Ramona and Beezus movie review
A must-see for all families

Twilight: Eclipse movie review
A Twihard weighs in

How to Train Your Dragon, the movie
Vikings, dragons, and Hiccup, oh my!

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the movie
Middle-school angst shines through

Alice in Wonderland, the movie
Tim Burton's take: curiouser and curiouser

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief movie review
"A cookie-cutter teen fantasy with some Greek references"

Twilight: New Moon movie review
Taking a bite out of the fan favorite

Where the Wild Things Are movie review
Wild Things grow up

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the movie
Setting up Harry's final quest

Coraline the movie
Neil Gaiman's alternative world gorgeously — and creepily — visualized

Inkheart the movie
Villains, books, and Toto, too

The Tale of Despereaux movie review
Little mouse, big screen

Catherine Hardwicke's Twilight
Sinking our teeth in

Mark Herman's The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Recasting the Holocaust

Gil Kenan’s City of Ember
Lina and Doon light out

Peter Sollett's Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Big night on the big screen

Sanaa Hamri’s The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Jean splicing in the popular series

Andrew Adamson’s The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Narnia redux

Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino’s Horton Hears a Who!
Who-ville revisited

Mark Waters's The Spiderwick Chronicles
A faithful (if loud and rather scary) adaptation

Chris Weitz's The Golden Compass
Action-packed philosophy at the mulitplex

David Cunningham's The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Or is it?

David Yates's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Confronting the darkness

Andrew Fleming's Nancy Drew
The Case of the Big-Screen Adaptation

Gabor Csupo's Bridge to Terabithia
David Paterson interprets his mother’s beloved classic novel

Chris Noonan's Miss Potter
Chasing Peter Rabbit

Gary Winick's Charlotte's Web
Unraveling E. B. White

Wil Shriner’s Hoot
Hollywood eyes Hiaasen

Matt O’Callaghan’s Curious George
Monkeying around with the classic

Andrew Adamson's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Grabbing Aslan by the tail

Mike Newell’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Racing into the awkward years

Jon Favreau’s Zathura
Van Allsburg gets back in the game

Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
A second helping of Willy Wonka

Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle
Diana Wynne Jones goes anime