Because someone, somewhere, thinks that your parenting sucks. Might as well celebrate it.
I so wanted Emilia to do Jedi Training when we were at Disney World last week, but we got to Hollywood Studios too late for sign up. In any case, my husband was worried that she might be frightened by Darth Vader. Too scared? ‘Dude,’ I said. ‘If there was ever a kid to be [...]
(Reposting! So that you keep this front of mind as you’re planning your March Break activities!) You all know about my nephew, Tanner, right? If you don’t, you can catch up on his story here, but as most of you know probably know, he has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, which is a terminal condition for which [...]
All that you need to know about this clip from the movie Tangled is that it precedes a musical number of unparalleled awesome that includes a drunk, geriatic cherub and the line “VLADIMIR COLLECTS CERAMIC UNICORNS.” Also, there’s a mime. You don’t see the mime in this clip, but trust me, he’s there, and he’s [...]
Bad Moms are always happy to see a kids movie that features a strong female character. Great characters can really open up great dialogue with my impressionable 5 year old daughter, and when I can find a female role that balances being a girl with being strong in all senses of the word, AWESOME. Tangled [...]
It’s been insufferably hot this summer. We’ve spent many a day blanketed ‘neath a swath of steamy, smoggy air; on days like that, when simply stepping out the front door causes a full body sweat, movies come in handy. By the time summer was halfway over, my kids and I had watched every movie we [...]
I don’t care what anybody says about princesses weak feminine role models what are they doing to Rapunzel why is the chick not the hero blah blah blah, I am SO EXCITED for Tangled, Disney’s reboot of the classic – and, yes, badly in need of feminist overhaul (girl saved by her hair?) – Rapunzel [...]
So, Cracked – which I read daily because, yes, I have the sensibility of a thirteen year old boy – has a round-up of worst-ever rip-offs of popular childrens’ animated films. It’s pretty awesome. Also, disturbing. but mostly awesome. Among them is a rip-off of Cars that features disturbing, if juvenile, sexual innuendo (headlights! oh, [...]
David Lynch: the director who guarantees that he will, in every film that he makes, turn normal on its ear and then proceed to cut it off and leave it in a field for someone to find and ban in New Brunswick. So what would happen if David Lynch applied his special touch to, say, [...]
Why don’t I find this hard to believe? Angelina Jolie is rumored to be taking on the role of one of my four-year old daughter’s most revered villains: Maleficent of Sleeping Beauty fame.
As I think should be pretty clear by now, we don’t so much mind the Disney Princesses around here. We’re not proposing that they run for Senate or anything – although that might make them more interesting role models, and you just know that Sleeping Beauty would be all for health care reform, what with [...]
The latest instalment of The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is looking to fill a female role with very a couple of very specific qualifications: the damsel’s bosom must heave as result of nature’s blessing — as in no implants, please. While that is somewhat refreshing after reading that in past Pirates movies Kiera Knightly [...]
Almost every single one trip that I take ends with me whining ‘I didn’t take enough pictures.’ This road trip was no exception. Most of the time my failure to photograph is due to either being too shy / too self-conscious to just dive in and take the photo. I know, I’m a freak. It’s [...]
From the Mom 2.0 Conference: three certified ‘bad mothers’ talk branding, counter-branding, and what parents who buck convention can offer even the most traditional brands. (Featuring insights like: if you’re Disney, and you want to reach the parents who think they’re too hip or unconventional to ‘do’ Disney, you want this type of mom on [...]
I know that I can't take my four old to see this movie. I know that while a shrunken, murderous Helena Bonham-Carter and an acid-tripping Johnny Depp traipsing through Wonderland might seem a trillion kinds of awesome to me, it would scare the crap out of her. So I'll just have to settle for screening [...]
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