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Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” but only for members of the family who enjoy old movies, future film students or anyone curious to see a classic Alfred Hitchcock movie. By modern standards the story moves slowly, the spy tactics seem a bit out of date and the action scenes can̵ read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” and might be “Highly Recommended” if only it didn’t contain as much violence and adult themes as it does. In the first scene the young heroine Merida is given a bow for her birthday and her father teaches her how to shoot it. Momen read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” but not as good as the first Scarlet Pimpernel with Leslie Howard previously reviewed. This time the hero is played by Barry K. Barnes and his wit and his clever escape tricks don’t have the same charm as the earlier film but if you enjoyed the read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” old adventure film that will likely bore younger members of the family but enjoyed by anyone interested in old movies. The story takes place during the French Revolution and might be good for anyone in the family learning about this period. The myst read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” fourth installment of the Ice Age series if you are comfortable with the almost constant slap-stick action and the “mild rude humor and action/peril” mentioned in the PG rating that almost had me give this the “Avoidable” ratin read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” old western with a small part played by Clark Gable that led to some surprising interest in him which would eventually lead to his role years later in “Gone With The Wind”. I do want to point out that Gable does not have a huge role in the read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” but it may be too dramatic and move too slowly for young children. It is likely best enjoyed by at least pre-teen or teenage children who can appreciate the complicated and dramatic human stories in the film. This “Black Beauty” is the 19 read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Highly Recommended” song (but highly “Avoidable” album and film) for anyone in your family who may not yet be familiar with it and a perfect suggestion for pre-teens and teenagers who may never have heard it before. This is not at all true for the album and movi read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Highly Recommended” classic trilogy which needs no introduction for most and must-see movies for any family. The closest thing to objectionable material that I have found are scenes in Toy Story 3: when Barbie utters the sexually suggestive line to Ken: “ read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” action, adventure comedy from Disney Pixar about a family of superheroes, each with a different superpower. The film is rated PG for the “action violence” but it isn’t graphic or any worse than the typical action you will see in mos read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Avoidable” only in that it falls short of “Enjoyable” because of the weak story and for some of the unfortunate “rude humor” as noted in the PG rating descriptors. There are some cute moments and the film isn’t all horrible but it read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Highly Recommended” television series that airs on HBO Family and based on the children’s books by Crockett Johnson. Harold is a curious and creative four year old boy who explores his own imagination before bedtime with the help of his purple crayon. The read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Highly Recommended” classic, perfect for a family movie night and #9 on my Top 10 Best Family Movies of All Time. This is one that really doesn’t need reviewing but I include it here for anyone who may have forgotten about it or maybe never saw it before read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Highly Recommended” series (the first Curious George movie, not so much, but that review will come later) produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer is based on the popular books by H. A. Rey and his wife Margret Rey where George the monkey and his caretaker, roomm read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Highly recommended” classic that you may have forgotten about. There are some potentially frightening scenes: the cackeling Wicked Witch of the West and her flying monkeys; the dark forest that may or may not be full of lions, tigers and bears; shooting flames a read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” suspense and mystery based on the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. While the title and the movie poster might seem suggestive, there isn’t much about dressing one way or another and the story focuses more on code breaking and espio read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Highly Recommended” for pre-school children that are starting to learn the alphabet but safe for any age. This fun and entertaining direct-to-video teaches the alphabet through the story of Baby Bear who desperately wants to learn his ABCs and finds Big Bird̵ read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” suspense and mystery from Arthur Conan Doyle in one of the early Sherlock Holmes movies, best enjoyed by the true movie buff. There is almost no violence depicted in the film but some characters do get killed and there is a slightly spooky “Slee read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” suspense for young adults and older, thanks to Agatha Christie. There are some slightly graphic scenes with dead bodies but very tame by modern standards. The story is too complicated for young children and as a murder mystery it might not be appropria read more

“Family-Friendly” Rating: “Enjoyable” oldie, sometimes amusing but less than thrilling suspense/drama/mystery might hold some interest for the true film buff or anyone interested in looking at a sample of some film history. The movie does include some scenes of violence and read more