• Movie Review: Lego Ninjago Movie

    Last night we watched the Lego Ninjago Movie because we were ordering pizza and we wanted to cuddle in the TV room and watch a movie as a family, all four of us. My son had wanted to see this…

  • Movie Review: Mr. Holmes

    My husband and I started watching this movie when we thought the kids would also enjoy it. We began and then stopped again because the movie was slow and also, because we felt the kids needed context. My daughter knew…

  • #TBT Movie Review: Sherlock Holmes

    We watched this movie because my husband and I wanted to watch the new movie “Mr. Holmes”. We started watching it and we thought our kids would want to watch it, too. So we called them into the room and…

  • #TBT Movie Review: Star Wars – The Last Jedi

    And so the day finally came when we went to see highly anticipated “Last Jedi”. We bought out tickets a month in advance, and since my husband wanted to see the IMAX version, he bought tickets in a theater 20…

  • #TBT Movie Review: Love Actually

    Love Actually is the last of the three movies we always watch during the holiday season. Because of the adult situations in this movie we watch it without our children present. It’s a great movie with a really positive message and…

  • #TBT Movie Review: Arthur Christmas

    Arthur Christmas is one of the three must-see movies we watch every holiday season. It was first released in 2011 and I remember we were visiting my sister-in-law when we decided to take the kids the movies. Our kids were…

  • #TBT Movie Review: Star Wars – The Force Awakens

    As part of our journey to watch Episode VIII, we watched Episode VII: Force Awakens right after Return of the Jedi. We made it just in time, too, since we had bought our Episode VII tickets for Saturday, December 16th…

  • #TBT Movie Review: Elf

    There are three movies we watch every holiday season, and one of them is Elf.  Apparently we’re not so special because I have heard many families go crazy about Elf; not only that, they’ve seen it so many times they…

  • #TBT Movie Review: Star Wars – Return of the Jedi

    Still on our challenge to finish the original trilogy (and Episode VII), we continued our Star Wars journey with Return of the Jedi. I have to say this is my favorite movie of them all (now counting Ep. VII and…

  • #TBT Movie Review: Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Back

    In our efforts to watch the first movies before The Last Jedi, we continued our saga with The Empire Strikes Back. The kids enjoyed this one, too. This movie is basically split into four parts, I think: Hoth, Degobah, the…