Runtime: 1 hour, 28 minutes Rating: R Director: Luc Besson Quick Impressions: Luc Besson really loves magical women in peril—and who can blame him? At this point in my life, I know exactly what to expect from Luc Besson, and he always delivers it, so I have no complaints. I’ve …
Runtime: 1 hour, 23 minutes Rating: PG Director: Roberts Gannaway Quick Impressions: I’m not a huge fan of Cars (though I liked it way better than Happy Feet, and I’m always up for a spin around Cars Land). I never even made an attempt to see the first Planes. And I’m sure I could …
Runtime: 2 hours, 1 minute Rating: PG-13 Director: James Gunn Quick Impressions: At our house, July brought stress galore and constant adjusting and readjusting of expectations. My husband, kids, and I are now looking forward to taking our postponed trip to Disneyland at last, but to be honest, I feel …
Runtime: 2 hours, 10 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Matt Reeves Quick Impressions: This has been a crazy week for us. My father’s in the hospital awaiting a liver transplant and has been at the brink of death several times since last Thursday, and my husband just had his wisdom teeth …
Runtime: 1 hour, 29 minutes Rating: PG Director: Dave Green Quick Impressions: Originally, we’d planned to skip Earth to Echo because we were supposed to be driving to California this weekend. My husband and I celebrate our seventh anniversary Monday, the day we were supposed to arrive in Disneyland. But then his …
Runtime: 2 hours, 45 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Michael Bay Quick Impressions: At the very end of the movie, Optimus Prime intones sonorously, “I’m coming for you.” Immediately my daughter turned to me and asked, “Yes, but who is you?” “That’s a very good question,” I said. Shaking her head, she …
Runtime: 2 hours, 14 minutes Rating: R Director: Clint Eastwood Quick Impressions: Our kids really like musicals, so when I first saw that Jersey Boys was coming to the big screen this summer, I planned to take the kids on opening weekend. But then I saw that it was rated R and …
Runtime: 1 hour, 52 minutes Rating: R Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Quick Impressions: Okay, I loved this movie. I’ll just come out and say that right at the beginning and get it over with. If you’re looking for life-changing profundity, you probably need to look elsewhere (unless you’re very …
Runtime: 1 hour, 45 minutes Rating: PG Director: Dean DeBlois Quick Impressions: How vividly I remember the day we took my then seven-year-old stepson to see How to Train Your Dragon back in the spring of 2010! His little sister was only one and had to wait at my parents’ house instead …
Runtime: 1 hour, 53 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Doug Liman Quick Impressions: I have a long, tortured, clandestine relationship with Tom Cruise. (I say clandestine because he doesn’t know about it at all—unless, of course, he reads my movie reviews, which I highly doubt.) Back in the late 80s and 90s when …
