Tag Archives: family film

THE CROODS

Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Chris Sanders, Kirk De Micco Stars: voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Clark Duke, Randy Thom. Audiences of a certain age will probably hold a soft spot for Hanna Barbera’s animated series The Flintstones, a clever stone age comedy that had plenty of anachronistic [...]

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WRECK-IT RALPH

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rich Moore Stars: voices of John C Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jane Lynch, Jack McBrayer, Ed O’Neill, Alan Tudyk, Dennis Haysbert, Rachael Harris, Skylar Astin. Of the two animated films on release in cinemas during the holiday season, Wreck-It Ralph is the more entertaining and family friendly. And the influence of [...]

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RISE OF THE GUARDIANS

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Peter Ramsey Stars: voices of Chris Pine, Alec Bladwin, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, Dakota Goyo. Not to be confused with The Legend Of The Guardians – there are no owls here – Rise Of The Guardians is arguably one of the most ambitious animated films from the Dreamworks [...]

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ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 3: CHIPWRECKED

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mike Mitchell Stars: Jason Lee, David Cross, Jenny Slate, voices of Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Amy Poehler, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate. The helium-voiced pop stars originally created by Ross Bagdasarian in 1958 had a novelty value that translated well for their first foray onto the big screen. [...]

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WE BOUGHT A ZOO

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Cameron Crowe Stars: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Colin Ford, Thomas haden Church, Elle Fanning, Patrick Fugit, Angus Macfadyen, Elizabeth Jones, John Michael Higgins, Peter Riegert.   We Bought A Zoo is a wonderfully saccharine, sweet, cliched and family friendly drama from Cameron Crowe, the former Rolling Stone journalist turned filmmaker, [...]

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ARTHUR CHRISTMAS

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sarah Smith Stars: voices of James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Ashley Jensen, Imelda Staunton, Laura Linney, Joan Cusack, Michael Palin, Robbie Coltrane, Rhys Darby, Eva Longoria, Jane Horrocks, Andy Serkis, Dominic West, Marc Wootton. Every year there seems to be at least one film that tries to [...]

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JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: John Schultz Stars: Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham, Parris Mosteller, Taylar hender, Garrett Ryan, Preston Bailey, Jaleel White, Kristoffer Winters, Janet Varney, Jackson Odell, Robert Costanzo, Sharon Sachs, Richard Riehle. This film aimed at tween girls is lumbered with the sort of unfortunate and unappealing title as such other films as [...]

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MONTE CARLO

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Thomas Bezucha Stars: Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy, Leighton Meester, Pierre Boulnager, Cory Monteith, Luke Bracey, Catherine Tate,  Andie MacDowall, Brett Cullen, Giulio Berruti. Monte Carlo is a squeaky clean, inoffensive family friendly fantasy about romance, friendship and mistaken identities played out against some exotic locations. The film will appeal strongly [...]

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