Finding common ground with Stand And Deliver 30 years later
In 1982, 18 students at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles passed the Advanced Placement Calculus test, which was…
You never forget your kids’ first John Waters movie
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50 years later, The Jungle Book is still Disney’s best soundtrack
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The Secret Of NIMH leaves basically every kid who sees it with a lingering dread
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret remains a guide for puberty
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Does Austin Powers still hold up? Mostly, baby
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My Girl delivered death in an unbearably precocious package
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Killing Lara Croft isn’t as fun as it used to be
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The Halloween Tree remains an adventure in understanding and friendship
“It was a small town by a small river and a small lake in a small northern part of a Midwest state.” The opening line…
Salute Your Shorts proved that a good ensemble doesn’t need a protagonist
In 1992, the second season of Salute Your Shorts debuted and I felt betrayed. Michael (Erik MacArthur), the angel-faced…
The Stinky Cheese Man introduces kids to a postmodern landscape
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Doctor Who: The Movie makes a good first impression the second time around
Usually when I tell a fellow Doctor Who fan that my first real foray into the fandom was the 1996 TV movie, I get a…
Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken is a trot down tween-girl memory lane
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Bill Nye The Science Guy mixed science and comedy, with explosive results
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For ’80s kids, there’s always been more than one Ghostbusters
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31 years later, Girls Just Want To Have Fun is a ridiculous dance party
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Does Dave Eggers’ debut still live up to its title?
When I reviewed Mark Leyner’s Gone With The Mind earlier this year, there was an interesting theme that kept popping up…
The Indian In The Cupboard brought race issues to kid lit
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When Mel Brooks watched Star Wars, he saw space penises
Who’s ready for some dick jokes? Spaceballs is remembered as a silly send-up of Star Wars, Mel Brooks’ goofball ode to…
Ghosts and monsters were the least scary part of Goosebumps
Halloween is the only holiday associated with horror, but no one dreads it out of fear. Outside of the movies that tend…