The Great Mouse Detective

Here’s an often-overlooked gem from the Disney animated canon. The young Olivia lives with her doting toymaker father in Victorian London’s rodent underworld. When her father is suddenly and mysteriously… Read More

The Kid

This week’s film is the opposite of a recent release. Charlie Chaplin’s first feature-length film is over a century old, and although it’s a silent film, it remains a charming… Read More

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Why not start the summer with a classic family musical? In early 20th century England, eccentric but unlucky inventor Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) and his two children rescue an… Read More

The Emperor’s New Groove

The young and self-centered Emperor Kuzco (David Spade) enjoys a life of luxury, with grand plans to destroy a nearby village and build a lavish summer home. But his selfish… Read More

The Secret of NIMH

Mrs. Brisby, a field mouse, is a widowed mother living with her four children in a cinder block on a farm. When she learns that her home will soon be… Read More

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

As the US just experienced another solar eclipse, this week’s movie features perhaps the most famous use of an eclipse as a plot device. When mechanic Hank Martin (Bing Crosby)… Read More

The House at the End of the World: The Carthusian Cloistered Monastery

Stat Crux dum volvitur orbis The Cross is steady while the world turns This week’s film is something a little different: a documentary about Carthusian monks in a South Korean… Read More

The Great Muppet Caper

Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the Muppet gang invade England in this week’s film. Kermit and Fozzie play identical twin brothers trying to succeed as investigative reporters when… Read More

The Polar Express

“Sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.” With the beginning of Advent, here’s a film that may easily put a family in the… Read More

Singin’ in the Rain

Here’s a classic from the 50s that’s essential viewing for any movie lover. It’s the 1920s, and movies with sound are the new innovation. But silent film star Don Lockwood… Read More

Candleshoe

Teenager Casey is a foster child, a loner, and a bit of a delinquent, enjoying causing trouble in the city streets of LA. She’s given the chance to make a… Read More