Category — *Kids' Shows

The interminable Simpsons repeats on some of my local channels recently worked their way round to the one where Bart gets a vision of the future where he’s a dropout with a pretend band, and Lisa is President. Anyway, …

I saw City of Ember tonight and really enjoyed it. It’s not the most fantastic film I’ve seen recently, but it’s got a good, solid adventure story, some really engaging characters and gorgeous visual design. It also has …

Wonder Woman is easily the most recognized female superhero out there, and yet how many people can tell you anything about her except that she was protrayed by Lynda Carter in the 70s TV show? The producers of Justice League …

I watched the first episode of the remake of Gladiators, and the thing that struck me was how the female gladiators looked and acted. I’ve broken it down into three categories, appearance, attitude and names. This …

I just saw Nim’s Island tonight (I seem to be on a movies-aimed-at-children kick), and oh man, it was so close to truly awesome. The lead character, Nim, is fantastic. She’s daring and creative and …

A couple of days ago I wrote that the reason people react more strongly to criticisms of sexism in kids’ shows and movies than adult shows and movies is that they’re terrified of what will happen if young girls …

After Aerin brought to my attention the hornet’s nest Peter Sagal had inadvertently stirred up merely by suggesting the filmmakers added some sexist embellishment to Horton Hear a Who, I made a comment on his blog. …

I saw The Spiderwick Chronicles this week, and I was really impressed. I haven’t read the source material and can’t say how the film stacks up against the books, but on its own The …

I recently re-watched the whole of Justice League (re-titled Justice League Unlimited for its last three seasons), and have come to an important conclusion: it is not just the best superhero show ever made, it is one of the …

You’re no doubt aware that there’s a new kids’ action/adventure film coming out called The Golden Compass. This film is already generating controversy because the author is an atheist, and Christian groups are already organizing to boycott this …