the family bonding opportunity, watching a good movie also has lots of educational benefits for your child. There are often recurring themes in films that provide a chance to explore moral dilemmas, problem- solving, emotions and social issues

WALL - E (U) Human beings can be a mean old bunch. Having cluttered up the planet with all their junk, they’ve escaped on an enormous spaceship. Meanwhile, poor little WALL-E has to clean up the mess, crunching the junk in his tummy and popping it back out in neat cubes. But this...

Wonky donkeys, fluffed lines and not a dry eye in the house: the Nativity play is a long-standing tradition with the power to pull on the heartstrings. Billed as a British family Christmas movie aimed at the school gate audience, Nativity 2

classmates opt to try their hand at reanimation too, with monstrous results. Based on his 1984 short film of the same name, Burton has taken a step back in time for this, eschewing trusty rent-a-kook Johnny Depp and opting instead for the vocal talents

Mirror Mirror (PG)Snow white movies are a bit like buses. You wait ages for one, and then two come along at once, but while Snow White And The Huntsman, starring Twilight starlet Kristen Stewart as the eponymous heroine, promises to be a darkly Gothic affair, Mirror Mirror looks ...

on Puss In Boots:*****"Purr-fect family viewing, with plenty of funny feline oneliners and cool cats with castanets.”Joe's wardrobe: T-shirt by Dirt Boy.

with the dearly departed could just rescue Blithe Hollow’s townsfolk from imminent zombie calamity. With impressive handcrafted characters and some truly creepy moments, this is perfect film-night fare for slightly older children.

While according to The Drifters Saturday night is prime time for a trip to the movies, if you're a child, Saturday morning is where it's at. Every weekend, the Barbican opens wide its doors to young movie-goers with its Family Film Club. As part

to find one for her. With a tip-off from his grandma, his odyssey leads him beyond the gates of Thneedville to a desolate baron land, home to Once-ler, who tells his sorry tale.Once a boy with bold ambitions, the Once-ler left his faithless family to make

With Hallowe’en approaching and the nights drawing in, scare-loving families will begin looking for that perfect spooky film to enjoy during a cosy evening in. As many parents will testify, it isn’t always easy to find a Hallowe’en film suitable