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Kids' Flix: This Week’s Classic Kids’ Movie

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TURN YOUR KIDS ON TO THE GOOD STUFF. Saturday, February 7, 2009. This Week’s Classic Kids’ Movie. There are so many classic movies for kids out there (that is, films intended. For kids, unlike, say Planet of the Apes. Movies) which I may never get to, that I’ve decided to feature one every week, with a very brief blurb on it, just to remind you they’re out there. This week, we point you to the Iron Giant. Ah, you’d conveniently forgotten that, hadn’t you? Like the aforementioned E.T. NEAR MISSES PT. 2.

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Kids' Flix: THE PRISONER (TV Series)

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TURN YOUR KIDS ON TO THE GOOD STUFF. Thursday, September 4, 2008. THE PRISONER (TV Series). 8220;I’m not a number! I’m a free man! So shouts No. 6 (Patrick McGoohan) throughout this stylish and cool British series in which he starred back in the ‘60s. My sister-in-law gave this boxed set to my husband last Christmas (another year, she gave him the DVD set of a semi-obscure Japanese series called "Daimajin," which will be another post here, on another day; K has enjoyed both of them immensely! Q What do y...

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Kids' Flix: NANOOK OF THE NORTH (G)

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TURN YOUR KIDS ON TO THE GOOD STUFF. Tuesday, May 26, 2009. NANOOK OF THE NORTH (G). Nanook of the North. Is widely considered the first documentary film made, and Flaherty is considered a progenitor of “ethnographic film.”. This is a short, silent (black and white, need we say it? Is mind boggling, and what’s better than visuals that happen to be fascinating and educational at the same time? I’m not going to spoil it by telling them that,. Of it was staged (some forgivably and necessarily, considering t...

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Kids' Flix: RAY HARRYHAUSEN MOVIES (Mostly G)

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TURN YOUR KIDS ON TO THE GOOD STUFF. Thursday, September 11, 2008. RAY HARRYHAUSEN MOVIES (Mostly G). Ray Harryhausen was an early pioneer in fantasy filmmaking and special effects. His films used stop-motion model animation, which was a method first used in 1925’s silent The Lost World. And later in the original King Kong. 1933), which was a source of great inspiration to Harryhausen. (We recommend both of these films, by the way. King Kong. Is a classic, about which nothing needs to be said! Has a conv...

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Kids' Flix: PLANET OF THE APES (G)

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TURN YOUR KIDS ON TO THE GOOD STUFF. Tuesday, January 13, 2009. PLANET OF THE APES (G). Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape! There are often many reasons to watch the original versions of well-known films, rather than their remakes. In this case, you might be surprised to know that the original, 1968 version of Planet of the Apes. Starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowell. Is rated G, while the 2001 Tim Burton. Remake (starring Mark Wahlberg. Doctor, I'd like to kiss you goodbye. There...

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Kids' Flix: GODZILLA! (and other Japanese Monsters)

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TURN YOUR KIDS ON TO THE GOOD STUFF. Tuesday, February 10, 2009. And other Japanese Monsters). 8217;s funny, but the 1950s/'60s Godzilla. Franchise is a huge part of our lives here, and yet I haven’t written about it until now! Again, I must mention that my husband is a huge fan of monster and horror films in many guises (the more low budget and unknown, the better), but these in particular have always struck a chord with him, and he o. I’m sure this will change sooner than we want to admit. The armies o...

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Kids' Flix: TRUE GRIT (G) (PG)

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TURN YOUR KIDS ON TO THE GOOD STUFF. Tuesday, October 7, 2008. TRUE GRIT (G) (PG). I'm off early tomorrow morning for the Indian nation. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. And I are going after the murderer, Tom Chaney. How did you light on that greasy vagabond? They say he has grit. I wanted a man with grit. Won an Oscar for his role as Rooster Cogburn. In 1969’s True Grit. It also won the Golden Globe’s Best Film. Prize that year), and even if John Wayne doesn. 8217;t care a whit to get married again, or to turn...

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Kids' Flix: CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S THE GOLD RUSH (G)

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TURN YOUR KIDS ON TO THE GOOD STUFF. Friday, August 1, 2008. CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S THE GOLD RUSH (G). 1925) (No official rating; "G" equivalent). We saw this on a snowy night in Maine at a library in a small, nearby town. It was mostly seniors in the audience; in fact, Keegan was the only kid present. He was nine years old, and we were surprised to see our super active son (he has never. Sat still watching TV) completely involved in this classic film. The Gold Rush. Leave a comment here for KidsFlix! Yondah ...

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Kids' Flix: NEVER CRY WOLF (PG)

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TURN YOUR KIDS ON TO THE GOOD STUFF. Wednesday, July 1, 2009. NEVER CRY WOLF (PG). Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve posted a review here on KidsFlix. But I’m back now! I wrote some time ago about another film directed by Carroll Ballard. And you probably know a couple of others: his film The Black Stallion. Is beloved, as is Fly Away Home. And the performances by Samason Jorah and Zachary Ittimangnaq. As local Inuits are also perfect and lovely. What’s not to like about Never Cry Wolf? Not a thing. ...

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Kids' Flix: BLINDSIGHT (PG)

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TURN YOUR KIDS ON TO THE GOOD STUFF. Friday, February 13, 2009. A lot of people say, I can’t do it because I’m blind, or I have red hair, or my feet are too big. Get the right team around you, don’t set boundaries and go for it. 8221; — Sabriye Tenberken. A movie like Blindsight. Might make even the most virtuous and well meaning among us think we don’t do enough with our lives, that we can always do more. (We can, and we should. Blinded at age 12, Sabriye Tenberken. A foundation that has transformed.