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(B-) Fame

Genre: Remake
MPAA Rating: PG     Audience: High School
Less a movie than a mosaic, this remake of the 1980 classic with the Oscar-winning title anthem about the high school for the performing arts has been re-imagined for the hyper-linked and just plai...
» Read Review Posted on Tuesday January 12, 2010

(B-) Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Genre: Science-Fiction
MPAA Rating: PG     Audience: 4th - 6th Grades
If not exactly meriting the term "fantastic" yet, this second installment is a slight improvement over the " » Read Review Posted on Friday June 15, 2007

(B+) Fantastic Mr. Fox

Genre: Talking animals
MPAA Rating: PG     Audience: 4th - 6th Grades
Director Wes Anderson has often seemed more interested in his films' props and sets than the characters and stories. His last movie's most memorable character was a set of luggage ( » Read Review Posted on Tuesday March 23, 2010

(B-) The Final Season

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MPAA Rating: PG     Audience: 4th - 6th Grades
From the opening shots of the American flag fluttering gracefully from a barn in the Iowa morning mist, to the closing scenes of cheering crowds at the baseball field, The Final Season is one great...
» Read Review Posted on Monday April 7, 2008

(C) Firehouse Dog

Genre: Family Issues
MPAA Rating: PG     Audience: Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
Ths story about a mega-movie star dog who gets lost and finds a home with the son of a fire chief is an uncomfortable blending of three different stories that neglects the one thing we want to see ...
» Read Review Posted on Tuesday April 3, 2007

(B+) Flicka

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MPAA Rating: PG     Audience: 4th - 6th Grades
"No one's riding that loco thing!"

Well, of course as soon as we hear that line we know someone's going to have to ride it. And in this very fine family film, the rider will be Katy (Aliso...

» Read Review Posted on Sunday October 15, 2006

(A-) Flushed Away

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MPAA Rating: PG     Audience: Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
Aardman has applied the sweetly demented sensibility of the "Wallace and Gromit" claymation films to their first CGI film and it is an irresistible treasure. It has their trademark intricacy of de...
» Read Review Posted on Sunday October 29, 2006

(A-) Freaky Friday

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MPAA Rating: PG     Audience: 4th - 6th Grades
Jamie Leigh Curtis and Lindsay Lohan play a mother and teenager who switch bodies in this third version of the book by Mary Rodgers.

Curtis is Tess, a compassionate therapist and a loving, if...

» Read Review Posted on Saturday July 19, 2003

(B-) Fred Claus

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MPAA Rating: PG     Audience: Middle School
fredclausposter2.jpg The predictable work and family and romantic complications ens...
» Read Review Posted on Tuesday November 25, 2008

(B-) From Up on Poppy Hill

Genre: Stories About Kids
MPAA Rating: PG     Audience: Middle School
The animated films from Japan's Studio Ghibli are adored by many American families for their lush and intricate hand-drawn animation and imaginative story lines.  But others, like me, find many of...
» Read Review Posted on Thursday April 4, 2013

(F) Furry Vengeance

Genre: Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG     Audience: Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
Some movies are content to settle for the lowest common denominator, combining trashy ethnic stereotypes, bathroom humor and cheesy slapstick jokes in the hope of luring audiences for a cheap laugh...
» Read Review Posted on Tuesday August 17, 2010



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