With a well-conceived educational thrust, songs address composition structure, cadence, instrumentation, composer identification, and history. The rhymes are relentlessly original. For example, after ...
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Music: Beethoven's Wig: Sing Along Symphonies
I rate this titleonand give itWitty CD is a rollicking musical feast for all.
DVD: Come Away Home
I rate this titleonand give itTouching movie about the importance of family.
Kids will definitely relate to Annie, who is a little bratty at the beginning of the movie. Like any tween, she wants to spend her summer hanging out with friends, and she resents that she's being ...
DVD: Cursed
I rate this titleiffyand give itDumb werewolf movie may leave you feeling cursed.
It's hard to tell if Cursed is supposed to be a campy, sarcastic film like Scream or a true horror movie. Although it offers funny touches like a Scott Baio cameo, it's not clever and ...
DVD: Open Water
I rate this titlenokidsand give itIntense relationship story isn't for kids.
Open Water is definitely not for the Shark Tale crowd -- this is a very intense movie that is for adults only. Although the movie may appeal to teens who think it's a Jaws-like ...
TV: Summerland
I rate this titleiffyand give itMindless (but addictive) surf town drama.
Like peering into a tide pool full of outlandish creatures, it's hard to look away from the imaginary world of Summerland -- but this show is perplexing to say the least. Half of the ...
TV: The Simple Life
I rate this titleiffyand give itThis show made Paris and Nicole household names.
On one level, teens will love seeing two spoiled girls being forced to do ordinary things such as going to the grocery store, sharing a bathroom with others, being interns, or taking care of ...
DVD: Scary Movie
I rate this titleoffand give itIt will only frighten you with its crudeness.
A costumed killer chases a flatulent, underwear-clad character and stabs her, piercing her breast implant. A grandmother is thrown down steps to impede a killer's progress. A retarded deputy soils ...
DVD: Company Man
I rate this titleiffyand give itPolitical '60s spoof won't interest most teens.
Like Forrest Gump, Allen Quimp has a talent for ending up at the right place at the right time and inadvertently setting historical events into motion. Unlike the other movie, however, COMPANY MAN ...
DVD: Boys and Girls
I rate this titleiffyand give itSilly star crossed sex obsessed love flick.
Robert Iscove, who directed She's All That, must have been asked to make another movie exactly like it. His use of Freddie Prinze, Jr. and the lovers-from-different-worlds story are obvious ...
DVD: Sweet November
I rate this titleiffyand give itSo-so Love Story for a new generation.
For teens who haven't seen Love Story or any of the other "disease-of-the-week" movies popular in the '70s, this movie will be an intensely emotional experience. Older viewers, ...
DVD: Urban Legends: Final Cut
I rate this titlenokidsand give itDon't waste your time.
It's fairly obvious why the creators of Urban Legend would make a sequel: To capitalize on the success of the first movie and to push cinematic violence and gore to a new level. Whether or not ...
DVD: Teaching Mrs. Tingle
I rate this titleoffand give itMisguided teen thriller -- don't bother.
You can't help but wonder why the acclaimed British thespian Helen Mirren would agree to be a part of this misguided teen thriller. She seems to enjoy portraying a Disney-like villainess, playing ...
