Family Filmgoer: Family Movie Reviews Column & Archive

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Great Gatsby,’ ‘Tyler Perry Presents Peeples’ and ‘Iron Man 3’

(The Washington Post, May 10, 2013; 9:32 AM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Iron Man 3,’ ‘Midnight’s Children’ and ‘The Big Wedding’

(The Washington Post, May 2, 2013; 4:42 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Pain & Gain,’ ‘Mud,’ ‘No Place on Earth’ and ‘Arthur Newman’

(The Washington Post, April 26, 2013; 9:44 AM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Oblivion,’ ‘42’ and ‘Scary Movie 5’

(The Washington Post, April 19, 2013; 10:02 AM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘42,’ ‘Trance’ and ‘The Company You Keep’

(The Washington Post, April 11, 2013; 5:41 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘From Up On Poppy Hill’ and ‘Jurassic Park 3D’

(The Washington Post, April 4, 2013; 5:40 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Host,’ ‘The Croods,’ G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ and ‘Spring Breakers’

(The Washington Post, March 28, 2013; 5:39 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Croods,’ ‘Admission,’ ‘Olympus Has Fallen’

(The Washington Post, March 21, 2013; 6:59 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,’ ‘Upside Down’ and ‘Dead Man Down’

(The Washington Post, March 14, 2013; 3:51 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Oz the Great and Powerful,’ ‘21 and Over’ and ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’

(The Washington Post, March 7, 2013; 6:32 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Jack the Giant Slayer,’ ‘A Place at the Table’ and ‘Phantom’

(The Washington Post, February 28, 2013; 5:04 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Escape From Planet Earth,’ ‘Snitch’ and ‘Safe Haven’

(The Washington Post, February 21, 2013; 5:35 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Safe Haven,’ ‘Beautiful Creatures’ and ‘Identity Thief’

(The Washington Post, February 14, 2013; 4:24 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Identity Thief,’ ‘Side Effects’ and ‘Warm Bodies’

(The Washington Post, February 8, 2013; 9:44 AM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Warm Bodies,’ ‘Bullet to the Head’ and ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’

(The Washington Post, January 31, 2013; 4:54 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Quartet,’ ‘The Last Stand’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

(The Washington Post, January 24, 2013; 5:24 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Mama,’ ‘LUV’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

(The Washington Post, January 17, 2013; 4:38 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ ‘Amour,’ ‘Gangster Squad’ and ‘Not Fade Away’

(The Washington Post, January 10, 2013; 5:09 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Not Fade Away,’ ‘Parental Guidance’ and ‘Django Unchained’

(The Washington Post, January 4, 2013; 11:12 AM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Parental Guidance,’ ‘Django Unchained’ and ‘Les Miserables’

(The Washington Post, December 28, 2012; 9:40 AM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘This is 40,’ ‘Jack Reacher,’ ‘Cirque du Soleil’ and ‘The Guilt Trip’

(The Washington Post, December 20, 2012; 5:54 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Hobbit,’ ‘The Central Park Five’ and ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’

(The Washington Post, December 13, 2012; 4:10 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Playing for Keeps,’ ‘Deadfall’ and ‘Waiting for Lightning’

(The Washington Post, December 6, 2012; 5:27 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Killing Them Softly,’ ‘The Waiting Room’ and ‘Rise of the Guardians’

(The Washington Post, November 29, 2012; 3:34 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Rise of the Guardians,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Red Dawn’ and ‘Breaking Dawn Part II’

(The Washington Post, November 21, 2012; 9:52 AM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Anna Karenina,’ ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Skyfall’

(The Washington Post, November 15, 2012; 12:27 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Wreck-It Ralph,’

(The Washington Post, November 8, 2012; 4:40 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Chasing Mavericks,’ ‘Wreck-it Ralph,’ ‘Flight’ and ‘The Details’

(The Washington Post, November 1, 2012; 6:24 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Cloud Atlas,’ ‘Chasing Mavericks’ and ‘Fun Size’

(The Washington Post, October 25, 2012; 6:49 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Alex Cross,’ ‘Tai Chi Zero’ and ‘Here Comes the Boom’

(The Washington Post, October 18, 2012; 4:22 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Here Comes the Boom,’ ‘Argo,’ ‘Frankenweenie’ and ‘Hotel Transylvania’

(The Washington Post, October 11, 2012; 9:18 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Frankenweenie,’ ‘Taken 2,’ ‘Hotel Transylvania’ and ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’

(The Washington Post, October 5, 2012; 10:33 AM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Hotel Transylvania,’ ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ and ‘Looper’

(The Washington Post, September 27, 2012; 4:55 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Trouble With the Curve,’ ‘End of Watch’ and ‘The Master’

(The Washington Post, September 20, 2012; 8:09 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Oogieloves,’ ‘Finding Nemo 3D’ and ‘Arbitrage’

(The Washington Post, September 13, 2012; 5:59 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Oogieloves,’ ‘The Possession’ and ‘Bachelorette’

(The Washington Post, September 6, 2012; 11:21 AM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Sleepwalk With Me,’ ‘Lawless,’ ‘The Possession’ and ‘Premium Rush’

(The Washington Post, August 30, 2012; 5:41 PM)

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(The Washington Post, August 23, 2012; 12:44 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Paranorman’ and ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green,’

(The Washington Post, August 16, 2012; 7:06 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Bourne Legacy,’ ‘The Campaign’ and ‘Hope Springs’

(The Washington Post, August 9, 2012; 2:53 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid,’ ‘Total Recall’ and ‘The Watch’

(The Washington Post, August 3, 2012; 10:15 AM)

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(The Washington Post, July 26, 2012; 1:32 PM)

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(The Washington Post, July 19, 2012; 4:55 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ and more

(The Washington Post, July 13, 2012; 1:51 PM)

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(The Washington Post, July 13, 2012; 10:32 AM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Katy Perry: Part of Me,’ ‘The Amazing Spider-Man,’ ‘Savages’ and more

(The Washington Post, July 6, 2012; 10:29 AM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘People Like Us,’ ‘Ted’ and ‘Magic Mike’

(The Washington Post, June 28, 2012; 6:57 PM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Brave,’ ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ and ‘Rock of Ages’

(The Washington Post, June 22, 2012; 9:17 AM)

Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Madagascar 3,’ ‘Rock of Ages’ and ‘Lola Versus’

(The Washington Post, June 15, 2012; 9:24 AM)

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