
Beauty and the Beast
★★★ Director: Bill Condon Year: 2017 Emma Watson was great in this. But it felt like a made for TV musical. Granted, nothing compares to the animated original. This was ...

The Jungle Book
★★★★★ Director: Jon Favreau Year: 2016 This film cemented the brilliance of Jon Favreau. I am officially jealous of him. I still don't get how he accomplished this film ...

Mary Poppins
★★★★ Director: Robert Stevenson Year: 1964 After watching Saving Mr. Banks, I had to finally watch Mary Poppins. Never have my entire life. And you know what, the ...

Fantasia
★★★ Director: Norman Ferguson Year: 1940 Amazingly had never seen this. But I do remember it from college when people mentioned that you had to see this high, ...

Hotel Transylvania
★★★★ Director: Genndy Tartakovsky Year: 2012 I wasn't quite sure what to expect from the trailers. But on a long flight to the west coast, I needed a ...

The Lorax
★★★ Director: Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda Year: 2012 Interesting that I saw this without the kids. I loved the book ever since I first heard it during MacroEconomics ...

G-Force
★★ Director: Hoyt Yeatman Year: 2009 Oh yeah, I saw this with the kids. It's basically Jerry Bruckheimer for kids. This is the film he made for ...

Happy Feet Two
★★★ Director: George Miller Year: 2011 This was obviously with the kids. And it's great to have an excuse to watch a mind-numbing but entertaining film. There's ...

The Jungle Book
★★★ Director: Wolfgang Reitherman Year: 1967 The beauty of having kids is watching all of the classics that I never saw as a kid. So this was ...

The Secret World of
★★★★ Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Year: 2010 Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli fims are synonymous with great films, storytelling and animation. And this does not disappoint. Although, this ...