Winning the ‘Race to Witch Mountain’

The Designated Conservative finally saw the (still reasonably) new movie Race to Witch Mountain last night.  With no time to offer up a full review for designated conservative parents out there, all I will say is…

Movie Reviews for Designated Conservative Parents

Family-friendly and kid-friendly movies with a good message are becoming ever harder to find.  “G” rated movies are a rarity, even fromWalt Disney Studios - which once defined the genre.  “PG” rated movies are hit or miss – they might be appropriate for children, or they might not.   Worse yet, today’s “PG-13″ rated movies look too much like older “R” rated films, illustrating the “ratings creep” phenomenon identified in a 2004 Harvard University study.

What is a parent to do?   We designated conservatives are here to help with our special feature on this site:  Movie reviews for kids by kids!

Click here or follow the link at the top of this page for all of the latest movie reviews from the Designated Conservative team.

 

BOLT on DVD – “Zoom Zoom!”

“Bolt“ is new animated movie from the recently ‘re-animated’ Walt Disney Animation Studios.   It premiered in theaters in 2008, and comes out on DVD later this month.  As part of our new feature for designated conservative parents, movie reviews for kids by kids, we offer the following review of “Bolt” authored by a crack team of under-18-year-olds:

Flash of Genius on DVD – In the Slow Lane for Kids

“Flash of Genius“ is new period film covering an ugly moment in the history of the U.S. auto industry.   It premiered in theaters in 2008, and comes out on DVD later this month.  As part of our new feature for designated conservative parents, movie reviews for kids by kids, we offer the following review of “Flash of Genius” authored by a crack team of under-18-year-olds:

“Igor” on DVD – “A Clockwork Orange” for Kids?

“Igor” is an animated movie from MGM Studios that premiered in theaters in 2008, and which comes out on DVD later this month.  As part of our new feature for designated conservative parents, movie reviews for kids by kids, we offer the following review of “Igor” authored by a crack team of under-18-year-olds:

And Now for Something Completely Different – Movie Reviews!

Family-friendly and kid-friendly movies with a good message are becoming ever harder to find.  “G” rated movies are a rarity, even from Walt Disney Studios – which once defined the genre.  “PG” rated movies are hit or miss – they might be appropriate for children, or they might not.   Worse yet, today’s “PG-13″ rated movies look too much like older “R” rated films, illustrating the “ratings creep” phenomenon identified in a 2004 Harvard University study.

What is a parent to do?  We designated conservatives are here to help with a new feature on this site:  Movie reviews for kids by kids!  To help the designated conservative parents among our readers, we are planning to periodically post reviews of new theatrical releases and new movies on DVD authored by a crack team of under-18 reviewers.  

Our first review is of “Bedtime Stories” - a brand new movie from Adam Sandler that opened in wide theatrical release on Christmas Day 2008.  With Adam Sandler, it’s hard for parents to know whether they’re going to get “50 First Dates” or “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” – so this review should be a big help for parents looking for something to do to get their stir-crazy kids out of the house during Christmas break:

A Tale of Two Movies

It’s Christmastime, and so once again it’s time to bring Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” out of storage for it’s annual holiday viewing.  Apparently this is a tradition even in the big city.  This past week’s New York Times “Movies” section offered a timely review and commentary on Capra’s 1946 flop and subsequently re-discovered classic film starring Jimmy Stewart.

When I opened my NYT and saw the article, I admit I had certain expectations.  I expected an article about how the writer, Wendell Jamieson, was touched by the film, despite having seen it so many times, and how he was reminded of those “small town values” that are so important in this troubling time.  You’ve probably read or thought something similar about this movie, because it does touch our hearts if our hearts are open to the wonderful message of this film.

NOPE.  Instead, I found this: