Enchanted

Oh, I absolutely love this movie! It needs to make a comeback, now! It was so good. 

Enchanted starts off as an animated movie with a princess, prince, and evil queen/stepmother. As part of an evil scheme, the princess is sent off to the real world where she stays with a man and his daughter and makes rodents clean their apartment. It is all very funny and musical and wonderful. 

Eloise at Christmastime

A sequel to Eloise at the Plaza and happening immediately after the first movie is Eloise at Christmastime. The young girl is at her antics again, meddling into the business of anyone and everyone at the Plaza hotel in New York City. 

Eloise at the Plaza

This movie is great for kids who love Dennis the Menace and Home Alone and any type of movie where children meddle in other people's business. It is based off the book series "Eloise at the Plaza". 

My son and I definitely enjoyed it - there was a lot of giggling going on. I may have to check out the book series now!

Double Platinum

This movie was aired on ABC and is about a famous singer who left her daughter for her career and one day she finds her again and helps her become a famous singer, too. There is a lot of drama.

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

Oh, Lindsay Lohan. Your Disney movies are gold. 

Lindsay plays this dramatic teen who has lots of angst and lies a lot. Megan Fox is in this movie playing the mean girl and I just love that every time she pops up on the screen she has a theme song playing. It makes me feel like I desperately need one so people know I mean business when I walk into a room. 

Christmas Bounty

The next movie comes to us from ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas. Brace yourself for New Jersey. (I'm from PA) 

I was a little annoyed at the end because I liked the other guy that she did not pick but whatever. Christmas in August! I believe the next movie is also Christmas related! In other news, 4 months til Christmas Eve- Ahh! 

Celeste in the City

I watched Celeste in the City, which was a TV movie on ABC Family. This was not my first time seeing this movie but I forgot how much I liked it. 

First, I need to say how much I love the cast. I'm a huge Roswell fan, and Majandra Delfino is awesome. I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer so seeing Nicholas Brendon in this role was funny. I also love Ethan Embry from Empire Records and Sweet Home Alabama (and a ton of other great movies, of course) so I was happy to see him have the romantic interest's role. 

The story was cute. There are lots of those "girl-gets-makeover" movies where suddenly, after taking out their ponytail and taking off their glasses, everything turns out right. I don't mind seeing 100 different versions of the same story, though. (see Cinderella)

Around the World in 80 Days

The Kid was much too busy to watch our next movie with us, which was fine because it wasn't super entertaining for his age (or ours.. really). 

Some parts were funny, and I did like a lot of the cast, but the movie overall was certainly not the best and most entertaining for a family movie. There are many others to spend your valuable time watching. But I don't care - I am loving this Disney mission and glad to have another one under my belt.

The kid has been learning some geography. We started with a map of the United States. He is learning all of the states and their locations. Each time he gets one right, he gets the M&M that was sitting on that state. He likes that part! 

Annie (1999)

Our next movie is Annie - the 1999 TV movie version that aired on ABC. I think it may be our first musical, too. I like musicals. 

Annie is a classic, of course, but this version was not the best. It was a TV movie after all. Annie has been redone several times over the years. I do like the cast in this one, though. 

We were pretty boring about the activity this time around and just did some house chores. I didn't even get a picture of it! Unfortunately for the boys I do know all the words to It's a Hard Knock Life. I'll have to make them miserable with that next time I clean.