Review By JENNIFER GANNETT A movie about a friendly rat who loves to cook? Sign us up! Buoyed by our love of the Ice Age films (despite my initial skepticism), I cozied up with my son and waited for Disney and Pixar to cast their magic spells on us. It never happened. “Ratatouille” traces the [...]
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Ratatouille
January 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Movies
Tags:Depictions of Meat in Film·Disney·Early Elementary·Jennifer Gannett·Kids Movies·Pixar·Rat·Ratatouille
Bolt
December 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Movies
Review By JESSICA ALMY Kiddo and I both loved “Bolt,” though I do think she was a little young to understand it entirely. It starts sweetly when Penny rescues Bolt as a puppy. Viewers soon discover that Bolt and Penny are stars of an action TV series, but Bolt has no idea that it’s all [...]
Tags:Cats·Companion Animals·Disney·Dogs·Hamsters·Kids Movies·Pets for Life
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
December 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Movies
Review By JESSICA ALMY The 1966 Dr. Seuss classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is a holiday tradition for my family. Kiddo, being 4, didn’t remember the movie from last year, so it was fun to watch her experience it as if for the first time this morning as snow fell outside. What piqued my [...]
Tags:1960s Movies·Christmas Movies·Dr. Seuss·Holiday Movies·Kids Movies·Meat-eating
All About Garbage and Recycling
December 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Movies
Review By JESSICA ALMY Kiddo has been asking about what happens to trash, and she was appalled to learn about landfills. So you can imagine her excitement when we rented Backpack Jack’s “All About Garbage and Recycling.” I’d never watched anything with Backpack Jack in it before. He reminded me of Steve Burns, the original [...]
Tags:Activities·Early Elementary·Educational Kids Films·Environmental Kids Movies·Garbage·Kids Movies·Preschoolers·Recycling
Ice Age
December 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Movies
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT “Ice Age,” released in 2002 and narrated by an all-star cast, follows Sid, a socially outcast sloth, Manny the crusty mammoth and a sneaky smilodon named Diego. They cross paths during an ice age, attempting to return a baby to its tribe on a journey that will forever change them. Several scenes are [...]
Tags:Ice Age·Jennifer Gannett·Kids Movies·Mammoths·Portrayal of Vegetarians in Film·Sloths
Horton Hears a Who! (the movie)
November 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Movies
Review By JESSICA ALMY I absolutely adore Dr. Seuss’s storybook Horton Hears a Who! and the 1970 animated short of the same name (sometimes included with the old Grinch on DVD). So when I heard that talents Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, and Carol Burnett were teaming up to do the voice work for a full-length [...]
Tags:Animated Movies·Elephants·Horton·Kids Movies·Movies Based on Books
Alice in Paris
November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Movies
Review By JESSICA ALMY This old movie, available on DVD, uses the character of Alice in Wonderland to present a variety of classic children’s stories including one featuring the French orphan Madeline. Veg parents should know that while this film depicts a child freeing captive animals from cages, the liberated animals ultimately decide to return [...]
Tags:Animated Movies·Circus·Kids Movies·Madeline·Meat-eating·vegetarian kids·Zoo
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