kuriboh launched his assault on…
Hop
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Directed by Tim Hill Staring Russell Brand, James Marsden and Elizabeth Perkins Rated G Score 5/6 E.B., the Easter Bunny’s teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock ‘n’ roll band. In LA, he’s taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car. This is a…
Gnomeo & Juliet
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Directed by Kelly Asbury Starring James McAvoy, Emily Blunt and Maggie Smith Rated G Score 6/6 The neighboring gardens of Montague and Capulet are at war, but the gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, are in love. Yes, this is an animated movie and most animated movies are for kids, but Mum and Dad do not despair…
How do you Know
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Staring Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson & Paul Rudd Directed by James L. Brooks Rated M score 2/6 After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her…
Lemonade Mouth
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Starring Bridgit Mendler & Adam Hicks Directed by Patricia Riggen Rated G Score 3/6 Five disparate high school students – Olivia, Mo, Charlie, Stella, and Wen who meet in detention. They realize they are destined to rock, and ultimately form a band that becomes a champion for students sidelined by the high school elite There…
Alpha & Omega
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Staring Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper, Danny Glover & Christina Ricci Directed by Anthony Bell & Ben Gluck Rated PG Score 3/6 Two young wolves at opposite ends of their pack’s social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything. Alpha and Omega…
Despicable Me
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Staring Steve Carell, Russell Brand, Jason Segel Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher Directed by Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud Rated PG Score 4/6 Hidden deep beneath a suburban home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by an army of tireless, little yellow minions, Gru is planning the biggest heist in the history of the…
Cats & Dogs : The Revenge of Kitty Galore
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Directed by Brad Peyton Staring Bette Midler, Nick Nolte, Christina Applegate, Neil Patrick Harris Rated G 4 with a bonus 1 point for Midler’s performance The ongoing war between the canine and feline species is put on hold when they join forces to obstruct a rogue cat spy with her own sinister plans for conquest.…
Gulliver’s Travels
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Starring Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel & Amanda Peet Directed by Rob Letterman Rated PG Score 2 Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he tower over its tiny citizens. Though Gulliver’s Travels is a classic piece of English literature written by Jonathan…