Recipes for foodies and film nerds. Because life's too short for stale popcorn and crappy movies.
Happy 55th Anniversary to Chuck Jones’s classic TV adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!! I know there have been a number of movies based on the original children’s book at this point, but this holiday animated special always held a special place in my …
For a period of time in the 60’s and 70’s, Albert Lamorisse’s short film Le Ballon Rouge (The Red Balloon) was one of the most acclaimed and beloved children’s movies in the world. I myself was not exposed to this charming fantasy short until college, …
All the talk about Spring last week made me want to revisit The Secret Garden (not the crap adaptation that recently came out with Colin Firth, the one that Francis Ford Coppola EP’d in 1993). While my current habitat is much more like India than …
If you happen to be reading this post around Thanksgiving time, you’re in for a treat. Fantastic Mr. Fox just happens to be a wonderful stop-motion-puppety TDay movie– from the familial themes, to the color scheme, and ESPECIALLY the food. Anyone familiar with Roald Dahl, …
Hi, hello, and welcome to a screening of perhaps the scariest “kids and family” movie ever made: Return to Oz. Trust me, it’s on lists. You’ve got mental institutionalization, Frankenstein-d animal/vegetable/furniture hybrid creatures (sometimes with or without a head), the witch actress from Willow, evil rock …
I loved and feared The Witches as a child. It’s always been that moment early in the film, when “Ereeka’s” father sees the painting. CHILLING. But this is why I love late 80’s and early 90’s movies for children– they were often dark and absurdly …
I’ve been craving pizza almost as much as I’ve been craving movies from my childhood– and it just so happens that this year is the 30th anniversary of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (god I’m old). So here we are! While looking up reviews of TMNT, …
While not part of the 1980’s fantasy collection that I grew up with, Pan’s Labyrinth is still a favorite of mine. This dark and beautiful fairy tale follows the quest of an 11-year-old heroine living in two worlds: Franco’s Spain, and the dreamy/sometimes nightmarish underworld of …
