Simon Birch (1998) A movie so sappy it ought to come with a pancake breakfast.
Ben Dover Preview Coming to video and streaming services this week is “Simon Birch,” a 1998 tearjerker about a tiny kid in 1960s Maine who believes God made him small for a…
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How to Train Your Dragon (2025) – It’s the same lizard you loved before, just with more expensive scales!
Live-Action Dragons Are Here And My Grumpiness Is On A Budget The big news this week is that the movie folks decided we needed to see a real-life version of…
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) – Even dragons can have a mid-life crisis.
PREVIEW: VIKING BRATS AND THEIR OVERGROWN LIZARDS RETURN FOR ONE LAST FLY-BY Get your earplugs and your tissues ready because the folks at DreamWorks are finally putting this dragon business…
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) – The only thing higher than these dragons is the therapy bill
THE VIKING SEQUEL NO ONE ASKED FOR BUT EVERYONE GOT The town of Berk is back in the news with the release of How to Train Your Dragon 2. After…
How To Train Your Dragon (2010) – The first time I ever wanted to hug a lizard.
Vikings, Dragons, and Kids Who Don’t Listen The local cinema is currently being invaded by a swarm of fire-breathing reptiles and Vikings who sound like they’ve spent too much time…
Back To The Future (1985) – It’s got heart, even if that heart is slightly confused about its own family tree.
HILL VALLEY OR HILL NO? If you went to the movie theater in 1985 like I did, you were likely to see a crowd of teenagers wearing neon vests and…
Masterminds (1997) – Proof that even a Shakespearean education is no match for 90s screenwriting
If you’re looking for a reason to keep your kids out of those fancy private schools, look no further than Masterminds. It’s a story about a bunch of rich brats…
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
An Ice-Cold Reminder of the ’90s, Where Convicted Drunk Drivers Get to Mold Our Youth… or… How a Quack Echoed Across the Ice? In the age of endless remakes and…
Clockstoppers (2002) – Spy Kids… if it Sucked
Preview This week, Hollywood’s youth-centric agenda continues its relentless march with Clockstoppers, a film that promises to freeze time. If you’re a parent desperate for two hours of quiet while…
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Back in my day, movies were about cowboys, gangsters, or maybe a good ol’ musical. Now, we’ve got kids flying on giant luckdragons and battling… whatchamacallits in fantasy lands. This…