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Movie reviews for monsters, ghosts, and vampires & science and nature

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  • Review
    Epic

    Animated adventure amuses but doesn't live up to its title.
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    6
     
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    (Movie, 2013)
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    Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

    Fascinating Herzog documentary about Siberian trappers.
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    12
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Chasing Ice

    Beautiful, affecting documentary about glacier retreat.
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    13
     
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    (Movie, 2013)
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    The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

    Ghost story relies on creaky old clichés to generate scares.
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    15
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    A Monster in Paris

    French monster movie encourages looking past the surface.
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    8
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Wings of Life

    Lovely, kid-friendly nature docu focuses on bees, birds.
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    6
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Scary Movie 5

    This dumb, raunchy series should have given up the ghost.
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    15
     
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    (Movie, 2013)
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    Evil Dead

    Gore-filled horror remake entertains but can't top original.
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    17
     
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    (Movie, 2013)
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    Sid the Science Kid: Sid the Movie

    Series-inspired movie caters to preschoolers' curiosity.
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    4
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    To the Arctic

    Educational documentary explores life in the frozen wild.
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    6
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Curious George Swings into Spring

    Friendly monkey's escapades teach tots about nature.
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    3
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2

    Final Twilight focuses on Edward and Bella's legacy.
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    14
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Monsters, Inc.

    Cute, kid-friendly monster movie; may scare sensitive kids.
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    5
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Warm Bodies

    Despite violence, book-based zombie romance is OK for teens.
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    14
     
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    (Movie, 2013)
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    Hotel Transylvania

    Father-daughter comedy works as intro to monster movies.
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    7
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Paranormal Activity 4

    Fourth in spooky series runs out of ideas -- and scares.
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    16
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

    Brisk, outrageous action movie has tons of witchy violence.
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    16
     
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    (Movie, 2013)
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    The Possession

    Demonically scary movie has low gore, strong characters.
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    14
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Frankenweenie

    Burton's creepy young Frankenstein is perfect for tweens.
    AGE
    9
     
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    (DVD, 2013)
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    Resident Evil: Retribution

    Plenty of gore -- and more 3-D -- in fifth RE installment.
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    16
     
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    The Whale

    Touching nature docu gets too emotional for littlest kids.
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    8
     
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    ParaNorman

    Cool-but-creepy monster flick is too scary for little kids.
    AGE
    9
     
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    The Apparition

    Haunted house flick has some scares but lacks story.
    AGE
    13
     
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    The Dust Bowl

    Powerful, disturbing tour through environmental devastation.
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    12
     
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    (DVD, 2012)
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    Vamps

    Vampire comedy has cute moments but lacks bite.
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    14
     
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    (DVD, 2012)