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  The Land Before Time  (1988) Distributor: Universal Pictures Director: Don Bluth Cast: Gabriel Damon (Littlefoot), Candace Hutson (Cera), Judith Barsi (Ducky), Will Ryan (Petrie), Helen Shaver (Littlefoot’s mother), Pat Hingle (Narrator) Runtime: 69 min. MPAA Rating: G (all ages admitted) This movie, likely set in the early Cretaceous period, is about a baby “Long-Neck” (a sauropod… I am saying “sauropod” to avoid the issues that come with saying “Brontosaurus” or “Apatosaurus”) named Littlefoot who is born during a time when the Earth was changing. One night he is saved from a vicious Sharptooth (Tyrannosaurus Rex) by his mother at the cost of her own life. Now forced to go without her, he winds up befriending four other baby dinosaurs: a prejudiced “Three-Horn” (Triceratops) named Cera, a cheery “Big-Mouth” (Saurolophus) named Ducky, a timid non-flying “Flier” (Pteranodon) named Petrie and a silent “Spike-Tail” (Stegosaurus) named Spike. Together they must journey across v...

Arctic Dogs  (2019) Distributor: Lionsgate Director: Aaron Woodley Cast: Jeremy Renner (Swifty), Heidi Klum (Jade, Bertha), James Franco (Lemmy), John Cleese (Otto Von Walrus), Omar Sy (Leopold), Anjelica Hutson (Magda), Alec Baldwin (PB) Runtime: 92 min. MPAA Rating: PG (some mild action and rude humor) This movie is about a small yet plucky Arctic Fox named Swifty who’s lifelong dream is to be a delivery courier for the Arctic Blast Delivery Service. His aspirations result in him learning of a plot by the villainous Otto Von Walrus, a supervillain who schemes to melt the polar ice caps. With the aid of his allies including PB the neurotic polar bear, Lemmy the scatterbrained albatross, Jade his mechanic love interest, a pair of conspiracy theorist otters named Leopold and Bertha and his grumpy boss Magda, can this unlikely team of heroes stop the villain and save the Arctic? Before I start this review, I will say that hate is a strong emotion. When I first saw the trailer last ye...

My Little Pony: the Movie  (2017) Distributor: Lionsgate Director: Jayson Thiessen Cast: Tara Strong (Twilight Sparkle), Ashleigh Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Andrea Libman (Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy), Tabitha St. Germain (Rarity), Cathy Wesluck (Spike), Emily Blunt (Tempest Shadow), Michael Pena (Grubber), Liv Schreiber (the Storm King), Taye Diggs (Capper), Zoe Saldana (Capt. Celaeno), Sia (Songbird Serenade) Runtime: 99 min. MPAA rating: PG (mild action) While Twilight Sparkle is put in charge of an upcoming Friendship festival and her friends are all on board to help her make it a success. However, when an invasion by the Storm King, led by his minion Tempest Shadow threatens the festivities and crystalizes the princesses, the six (seven, counting Spike) manage to escape and set out to seek the aid of the Hippogriffs, who are holding a MacGuffin to stop the villains. Can Twilight Sparkle and her friends save Equestria? This movie is a feature film adaptation of the memorable Hu...

  Mars Needs Moms  (2011) Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures Director: Simon Wells Cast: Seth Green (Milo’s motion capture)/Seth Dusky (Milo’s voice), Dan Fogler (Gribble), Elizabeth Harnois (Ki), Mindy Sterling (Martian Supervisor), Joan Cusack (Milo’s mother), Kevin Cahoon (Wingnut) Runtime: 88 min. MPAA rating: PG (sci-fi action and peril) This movie is about a 9 year old boy named Milo who lives a normal life with his parents. After an argument involving broccoli, he winds up hurting his mom and wants to make amends but then discovers she’s being abducted by Martians. With the aid of a manchild astronaut named Gribble and a Martian graffiti artist named Ki Milo has to find out why she has been abducted and if he can find his mother, can he rescue her in time? Before I begin, I will say that I remember back in 1991, an animated Christmas cartoon was made out of Berkeley Breathed’s book  Opus n’ Bill in A Wish for Wings that Work . He hated the cartoon after being disapp...

Lilo and Stitch  (2002) Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures Director: Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois Cast: Chris Sanders (Stitch), Daveigh Chase (Lilo), Tia Carrere (Nani), David Ogden Stiers (Jumba), Kevin MacDonald (Pleakley), Ving Rhames (Cobra Bubbles), Zoe Caldwell (Grand Councilwoman), Kevin Michael Richardson (Gantu) Runtime: 85 min. MPAA Rating: PG (mild sci-fi action) This movie is about two different stories that converge to be one, the first being set in the Turo system in outer space, where the Galactic Federation has sentenced mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba to prison for the illegal creation of Experiment 626, a nigh-indestructible alien terror that evades being marooned on an asteroid and escapes to the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The second story is about a lonely, Elvis Presley-junkie Hawaiian girl named Lilo who is recently an orphan and now in is the custody of her older sister Nani. Desperately wanting a friend, the two sisters head to a pet shelter where the alien ...