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(B-) The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D
This movie spends a lot of time and energy on the importance of dreams and imagination, delivering its message in both form and content. I wish it had spent a...
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Posted on Sunday June 5, 2005
(B) Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Frankie Muniz returns as junior secret agent Cody Banks in a moderately cute action comedy that will satisfy its target audience of 8-14-year-olds. Cody is the superstar of the secret...
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Posted on Saturday March 6, 2004
(A+) Aladdin
One of the best of the contemporary Disney releases, this classic tale of the magic lamp benefits tremendously from the energy and humor of Robin Williams as the genie. Only...
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Posted on Friday December 13, 2002
(C) Alvin and the Chipmunks
Genre: Genre, Animation, Comedy, Family Issues, Fantasy, Musical
MPAA Rating: PG Audience: Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
MPAA Rating: PG Audience: Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
Novelty songwriter Ross Bagdasarian noticed that speeding up the audio recordings creatd a high-pitched sound in 1958, and used that technique in his song "The Witch Doctor." It was...
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Posted on Tuesday April 1, 2008
(A) America's Heart and Soul
If Norman Rockwell made a movie, this would be it. If "America the Beautiful" was a movie, this would be it. If America had a home move, this would be...
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Posted on Thursday June 10, 2004
(B+) An American Tail
Feivel Mousekewitz is a little Russian mouse who emigrates to the United States with his family, after they are told that "there are no cats in America and the streets...
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Posted on Friday December 13, 2002
(B+) Anastasia
A sumptuous (if completely inaccurate) animated retelling of the mystery of the Tsar’s lost daughter, this movie will captivate kids and their families. In this version, the little Anastasia and...
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Posted on Friday December 13, 2002
(C+) Andre
"Plot: A shy little girl from Maine makes friends with a seal in this fact-based story about a seal that swam from Boston to Maine every summer for 24 years....
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Posted on Friday December 13, 2002
(B+) The Ant Bully
Genre: Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family Issues, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG Audience: Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
MPAA Rating: PG Audience: Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
A boy beset by bullies turns bully himself, going after the ants in his family's back yard. But the ants shrink him down to their size and he learns something...
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Posted on Wednesday July 26, 2006
(C+) Antz
The technological mastery and all-star cast all but obscure the one real problem of this movie -- it does not know who its audience is. The computer animation -- and...
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Posted on Friday December 13, 2002
(B+) Aquamarine
The best thing about this fairy tale is that its happily-ever-after ending is satisfyingly real world. It's the most enchanting treat for girls since The Princess Diaries. It's less of...
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Posted on Friday February 10, 2006
(C-) Are We Done Yet?
Is it over yet? Please? Ice Cube's Are We There Yet? was tough enough to sit through, though unaccountably successful. Thus, we have this doubly unnecessary sequel. It is so...
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Posted on Sunday April 1, 2007
(C+) Around the World in 80 Days
This movie may take its title from the Jules Verne classic adventure about the man who circled the globe in 80 days to win a bet, but it is really...
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Posted on Thursday June 10, 2004
(C) Arthur and the Invisibles
Genre: Action/Adventure, Animation, Family Issues, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG Audience: Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
MPAA Rating: PG Audience: Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
Director Luc Besson is known for his striking visuals and his mash-ups of sentimental, even corny moments with intense, graphic violence. At his best, in films like The Professional and...
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Posted on Monday January 8, 2007
(B+) The Astronaut Farmer
Once upon a time there was a farmer who wanted to build a rocket ship and orbit the earth. And there were some evil ogres who wanted to stop him....
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Posted on Saturday February 3, 2007
(C+) Atlantis: The Lost Empire
For the third time in a row, Disney departs from its traditional animation release formula with this non-musical, intense-action adventure (rated PG for violence) about the search for the legendary...
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Posted on Friday December 13, 2002
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