family entertainment Archives

Disney+ and the domination of our streaming overlords | Editors’ Best in 2019

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors Best of the Year

We’ve been streaming media for a few years now (and for some of us, even more), but in 2019, streaming went to a whole new level. And we’re not necessarily talking about Disney+ (but we also kind of are). If you’ve been following award nominations...

Post-Hamilton Broadway for teens: Editors’ Best of the Year.

by Liz Gumbinner | Editors Best of the Year, Entertainment + Media

It’s no surprise to anyone who knows me or my kids that we are massive Broadway fans. We are so fortunate to live in The Greatest City in the World (name that tune), which allows us to see a lot of musicals. A lot. But my kids are hardly alone in asking for show...

Illustrators see the beauty and meaning of Halle Bailey as Ariel and we’re here for it.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

With the announcement of the inspired casting of Halle Bailey as Ariel in the upcoming Little Mermaid live action reboot, certain people in certain corners of the internet lost their GD minds. I alternated between bemusement and more uh, intense feelings, about those...

How to watch the US Women’s Soccer Team (beat France) in the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals?

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

Cheering for the US Women’s Soccer team right now? Us too! But So where can you watch the 11:1:2 team face off against France this Friday and take (thinking positively!) the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup quarterfinals? The game is airing live at 3 PM...

The 20 most affordable travel destinations for families right now. Pack your bags!

by Liz Gumbinner | Family Travel, Tips + Tricks

As you may know, one of our top tips for affordable family travel, especially on an extended trip, is to rent an apartment or home instead of forking out big bucks for a hotel — let alone renting two hotel rooms, if you’ve got a bigger family. Linda even...

If you’re going to watch Green Book, read these articles first. Or, after.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media, Thinking : Parent

Last night’s 2019’s Best Picture award at the Oscars went to Green Book, a film based (ever so loosely) on a real relationship between prominent Black jazz pianist and classically trained musician Dr. Don Shirley, and his hired driver, Frank “Tony...

5 ideas from LEGO Movie 2 to discuss with your kids : A guide for parents

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media, Thinking : Parent

Last week, I caught a press screening of the The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part with my kids and I have to admit, my expectations were…tempered. The genius of the first LEGO Movie (sorry for any spoilers but you know, 5 year statue of limitations and all) is that...

The new Wonder Park movie is launching this week, starring Jennifer Garner, Matthew Broderick, Ken Jeong, Kenan Thompson, John Oliver…and we can’t wait

by Cool Mom Staff | Entertainment + Media

This post was created in partnership with Paramount Pictures Ever since the Wonder Park movie trailer debuted, our kids have been asking, “can we go? Can we go?” And now that the movie is coming out this Friday, March 15, they don’t have to wait much...

The #CaptainMarvelChallenge: Can you help send girls to see a badass female superhero on the big screen?

by Liz Gumbinner | Doing Good, Entertainment + Media

I am so excited about the upcoming Captain Marvel release. Like, crazy excited. Believe it or not, it’s the first woman-lead superhero film from Marvel. (Yep, Wonder Woman was from DC Comics, fun as it was, my non-geeky friends.) Not only that, but Brie...

The diversity of movie heroes and movie makers | Editors’ Top 10 of the Year

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors Best of the Year, Entertainment + Media

Welcome to our annual editors top 10 of the year! Through the rest of the year, we’ll be sharing 10 of our favorite things (no offense, Oprah) of this past year and we hope you love them too. Of course we love everything we’ve shared, but these things are...