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Watch it on Disney+.<\/a><\/p>\n In 1937, \u201cSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs\u201d captured the imaginations of children and adults, and set Disney on a path to creating endless classics, including \u201cFantasia\u201d (1940), \u201cThe Lion King\u201d (1994) and more. To celebrate the company\u2019s 100th anniversary this year, Disney+ is streaming a 4K restoration of \u201cSnow White.\u201d While kids might be familiar with the story of the dark-haired princess, her mirror-loving evil stepmother and the seven dwarfs, it\u2019s worth showing them the restored film version so they can absorb the tale in all its original glory (beautified by modern technology, of course).<\/p>\n \u201cSnow White\u201d was the first full-length animated feature film, and the classic characters, visuals and story are worth passing on to the next generation.<\/p>\n Watch it on Netflix.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Unless you are the world\u2019s most relaxed free-range parent<\/a>, you\u2019ll likely relate to Allison (Jennifer Garner) and Carlos (\u00c9dgar Ram\u00edrez). They used to be cool. They went skydiving and rock climbing. They said yes to everything \u2014 until they had three children and started saying no every time one of them went near a butter knife or some monkey bars. When Allison and Carlos are told by teachers that they\u2019re too strict, a guidance counselor (Nat Faxon) suggests they try a Yes Day, where they spend 24 hours saying yes to their kids.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Based on the children\u2019s book of the same name, \u201cYes Day\u201d could be thought of as a wholesome, family-friendly version of \u201cThe Purge,\u201d where the craziest things that happen involve eating giant sundaes and driving through a carwash with the windows down. The director Miguel Arteta (\u201cAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day\u201d) fits in some genuinely funny moments into the story: The couple\u2019s teen daughter, Katie (Jenna Ortega), writes a haiku in school about being a caged bird with a prison warden for a mother, and their son Nando (Julian Lerner) makes a short film comparing his mother to Stalin and Mussolini. If you\u2019re looking for a sweet, simple movie to watch with elementary- or middle school-age children, this is a fun one.<\/p>\n Watch it on Hulu.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In order to enjoy this one, it\u2019s best to put aside questions like, \u201cWhy do these ancient Egyptians have British accents?\u201d The story centers on three very cute undead mummies milling about in the underworld of Ancient Egypt: a former chariot driver, Thut (voiced by Joe Thomas); Princess Nefer (Eleanor Tomlinson); and Thut\u2019s little brother, Sekhem (Santiago Winder). Their pet crocodile tags along, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The pharaoh (Sean Bean) arranges a marriage between Thut and Nefer (yes, even though they\u2019re dead), but when an evil not-dead archaeologist named Lord Carnaby (Hugh Bonneville) steals the engagement ring, the mummies journey to modern day London to find it. This Spanish production, helmed by the first-time feature director Juan Jes\u00fas Garc\u00eda Galocha and distributed by Warner Bros., should entertain toddlers and other little ones who are charmed by cute characters, fun dance numbers and animated crocodiles.<\/p>\n Watch it on Netflix.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The writer-director Robert Rodriguez understands that kids who like superheroes love watching kids who actually are superheroes. He has perfected that dynamic in movies like \u201cThe Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D\u201d (2005) and this year\u2019s \u201cSpy Kids: Armageddon.\u201d \u201cWe Can Be Heroes,\u201d which he wrote with his son Racer, focuses on the next generation of Sharkboy and Lavagirl-esque superheroes.<\/p>\n Here, the children have to harness their powers to save the world when their parents are captured by evil forces. The government hides the children in an underground bunker run by Ms. Granada (Priyanka Chopra Jonas), but the kids soon figure out that it\u2019s up to them \u2014 not the adults \u2014 to save the day. Yaya Gosselin as Missy Moreno, the leader of the young pack, is especially fun to watch, as is Vivien Lyra Blair as Guppy, the tiny but mighty daughter of Sharkboy and Lavagirl. Pedro Pascal and Christian Slater play two of the older superheroes, and the Oscar nominee Adriana Barraza (\u201cBabel\u201d) plays Missy\u2019s grandmother. The movie\u2019s themes of teamwork and collaboration add to the frothy fun.<\/p>\n\u2018Yes Day\u2019<\/h2>\n
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