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One night inside their home in Japan, Professor Sato (voiced by Gedde Watanabe) tells his young, baseball-loving son Kenji (Hiro Nakamura) that \u201cUltraman\u2019s most important task is finding balance.\u201d Moments later, Sato receives a message that the kaiju monster Gigantron is coming. Sato heads outside and transforms into Ultraman, a giant superhero who fights such monsters. Cut to 20 years later, and Kenji is now a professional baseball player who goes by Ken (Christopher Sean). When he moves from the Los Angeles Dodgers to Japan\u2019s Yomiuri Giants, he takes on his father\u2019s role as the monster-fighter Ultraman.<\/p>\n
Since 1966, this superhero creation from Eiji Tsuburaya has garnered its fair share of spinoffs, and this Netflix version focuses on themes of family, parenthood and finding balance in life. That might sound a little lofty for young viewers, and the life-lesson sequences did bore my 6-year-old a bit, but there were enough action scenes to ultimately hold his attention.<\/p>\n
Ken is up against his own ego, rampaging monsters and Dr. Onda (Keone Young), the head of the Kaiju Defense Force. The parenthood theme kicks into high gear when Ken adopts a cutesy kaiju baby named Ami (Julia Harriman). Shannon Tindle directs this film, which he co-wrote with Marc Haimes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Lincoln Loud (Bentley Griffin), a spy-loving kid, is beyond excited to have a spy for a new grandmother when his grandfather Pop Pop (Piotr Michael) becomes engaged to Myrtle (Alex Cazares), a former professional sleuth. As Lincoln and his 10 sisters prepare to head to their tropical wedding, he assures his Gran Gran-to-be that if any enemies from her past show up, he\u2019ll help her save the day. Of course, an old nemesis does<\/em> crash the wedding.<\/p>\n This movie, an extension of the long-running, Emmy-winning Nickelodeon series \u201cThe Loud House,\u201d has some clever touches that riff on blockbuster spy films like, of course, the James Bond movie \u201cNo Time to Die.\u201d And it\u2019s sweet to watch Pop Pop worry that he\u2019s too boring for Myrtle, only to become a hero and develop a newfound sense of confidence. Kyle Marshall, who helped create over 60 episodes of the series, directed. Whitney Wetta and Jeff Sayers, also veterans of the series, co-wrote the script.<\/p>\n With plenty of car chases, booby traps and silly family-friendly humor, the movie should entertain older preschoolers and younger elementary-aged children.<\/p>\n Stream it on Disney+.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Children don\u2019t need to be die-hard fans of the Disney Channel series \u201cBig City Greens,\u201d created by the brothers Shane and Chris Houghton, to love this movie version, which sends the countrified Green family to space. Wild child Cricket Green (Chris Houghton) is in constant pursuit of adventure, but his farming family can\u2019t afford the SpaceX price tags to actually travel into the cosmos. When they are offered a free trip if they can save a failing asteroid farm, Cricket convinces the group \u2014 his predictability-loving father, Bill (Bob Joles), his sister Tilly (Marieve Herington) and his Gramma Alice (Artemis Pebdani) \u2014 to take the ultimate vacation. Bill\u2019s motorcycle riding ex-wife, Nancy (Wendi McLendon-Covey), and Cricket\u2019s wealthy B.F.F., Remy (Zeno Robinson), are also part of the cast.<\/p>\n The characters\u2019 charm and humor, which make the show so watchable, are on full display, and the musical numbers should capture littler ones\u2019 attention. Anna O\u2019Brian, who has led several episodes of the series, directed.<\/p>\n Stream it on Prime Video.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Most parents who\u2019ve watched television with a preschooler have probably heard the words \u201cMy handy, dandy notebook!\u201d at least 100 times. It\u2019s a catchphrase in the hit educational show \u201cBlue\u2019s Clues & You!,\u201d which follows a predictable formula: The host, Josh (Joshua Dela Cruz), records clues in his notebook, that he and his animated canine companion, Blue (voiced by Traci Paige Johnson), follow to solve mysteries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In the film, Josh and Blue leave the animated, colorful Storybook World, where the show is set, for real-world Manhattan. Josh has an audition for a Broadway show, but when he realizes he\u2019s lost his precious notebook, which has the address for the audition, the duo dance and sing their way around New York searching for clues to find it. The original \u201cBlue\u2019s Clues\u201d host, Steve Burns, returns to the story, and there are animated, talking salt shakers, alarm clocks and bars of soap to charm younger children. Preschoolers should love the movie\u2019s ultra-peppy vibe, and the casting\u2019s inclusivity is a big plus.<\/p>\n The music video director Matt Stawski directed here, and Angela C. Santomero, who cocreated the show and created \u201cDaniel Tiger\u2019s Neighborhood,\u201d wrote the script.<\/p>\n\u2018Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation\u2019<\/h2>\n
\u2018Blue\u2019s Big City Adventure\u2019<\/h2>\n
\u2018Kleks Academy\u2019<\/h2>\n