Disney
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AnimatedMeet the Robinsons
Animated / Family / Science Fiction2007 / 95 minRating: 8/10 Lewis is a pre-teen genius who has been living his whole life in an orphanage,…
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AnimatedToy Story 5
Animated 2026 / 102 minutes Rating: 8/10 Woody and Buzz are back one more time, though for the first time in the Toy Story franchise they aren’t…
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AnimatedUp
Family 2009 / 96 min Rating: 9/10 Boy meets girl, they fall in love, get married, make plans for an adventurous trip, life gets in…
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AnimatedWall-E
Animated / Dystopian / Family 2008 / 98 min Rating: 9/10 Wall-E is a small robot with a big job – he has to tidy…
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AnimatedThe Fox and the Hound
Family 1981 / 83 minutes Rating: 8/10 This one begins with an emotional punch to the gut – we watch a fox mother, holding her…
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AnimatedTangled
Animated / Family 2010 / 100 min RATING: 9/10 In the original Rapunzel tale, her hair is very long, but still just hair. In Tangled, these…
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FamilyThe Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
Family / Romance 113 minutes / 1968 Rating: 7/10 Horses, humor, and a little romance will make this one a favorite among the preteen girls…
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FamilyGoing to the Mat
Family / Drama 2004 / 92 minutes Rating: 8/10 Jace Newfield is the “new kid” and he’s blind, but what’s causing him the most difficulties…
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AnimatedThe Toy Story franchise is for adults
Animated / Drama 1995, 1999, 2010, and 2019 / 81, 92, 103, and 100 minutes Rating: 8/10 Animation is usually for kids. And a story…
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FamilyThe Incredible Journey
Family 1963 / 80 minutes Rating: 8/10 What do Elsa and Anna, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, Pollyanna, and even Huey, Duey and Louie all…
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FamilyThe Sword and the Rose
Family / Drama 1953 / 92 minutes Rating: 7/10 When I first found this film and read in the description that the hero was Mary…
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AnimatedBalto
Family /Animated 1995 / 78 minutes Rating: 7/10 In 1925, the city of Nome, Alaska was hit by an outbreak of diphtheria, a coughing sickness…
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FamilyThe Fighting Prince of Donegal
Drama / Family 1966 / 110 minutes Rating: 7/10 Halfway through The Fighting Prince, I figured out why I was enjoying this so much, and why…
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FamilyHans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
Family 90 min / 1962 Rating: 8/10 When Hans’ father is hurt repairing a dike, young Hans drops out of school to take care of…
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FamilyBabes in Toyland
Family /Musical 1961 / 105 minutes Rating: 7/10 Babes in Toyland stars all your children’s nursery rhyme favorites. There’s Little Jack Horner, Simple Simon and the pieman,…
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FamilyThe Sign of Zorro
Family / Drama 1958 / 90 minutes Rating: 8/10 Is Zorro a Spanish version of Robin Hood? The Spanish California of the 1800s stands in…
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AnimatedThe Secret World of Arrietty
Animated / Family 2012 / 94 minutes RATING: 8/10 This is a Japanese animated adaptation of the much loved English book series, The Borrowers. Arrietty is…
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FamilySpace Buddies
Children’s film 2009 / 84 minutes RATING: 7/10 If the sequel is never as good as the original, then what kind of expectation should we…
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AnimatedWinnie the Pooh
Animated / Children / Family 63 min, 2011 Rating: 8/10 Our favorite silly little bear starts his newest adventure in bed, waking up only at…
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FamilyJohnny Tremain
Historical drama / Family 80 min / 1957 RATING: 7/10 Walt Disney clearly loved American history, and Johnny Tremain is another of his homages to…
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Family20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Family / Classic 127 minutes / 1954 RATING 7/10 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a childhood favorite that I’ve been looking forward to sharing…
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FamilyThe absent-minded professor
Family 1961 / 96 minutes RATING: 8/10 The classic begins with a bang – a lab accident blows up Ned Brainard’s garage and leaves the…
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NewsLeaving Frozen out in the cold?
For show biz, as elsewhere, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Hollywood stands to benefit from whatever controversy it can generate. Disney is one…
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FamilySwiss Family Robinson
Drama/Adventure 126 min/1960 RATING: 8/10 Based on the classic 1812 Johann Wyss book, Swiss Family Robinson tells the tale of a family of five that gets shipwrecked…
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FamilyCondorman
Action/Adventure 90 min/ 1981 RATING: 7/10 When comic book creator Woody Wilkins gets the chance to help out the CIA he jumps at it. But…