Family Films

November 13, 2012

In Praise of Pixar Short Films

The second collection of Pixar short films is available today in Blu-ray/DVD.

October 5, 2012

In 60 Seconds: Frankenweenie! Looper! Hotel Transylvania! More!

September 10, 2012

SDG Reviews 'Finding Nemo 3-D'

Pixar’s dazzling father-son fish story returns to the big screen in eye-popping 3-D.

August 14, 2012

Sarah Greydanus Reviews Whisper of the Heart

July 12, 2012

SDG Reviews 'Ice Age: Continental Drift'

The sub-zero heroes are back … for fourths.

June 22, 2012

In 60 Seconds: Pixar's Brave! Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter!

June 19, 2012

SDG Reviews 'Brave'

Family is king in the pioneering animation studio’s first fairy tale, a rare mother-daughter story that charts an unconventionally traditional moral path.

June 12, 2012

DON'T read reviews of Pixar's 'Brave'!

The trouble with spoilers … and the magic of discovery.

April 26, 2012

SDG Reviews ‘The Pirates! Band of Misfits’

New movie offers swashbuckling, stop-motion silliness from Aardman Animations, the creators of Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run.

April 20, 2012

SDG Reviews 'Chimpanzee'

Amazing documentary footage highlighting the winsome and wild sides of chimp society is undermined by pedestrian narration.

March 30, 2012

SDG Reviews 'Mirror Mirror'

Tarsem Singh’s visually stunning Snow White movie is a revisionist fairy tale that blends sweetness with occasional rude humor.

March 9, 2012

Register Radio: Morally-Tainted Products and Family Films

Technologist Rebecca Taylor and Film Critic Steven Greydanus

March 2, 2012

Are the Borrowers thieves?!

February 21, 2012

Parents: Your kids can do better at the movies!

February 13, 2012

SDG Reviews 'The Secret World of Arrietty'

There’s a world of wonder under the floorboards in this gentle, wholesome family-film delight.

January 31, 2012

Which Disney Villain is the Most Evil?

November 22, 2011

SDG Reviews 'The Muppets'

It's time to play the music: The Muppet magic is finally back in this refreshingly old-school family film.

November 22, 2011

Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Happy Feet 2, Descendants: In 30 Seconds!

November 21, 2011

SDG Reviews 'Happy Feet Two'

Darkness falls on Antarctica: The dancing-penguin sequel is the grimmest animated film in years, a global-warming disaster movie rife with problematic themes.

October 28, 2011

Puss in Boots, Anonymous & The Three Musketeers in 30 Seconds!

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