Family Movie Nights

To help families spend time together and share common experiences, The Leadership Institute provides recommendations for Family Movie Night. Each week, a new movie recommendation and explanation is available for your consideration. Enjoy the show!

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Adventure, Animated, Comedy, PG

Shrek 2

It was back to the archives this weekend as no one could settle on a movie and the children are all in the musical, Shrek, at school. So we used… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Family, G

Meet The Robinsons

Every once in a while, we choose a movie from ones we own already and Friday night was one of those nights. Nearly everyone agreed that Meet The Robinsons fit… Read More

Documentary, Family, PG-13

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

For family movie night, we chose a documentary. It doesn’t happen often and usually includes whining from at least one of the children. In the end, however, we are all… Read More

Adventure, PG-13

Captain America: The First Avenger

When the family sat down to watch Captain America the first time, we did not know it would set us down the road leading through the Marvel Comic Universe. We… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Family, PG

How To Train Your Dragon (I and II)

Most of the time, we read the books before we watch the movie. That was true with The Bridge to Terabithia, all of the Narnia movies, and even most of… Read More

Drama, PG-13, True Story

Hidden Figures

Now here is a movie my family will watch over and over. At a little more than two hours, it’s long, but it never feels that way. Katherine Johnson (Taraji… Read More

Drama, PG-13, True Story

First Man

Since we knew a lunar eclipse was coming on Sunday, we decided to sit down for First Man, Damien Chazelle’s fact-based movie about the legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong. It tracks… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Family, PG

Incredibles 2

For movie night last week, we chose to watch Pixar’s Incredibles 2, the sequel to the 2004 blockbuster. The family had seen the movie in the theater last summer but… Read More

Comedy, Family, PG

The House With A Clock In Its Walls

We settled down Friday night for a new movie. We chose The House With A Clock In Its Walls, which is available to rent on iTunes. It is always a… Read More

Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

Pete’s Dragon

Today we begin a new feature at The Leadership Institute. We’ll call it Family Movie Night because that’s what we call it at home. Movie night has been a staple… Read More

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