Happy Birthday (Tribeca 2025) Film Review & Summary
Happy Birthday is a reminder that child actors can excel without high level trauma or being an accessory to an adult’s performance.
Youth
Lilo and Stitch (2025) Review & Summary
Like the majority of Disney’s live-action adaptations, the nostalgia is there, as are modifications which are hit and miss, but Lilo and Stitch could still be worth seeing.
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window (2025) Review
“Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window” is a sweet movie, which not only gives a historical peek into Japan in the early 1940s but also delivers Totto-chan to the world.
Hola Frida (2025) Review
The younger years of Frida Kahlo are brough to life via animation, and produce a wonderful display for those families or kids with someone who has sometimes debilitating ailments.
An Almost Christmas Story (2024): Review and Summary
“An Almost Christmas Story” is the perfect way to start the season, especially if you have little ones.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024): Review and Summary
“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” is a tear-inducing movie that reminds us that it really only takes one person, giving grace and kindness, to change the hearts of many.
Young Hearts (2024): Review and Summary
“Young Hearts” delivers the type of innocent, first love you rarely see since most LBTQ+ romances are about kids well into their teens who see the pinnacle of any potential relationship as having sex.
Dragonkeeper (2024) – Review
“Dragonkeeper” focuses on a young girl who is tasked with rescuing a baby dragon, and discovering her true fate, not the assumed one of being a servant.
IF (2024) Movie Review
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming, and John Krasinski, in this theatrical release, prepare to cry as a young girl deals with her father needing surgery and imaginary friends grieving over being forgotten.
We Grown Now (2024) Movie Review
Set in 1992, Chicago, specifically the – projects “We Grown Now,” is a coming-of-age film with few peers to compare it to quickly.
