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Archive of: Family Fun and Movie Reviews

	Title	Issue
	Les Miserables Honestly, I was a little bored with the movie. That may be because I saw it at the end of a long Christmas Day and was tired to begin with. Or it might be because there's only a handful of spoken lines, and the rest is all singing... Jane Louise Boursaw	January 2013
	Jack Reacher When I heard that the New York and Pittsburgh premieres of Jack Reacher were canceled out of respect for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that seemed like an admirable thing to do... Jane Louise Boursaw	January 2013
	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey What a joy to see our old friends from the Lord of the Rings trilogy again, and hear that familiar music from those earlier films. This movie -- the first in a trilogy -- is a beautiful blend of old and new... Jane Louise Boursaw	December 2012
	Playing for Keeps Is Playing for Keeps a great movie? No, but that doesn't mean it's a horrible movie either... Jane Louise Boursaw	December 2012
	Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the few actors who can pull off a movie that consists mainly of talking, and it's because he so fully disappears into his characters... Jane Louise Boursaw	December 2012
	Rise of the Guardians You know those cute holiday icons like Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, Sandman and Jack Frost? Well, you won't find them in this movie... Jane Louise Boursaw	November 2012
	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 I admit I've been both gleeful and sad for this last installment of The Twilight Saga franchise... Jane Louise Boursaw	November 2012
	Skyfall What's not to love about a James Bond movie that offers up an exotic locale, a thrilling motorcycle chase on a rooftop, and a fist-fight with a villain atop a moving train -- all in the first five minutes? Jane Louise Boursaw	November 2012
	Wreck-it Ralph The best family movies, like Toy Story, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles, are really all about the story and characters. If you have a good story and believable characters, the rest of the movie is secondary... Jane Louise Boursaw	November 2012
	Pitch Perfect I always have to remind myself that Anna Kendrick is crowding 30 years old (well, if you count 27 as crowding 30), because she looks so young... Jane Louise Boursaw	October 2012