Well, that’s a tough question! Today, we posted on Playground Dad about the best 5 father and child scenes in movies or TV shows, so while you think about it, you can enjoy these incredibly emotional moments.
[You guessed it, keep tissues on hand.]
1. Meet Joe Black (1998)
It’s almost at the end of the movie, Bill Parrish is going to die soon and he talks to his daughter Susan telling her how important she’s been in his life.
The year has hardly begun and it already looks like it will be filled with awesomeness! Let’s begin with movies. 2012 was a good year for children’s movies that grown-ups loved too, Brave and Life of Pi topping the list. It looks like 2013 will keep up the good job, as several family movies are scheduled to release this year. Here are our top 5 (in release date order), which do you think will be your favorite?
1 – Oz: The Great and Powerful
This new Disney movie tells the story of what happened before The Wizard of Oz: the cast is great, the story seems fantastic and Oz, well, there isn’t any place quite as wonderful, is there? Release date should be on March 8th.
Christmas scenes in movies are just like Christmas music – excellent comfort food for the mind.
From Miracle on the 34th Street to Home Alone, from Scrooge to Meet me in St. Louis, we selected a few of our favorite Christmas scenes and movies.
Watch the Grinch’s growing heart and start a journey through the some of the best Christmas moment on the silver screen: we bet each of these videos will make you want to watch the whole movie again!
And of course, share your favorite scenes with us too: the more, the Merrier Little Christmas.
We know we are supposed to be “good” all year long. At the same time, we know that it’s hard. We’re stressed, overwhelmed, scared… This is why the weeks leading up to Christmas are a great time to slightly change some of our habits,and try to behave a bit differently at work, with our friends, and with our family. Kids love Christmas, not only because they get presents, but because they are able to spend more time with their parents and friends and feel energized by the magic of this festivity. If you are not feeling the Christmas Spirit yet, here’s how to awaken it!
1. GET SUFJAN STEVENS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM “Silver and Gold”
It’s just beautiful. It will make you feel Christmas’ complexity and charm.
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Did you think we were done with scary Halloween stuff? Mistake! After the top five scariest books for kids, here is another Halloween top five: the scariest scenes in classic children movies.
Ready?
#5 The crazed boat ride in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl, already featured in the top five scary books, is here again, albeit in a movie adaptation of his book! We are convinced there is no better way to open our top five than this properly freaky psychedelic sequence. [read more]
Because we are still in an excited back-to-school mood, we made a list of our favorite teachers in children movies. Which ones did we forget? Which are your favorite?
5 – George Lopez, of “Etre et Avoir.”
If you haven’t watched “Etre et Avoir” (To Be and To Have), do it now. It’s the adorable story of a small (really small, one-room small!) school in rural France, where kids between 4 and 11 are educated by one loving and dedicated teacher – he is a real person, so double respect. [read more]
It’s hard (and sad) to imagine a world without LEGO, but that was the case until “only” 80 years ago!
Have you ever wondered how LEGO happened? The idea, the bricks, the name?
Well, ladies and gentlemen, this cartoon tells you the story. Which is, of course, totally awesome.
So happy 80th birthday to LEGO, and let’s get building!
You know what’s really exciting?
Brave is out!
Did you watch it yet? We did. And we loved it.
That’s hardly surprising, since we are huge fan of Pixar’s work – is anyone not?
And of course after watching the movie we started playing “what’s your favorite Pixar movie trailer?” Long discussions followed, but we finally have an answer. Or five.
“Buz-e-Chini,” (The Goat) is a 3D animated movie by Abbas Ali, a graphic designer and cartoon lover from Afghanistan who found refuge in Pakistan when the Taliban took over his country. He started working on the movie while away, and after the end of the Taliban regime went back to Afghanistan and finished the project.
We love Hindu mythology. Of course! What’s not to love about thousands of gods with incredible powers who have a head of elephant, or many arms, or blue skin?
And, even better, sometimes they look like this:
All images by Sanjay Patel
These brilliant illustrations are part of Sanjay Patel‘s new book, Hindu Deities, which we discovered thanks to brainpickings.
