Yellow Submarine (1968)

02 May 2011 Leave a comment

by Kim in Movies, movies 5+ Tags: , , ,


Rated: G
Length:  90 min.
Age: 5 and up.                Commonsense Media sez: 7 +

Scary Factor: Blue Meanies and Ruler are threatening and freaky; machine guns carried by the baddies, but no one is shot; flying Glove is scary (mostly the sound of its laugh); one brief moment with Frankenstein monster is a little scary but he soon transforms into John

Also: general freakiness of visuals!

Bad Behavior: one exploding cigar smoked by an undersea monster; no booze, no drugs

Interests: rock music, the Beatles, psychedelia, art, fantasy

Next: Beatles music, movies: A Hard Day’s Night, Help!

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Captain Blood (1935)

27 Apr 2011 Leave a comment

by Kim in Movies, movies 6+, Old Movies Tags: , , , , , , ,


Black and White

Rated: TV-G (TV rating)

Length:  119 min.

Age: 6 and up (more for complex plot and slow pace at start)

Scary factor/Violence: slaves are beaten, and one is branded as punishment (not graphic – offscreen); many battle scenes, but generally bloodless; one big swordfight on beach, but not graphic or disturbing

Sex: scene in which pirates party in a brothel/bar is pretty harmless

Other Bad Behaviour: fair amount of boozing, especially among the naughtier French pirates

Interests: pirates, sailing ships, history, old movies

Next: Treasure Island, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk
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They Were Strong and Good

17 Apr 2011 Leave a comment

by Kim in Books, books 5+ Tags: , , , , ,

CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1941

They Were Strong and Good

Robert Lawson, author and illustrator

New York: Viking Press, 1940

62 pp

age: 5+

Interests: American history, family, family history, pioneer life, war

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Grandfather’s Journey

12 Apr 2011 Leave a comment

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CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1994

Grandfather’s Journey

Allen Say, author and illustrator

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993

29 pp

ages 5 +

Interests: history, travel, immigration, Japan, family history, grandparents

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Abraham Lincoln

10 Mar 2011 Leave a comment

by Kim in Books, books 5+ Tags: , , , , , ,

CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1940

Abraham Lincoln

Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

New York: Doubleday, 1939

56pp

ages 5+

Interests: American history, politics, pioneer life
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Return to Never Land (2002)

10 Mar 2011 Leave a comment

by Kim in Movies, movies 4+ Tags: , , , , , , , , ,


Rated: G
Length:  72 min.
Age: 4 and up.                        commonsense media sez: 5+

Scary Factor: opening scenes of WWII blitz in London may be alarming; as in the first film, pirate shenanigans are more slapsticky than scary

Also: separation from father, Captain Hook smokes

Interests: magic, fairies, pirates

Next: MOVIES: Peter Pan (1953) of course, The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Little Mermaid (1989); BOOKS: Peter Pan, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

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