What to Watch: Wholesome Fall Movies that Skip the Spook

MONSTERS, INC.

MONSTERS, INC. takes place in Monstropolis, a thriving company town where monsters of all shapes and sizes reside. John Goodman plays James P. Sullivan (“Just call me Sulley,” he says), the top kid scarer for Monsters, Inc. Sulley’s job is to jump…

A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING

You may think that the short Charlie Brown TV programs that show up every holiday season are just simple little movies, but they are so much more. Time after time, Charlie Brown delivers a message that’s much deeper than expected. A CHARLIE…

POOH’S HEFFALUMP MOVIE

Disney’s Pooh movies are a delight. POOH’S HEFFALUMP MOVIE is no exception. The pacing is good, the animation is winsome, and the characters are adorable. In this one, Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Rabbit are frightened by the appearance of tracks from a…

CHARLOTTE’S WEB

CHARLOTTES' WEB is a live action movie of the beloved children's novel. Dakota Fanning stars as Fern, a farm girl in the rural village of Somerset who rescues a small runt pig she names Wilbur. Fern keeps Wilbur in her uncle’s barn…

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (1934)

The 1934 version of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES opens with Matthew Culbert coming to the train station to pick up a boy he and his sister Marilla had agreed to adopt (in part to help with farm work). To his surprise, the…

PADDINGTON

PADDINGTON is based on the beloved children’s books about a friendly talking bear from “deepest, darkest Peru” who comes to London to find a new home. Paddington the bear finds a temporary home with the Brown family, which includes Henry, his wife,…

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