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7 fantastic children’s books to pick up before they hit theaters this year.

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids, Entertainment + Media

My kids love to read. But they also love to go to the movies. Luckily, that makes our summer reading easy this year, since I’m going to encourage them to pick up some of the great children’s books that are being adapted into movies this summer and fall....

Finding Dory review: What to expect before you take your kids

by Kristen Chase | Entertainment + Media

This past weekend, my family and I braved the crowds to catch the new Finding Dory movie, the long-awaited sequel to the perennial favorite, Finding Nemo. With kids ranging in age from 5 up through 12, I was hoping it was something they would all enjoy, and thankfully...

9 fantastic girl power movies for kids, streaming right now

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

Having two girls, I am definitely hyperaware of their increased interest in a film when it has a strong female lead. That said, when they’re with their male friends, and they’re trying to pick a movie to watch together, I realize how rare it is for some of...

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There’s more to kids’ movies than Disney and Marvel: Top picks from the NY International Children’s Film Festival

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

This weekend kicks off the NYICFF, or the NY International Children’s Film Festival, which has become one of our favorite annual traditions. We are definitely a movie-loving household, and work hard to find the good stuff. (Multiple viewings of My Little Pony:...

Web coolness: Oscar party ideas, Oscar nights alternatives, Quidditch in the Himalayas, and one very important birthday.

by Christina Refford | Best of the Web

Here are some of the things we’ve liked reading around the web this week. We hope you like them too. (There are so many this week!) Cool Mom Picks turns ten this week! Today’s the last day to enter to win 10 really amazing giveaway gifts — and...

12 easy Oscars party ideas to make watching the awards even more fun

by Christina Refford | Party Ideas

This post has been updated for 2019 Even if the only movies you’ve seen this year are the animated kind (no judgment, parents!), it’s always fun to have an excuse to get together with friends and ogle all the Hollywood glamour over a glass of bubbly. If...

Where to find 20 of the best romantic movies streaming for Valentine’s Day

by Kate Etue | Entertainment + Media

We get it: Valentine’s Day with kids means you may not be headed out to some big concert, to the opera, to Paris (hey, we can dream, right?) or even to a local joint for dinner. So if your plan, by preference or by necessity, is to spend Valentine’s night...

The Ultimate Star Wars Guide: Dozens of geeky gifts, party ideas, DIY projects, recipes, and random Force-inspired insanity.

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Party Ideas, Toys + Playthings

Okay, so the world is obsessed with Star Wars right now in light of the premier of The Force Awakens. And hey, we count ourselves among you all. Now we can’t exactly say we’ve covered Star Wars “since before it was cool” because 1.) no such...

Feelings, nothing more than feelings: Inside Out now available on DVD and digital download

by Christina Refford | Entertainment + Media

If you missed Disney Pixar’s Inside Out when it came to the theaters, perhaps you thought that getting kids to watch an animated movie about “feelings” would be about as exciting to them as one of those hour-long health movies that they have to watch...