Movies

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Tower Heist

Avi Janssen — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:08:07 GMT

This is a story of… revenge! It's about people who want to take back what has been stolen from them from an evil mastermind. But they have one teeny problem...

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Dr Dolittle

Ben Ramson — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:15:42 GMT

Dr. Dolittle The Dr. Dolittle series of books, and the musical movie based on them, were very British. Basically, the only thing the same about the American movie version is that it is about a doctor who can talk to animals. It isn't even the same kind of doctor; in the orginal, he's a veterinarian, and this

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Chicken Little

Ben Ramson — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:01:18 GMT

Chicken Little Franklin Roosevelt famously said: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Well, he never had a piece of the sky fall on his head! And this is what happens to Chicken Little. So we can sympathize a little with our fine feathered frightened friend! In Disney's retelling of the clas

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Sydney White

Paul Wieder — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:16:33 GMT

Sydney White "A college fraternity of misfits rises up against the jocks" is the plot of some great comedies, from 1978's Animal House to 1984's Revenge of the Nerds . But this is the first time the plot has been mashed-up with "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves"! And probably the first time the good "gu

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Megamind

Ben Ramson — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:49:49 GMT

Megamind It happens a lot in Hollywood that two movies along the same lines come out in the same year. Like two baseball comedies, or two asteroid-threatening-Earth thrillers, or two ordinary-guy-decides-to-be-a-superhero movies. Actually, there are so many superhero movies out now that it's no big shock

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Prom

Ben Ramson — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:59:53 GMT

PROM Well, once the high school musical has been performed, the next thing you look forward to is prom. So we're not surprised that after the High School Musical movies, Disney put out one called PROM . Look for one called Graduation Day or something next! PROM has the word in all-caps, like TRON

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Bug's Life

Ben Ramson — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:43:10 GMT

A Bug's Life This is one of those movies that is funny for kids… and for grown-ups, because almost everything in the movie is a parody of something grown-ups would know. We're going to explain some of those things now, so you know why your parents are laughing at parts you are not. The movie's whole plot

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Zookeeper

Ben Ramson — Tue, 03 May 2011 15:43:00 GMT

Zookeeper Did you like Dr. Dolittle ? What about Madagascar ? This movie is like both of those smushed together! It’s set in a zoo full of talking animals, like in Madagascar . But this time, they talk to a person, like in Dr. Dolittle . Their favorite zookeeper, Griffin, is played by Kevin

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Pink Panther

Paul Wieder — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:09:12 GMT

The Pink Panther films What is the Pink Panther? It’s not a person, or even a cat. It’s a diamond A unique pink diamond, and it’s been stolen by a sneaky thief known only as The Phantom. The only

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Gulliver's Travels

Avi Janssen — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:22:36 GMT

Gulliver's Travels Stories in which an ordinary person travels to an extra ordinary place are very popular The Wizard of Oz , Alice in Wonderland , Peter Pan, Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, A Wrinkle

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Tangled

Avi Janssen — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:37:42 GMT

Tangled The princesses Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty all had their stories told in Disney movies decades ago. So why did it take them so long to get to Rapunzel’s story? Maybe because there isn’t much of a

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Kung-Fu Panda

Ben Ramson — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:12:53 GMT

Kung Fu Panda Lots of stories, from Star Wars to The Matrix, involve an unlikely hero who is chosen to save the day or the world or something. We see the hero taken from Nobody ville to undergo a

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Night at the Museum

Ben Ramson — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:41:07 GMT

When Indiana Jones deals with ancient artifacts and their curses, well, he’s had some practice. Larry Daley, a poor schlub of a museum security guard, well… not so much!

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Searching for Bobby Fischer

Paul Wieder — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:02:31 GMT

As we have discussed in this Bonus, many of the greatest chess champions of all time were Jewish. One of the most famous was a guy named Bobby Fischer, who was unquestionably a genius (and, also unquestionably, a little nutsy). The reason he is used in the title here is that he was so very young when he became famous for chess.

JUF : Tweens : Movies : Oh God

Avi Janssen — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:15:58 GMT

What would you do if, one day, you got a letter from God? And it said God wanted to meet you and introduce Himself? That’s what happens to Jerry in the classic comedy Oh, God! (It’s being remade for 2012, but you should really see the original first).