Category: Family

  • Movie Review: “The Little Mermaid”

    Movie Review: “The Little Mermaid”

    Mermaid Ariel (Halle Bailey) is fascinated with the “above world” of humans. Ariel collects human artifacts that have made their way into the sea and desperately wants to go on land to learn more about that world. A great example of what Ariel has found, and learned what it is from her friend Scuttle (Awkwafina),…

  • Movie Review: “Elemental”

    Movie Review: “Elemental”

    After a windstorm destroyed everything they had made together a family left their home and country to start fresh in Elemental City. Not understanding the language and with virtually nothing in their pockets this family started a store, had a baby girl, and succeeded in the Firetown section of Elemental City. (Exchange the words, Firetown…

  • Movie Review: “Prom Pact”

    Movie Review: “Prom Pact”

    Senior year of high school has arrived! Environmental activist and staunch feminist, Mandy Yang (Peyton Elizabeth Lee), has applied to her dream college, Harvard, and is just waiting for her acceptance. Mandy’s best friend, Ben Plunkett (Milo Manheim), is wondering if life is passing them by as they have never participated in any of the…

  • Movie Review: “True Spirit”

    Movie Review: “True Spirit”

    Jessica Watson (Teagan Croft) grew up on the coast of Australia, loves the water, loves sailing, and has a lifelong dream of being the youngest person ever to sail non-stop, solo, around the world! At 16, in October 2009, Jessica started the journey that would take about 200 days. If she survives! This movie chronicles…

  • Movie Review: “Secret Headquarters”

    Movie Review: “Secret Headquarters”

    10 years ago Jack Kincaid (Owen Wilson) was camping with his wife, Lily (Jessie Mueller) and son Charlie (Walker Scobell) when they saw two objects collide in the air and crash nearby. Jack, knowing that help was over an hour away, rushed to the scene where he found a dazed U.S. Air Force pilot, Captain…

  • Movie Review: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

    Movie Review: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

    After his latest death, Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) is made to realize that, hmmmmm, he is down to one last life, and that it may be time to preserve that life…. By retiring! Ending up in Mama Luna’s (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) house with a zillion other cats, Puss decides to take Goldilocks’s (Florence Pugh)…

  • Movie Review: “Dog Gone”

    Movie Review: “Dog Gone”

    Fielding Marshall (Johnny Berchtold) is about to graduate from college and has just been dumped by his girlfriend. He is depressed. His friend, Nate (Nick Peine), is trying to help, but, Fielding does not seem to care as much as others might, and he should, about now……and his future. Scanning his eyes over the campus,…

  • Movie Review: “Luck”

    Movie Review: “Luck”

    Sam (Eva Noblezada) is aging out of the girls home she has been living in since she was a child. Sam never found her forever family. But Sam’s roomate, Hazel (Adelynn Spoon), is still young and hopeful of finding her forever family. In fact, all she needs to round out her box of lucky charms…

  • Movie Review: “Slumberland”

    Movie Review: “Slumberland”

    11 year old Nemo (Marlow Barkley) lives with her father, Peter (Kyle Chandler), in a lighthouse. Nemo is home schooled by her dad (who believes schools are prisons) and knows everything there is to know about the lighthouse (except what it is really used for). Nemo falls asleep every night to a story told by…