Movie: Mars Needs Moms; Rated PG; Walt Disney Pictures
Released on Home Video: August, 2011
Guilt-stricken Son Seeks Missing Mom on Mars
Your sons are engaged in a rowdy game of intergalactic warfare, complete with laser guns, slimy aliens and bloody battles. The “trash talk” flies as fast as the proton bullets: “I’ll show you who’s commander of this ship, swine!” and “You don’t deserve to live, you green monster!” are met with even louder “gunfire.”
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Movie: Diary of a Wimpy Kid; Rated PG; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Released on Home Video: June 21, 2011
Bickering Brothers Bond Over Band’s Big Break Your daughter is thrilled when the girl next door in your new neighborhood invites her to a baseball game. Turns out she’s a huge fan and she never misses a home game. But one game soon turns into three games a week and your daughter – who is not a baseball fan – must make a decision: keep faking her interest in the games or level with her new friend.
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Movie: Gnomeo & Juliet; Rated G; Disney Pictures
Released on Home Video: May 24, 2011
Feuding Families Find Tranquility in Teamwork
Like many kids, your son is Mr. Independent. He refuses help on every project, whether it’s homework, hobbies or chores. But when he decides to build a treehouse – by himself – he discovers he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Still, he insists on completing the project alone.
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Movie: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; Rated PG
Released on Home Video: April 8, 2011
Cranky Cousin Converts to Courageous Champion
Your picky eater’s palate seems to be shrinking. Beans and broccoli, rice and noodles, chicken and fish – they all get a thumbs down. And heaven forbid any of his food should touch on his plate! Everyone says he’ll grow out of it, but your dinner table is quickly turning into a battleground.
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Movie: Tangled; Disney Pictures; Rated G
Released on Home Video: March 29, 2011
Teen With Terrific Tresses Takes Timid First Step
Your daughter can think of a million reasons to avoid auditioning for her school play. She’s too this or not enough of that. The music is too hard. The script is too long. Still, she longs to join her friends on stage in the limelight.
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Movie: Megamind; DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.; Rated PG
Released on Home Video: February 25, 2011
Unlikely Hero Has a Change of Heart
Your shy, unassuming daughter has turned into a crusader with a cause. And it’s all because of a duck. Actually, a whole family of ducks that has wandered from the neighborhood pond into nearby yards, leaving their messy marks behind. Now the homeowners’ association wants to call in an expert to force out the foul fowl forever!
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Movie: Despicable Me; Universal Pictures; Rated PG
Released on Home Video: December 14, 2010
Sour Supervillain Succumbs to Sweet Sisters
Mean old Mr. Moss may be the grumpiest neighbor ever. He complains about the noise. He complains about the toys in your yard. He complains about, well, everything! But he lives next door, and your kids need to learn how to live in harmony with a variety of personalities. So you launch a “kindness campaign.”
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Movie: Ramona and Beezus; Twentieth Century Fox and Walden Media; Rated G
Released on Home Video: November 9, 2010
Sassy Sister Stirs Up Strife
After months of begging and pleading, your daughter is now the proud owner of a brand new puppy. She’s madly in love with the little fur ball – until he shreds her new sweater. And gobbles up her pancakes. And has an accident on her bedroom rug. She quickly realizes that being a pet owner isn’t as easy as she thought.
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Movie: Toy Story 3; Disney/Pixar; Rated G
Released on Home Video: November 2, 2010
Transition Brings Trying Times for Treasured Toys
Your preschooler is playing house with her friends when you overhear a surprising conversation. She assigns each friend a title – Mommy, Daddy, Sister, Brother – then lines everyone up in order of “importance.” When she names “Sister” as the least important, you ask her why. Tearfully, she recounts a recent experience when her older brother – not her – got to choose the board game your family played.
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Movie: How to Train Your Dragon; Rated PG; DreamWorks Animation LLC
Released on Home Video: October 15, 2010
Vikings Revise Their Views of Villainous Invaders
Your son and his friends are convinced the house down the street is haunted. True, it’s been abandoned for years, and weeds have turned the yard into a dense jungle. Rumors fly about its mysterious former owners: Did they really disappear in the middle of the night? Is there a tombstone hidden in all that underbrush? No kid dares to venture inside the rusty gates.
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