Family Movie Night: THE LITTLE RASCALS (1994)

Welcome to another installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we review a family-friendly film for our faithful fans. This week's selection is the adorable film, THE LITTLE RASCALS from 1994. I recently watched this film after a number of years and fell in love with it all over again.

Family Movie Night: BARBIE: VIDEO GAME HERO

Welcome to another installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy. This week's pick is the animated adventure BARBIE: VIDEO GAME HERO.

Family Movie Night: THE GOONIES

Welcome to a new installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy. This week I'll be reviewing the wonderful '80s classic, THE GOONIES! If you grew up in the '80's then you most likely watched this film over and over. It was directed by Richard Donner and Chris Columbus wrote the screenplay. Steven Speilberg was one of the producers and the story was his idea.

Family Movie Night: JEDI JUNIOR HIGH

Welcome to another installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy. This week we review the 2014 documentary, JEDI JUNIOR HIGH.

Once upon a time in 2009, in the Anaheim suburb of Costa Mesa, CA, a group of children and pre-teens were gathered to stage a musical version of The Empire Strikes Back, the fifth installment in the Star Wars saga. The budget was low, the rehearsal time was short, and the talent was about where you would expect it to be with a bunch of child actors. Jedi Junior High tells the story of that strange and heroic undertaking.

Family Movie Night: TREASURE PLANET

Welcome to a new installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our family friendly recommendations.This week, we take a look at the 2002 Disney Animated Film...TREASURE PLANET!

Family Movie Night: NESSIE & ME

Welcome to a new installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy.  This week we review the 2016 Jim Wynorski directed family film...NESSIE & ME.

For years, Director/Writer Jim Wynorski has been known for making horror movies. However recently, he has turned his attention to making movies for kids with Nessie & Me being the first of these films. Written by Jim Wynorski and Carl Salminen and directed by Jim Wynorski, Nessie & Me is a movie for a younger audience but it’s not quite the kids movie the title implies it to be. In fact, Nessie & Me has two storylines going on at once.

Family Movie Night: TROLLS

Welcome to a new installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy.  This week we review the 2016 toy-based animated film...TROLLS.

Family Movie Night: ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

Welcome to another installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy. This week we blow the dust off a classic Disney offering, 1975's ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN.

Howdy fellow film freaks, Robert here. If the name "Witch Mountain" means anything to you at all, you likely remember it from the completely unnecessary Race to Witch Mountain, a nostalgia reboot of the series released in 2009. Movie geek that I am, I knew of the earlier Witch Mountain projects, 1975's Escape to Witch Mountain and it's 1978 sequel, Return from Witch Mountain, but had never actually watched either of them. This review represents the end of that omission, and I can't say I'm all the richer for it.

Family Movie Night: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Welcome to a new installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation for a family-friendly film to enjoy. This week we review the majestic and wonderfully animated BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.  This film has something for every member of the family to enjoy.

Disney has a great talent for bringing fairy tales to life onscreen, and Beauty and the Beast is no exception. There had been attempts in the 1930's and 1950's to adapt the story to screen, however it wasn't until 1991 that if finally was released by Walt Disney Pictures.

Family Movie Night: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

Welcome to another installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy. In honor of the Christmas season we bring to you the review for A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS.

Family Movie Night: A DOGGONE CHRISTMAS

Welcome to a new installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy.  This week we look at a new entry into the Christmas family movie fare, 2016's A DOGGONE CHRISTMAS.

Yes, I’m keeping my Family Movie Night review in the Christmas theme we have going on here at Merc With A Movie Blog. Even though this movie is about Christmas and how magical things can happen around that time of year, it also has the values that go into it for all year long. Your first inkling that this is a movie for kids of all ages - from one to ninety-two as the song goes - is when you see that the big-name star of the movie is a dog. 

Family Movie Night: THE PACIFIER

Welcome to another installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy. This week we look at an oddity in Vin Diesel's career, 2005's THE PACIFIER.

Family Movie Night: HAPPY FEET

Welcome to another installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy. Today we look at an Academy Award winning family friendly film from 2006, George Miller’s HAPPY FEET.

Family Movie Night: THE NEVERENDING STORY

Welcome to another installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy. Today we look at a true classic of family-friendly cinema: 1984's THE NEVERENDING STORY.

Family Movie Night: RATATOUILLE

Welcome to another installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy. Today we review the Pixar animated film, RATATOUILLE.

Family Movie Night: RUSSELL MADNESS

Welcome to another installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy. Today we review the canine comedy, RUSSELL MADNESS.

Howdy fellow film freaks, Robert here. The success of Disney's Air Bud in 1997, a movie about a golden retriever that plays basketball, spawned a whole host of sequels and spinoffs featuring dogs playing every sport under the sun, as well as having other, non-sporting adventures, and generally being cute and furry.

Family Movie Night: WALL-E

Welcome to a new installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy.  This week we review the wonderfully fun, animated film...WALL-E.

Family Movie Night: WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Welcome to a new installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy.  This week we review the wonderfully whimsical, classic family film...WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Enjoy!

Family Movie Night: INSIDE OUT

Welcome to a new installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly movie to enjoy.  This week we review the wonderfully brilliant animated film...INSIDE OUT.

Family Movie Night: TOY STORY 2

Welcome to another installment of FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT, where we give our recommendation on a family-friendly film to enjoy. This week we review the sweet and heartfelt animated sequel...TOY STORY 2.