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A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
Black & White Rating: USA: Approved Length: 133 min – other versions: 117 min (edited version), 142 min (with overture and exit music) Age: suitable for 3, but for plot comprehension 4 or 5 Scary...
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Tinker Bell (2008)
Rated: G Length: 78 min Age: 3+ Commonsense Media sez: 4+ Scary factor: Biggest scare is a brief scene with a hawk; the fairies flee in terror and hide. The hawk has Vidia cornered...
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007)
(straight to DVD) Rated: unrated Length: 56m Age: 3 + Scary factor: nonexistent Interests: the Disney princess brand A straight-to-DVD spinoff venture with a stupidly unwieldy title. In two short...
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Top 5 ‘First Movie’ Picks for Preschoolers
Another new weekly feature: Wednesday Lists. This week, titles that I recommend as your child’s first introduction to feature-length films. These movies have been carefully selected to be a) benign...
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Top 5: First Movie Musicals for Preschoolers
I’m not including here the animated Disney ‘musicals’, first because they are pretty obvious choices, and secondly because, with some exceptions, the music is often forgettable. I’ve chosen to focus...
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Top 5: Ocean Movies
In honour of my own upcoming weekend campout beside the ocean… five family movies about the mysterious and fascinating deep. 1. Fantasia 2000 (1999) – for age 3+ (just the “Pines of Rome”)...
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Top 10: Princess Movies
Yes, this week it’s a Top 5 x 2! The princess issue is a controversial one these days, but so many little girls love love love their princesses that it’s hard to avoid the whole genre. If you’re giving...
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Fantasia (1940)
Released: 1940 Rated: G Length: 120 – 124 min. (varies depending on what version you have) Age: some parts 3+, others 5+ (see below) Commonsense Media sez: 6 + Scary Factor: Mickey attacks renegade...
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The Incredible Journey (1963)
The Incredible Journey Released: 1963 Rated: G Length: 80 min Age: 3+ Scary Factor: various dangerous situations for animals are rather tamely presented, not disturbing at all, and no notable injuries...
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