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Starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, and Jean Hagen Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly Not Rated, but likely G 1 hour 43 minutes The other day I was checking out IMDb’s Top Rated Musicals and found that this movie was at the top of the list.  Sure, I knew the song and [...]

Starring Buddy the Dog, Kevin Zegers, and Michael Jeter Directed by Charles Martin Smith Rated PG for brief mild language 1 hour 38 minute This, apparently, is the movie that spawned the Air Bud franchise featuring such renowned titles as Air Bud: Golden Receiver, Air Bud: World Pup, Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch, and Air [...]

Starring George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, and John Krasinski Directed by George Clooney Music by Randy Newman Rated PG-13 for brief strong language 1 hour 54 minutes I knew that this wasn’t a critically acclaimed movie, but I figured that it featured two Oscar-winning actors and was about football, so it couldn’t be that bad, right?  [...]

Starring Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O’Hara, and Reese Witherspoon Directed by Mark Palansky Rated PG for thematic elements, some innuendo and language 1 hour 30 minutes There’s really nothing that offensive about the fairy tale Penelope, including the title character.  Unfortunately that’s a bit of a problem, because the story revolves around the idea [...]

I know, I know… you can hardly contain yourself with all the excitement going on around here.  Here’s the story: the name change came about because DVDs seem destined to be replaced by BluRay discs (BDs), so I bought JayBD.com.  But there was a problem with exactly when I would have made the sitename transition (especially since [...]

Starring George Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, and Anna Popplewell Directed by Andrew Adamson Rated PG for epic battle action and violence 2 hours 29 minutes I wouldn’t say I was a huge fan of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (mostly because I couldn’t get past the talking animals), but I did appreciate [...]

Starring Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, and Corbin Bleu Directed (and Choreographed) by Kenny Ortega Rated G 1 hour 51 minutes Those squeaky clean high schoolers are back for another colorful and energetic episode of singing, dancing, and pretending that they’re good at athletics. This time they’ve all conveniently found a summer [...]