movies

Ah, those halcyon days of yore, back when I used to go to midnight movies downtown and see foreign films at the art house and pack a lunch for the Star Wars marathon at the megaplex. Now the most exotic thing I see is Glee, and that's fr…

I'm definitely an old school gamer who spent way too many hours during college with my butt on a couch and my hand firmly grasped around a controller developing sore thumbs. I love how far video games have come since then, as demonstrate…

If you read Eva's Lorax movie review on Cool Mom Picks, you'll know she loved (we're talking loooved) it. We know the reviews have been mixed among adults, but one of the things I hope that everyone can appreciate are the number of envir…

I was buying printer ink the other day on Amazon and even though my purchase came to $16.99, I found other non-essentials to throw into my cart just so I could raise my total to $25 and get the free shipping. Sound familiar? I contemplat…

The last time I saw a movie that didn't include talking cars, talking parrots or talking swashbuckling cats, was...well, honestly, I can't remember the last time. I do have my eye on Moneyball since the Oscars, but Brad Pitt has nothing …

Though my kids generally loathe being dragged along from store to store when I have errands to run, there is one store I have no problem getting them into: The Apple Store. In fact, I usually have to drag them out when I'm ready to leave…

Picture this - you're into hour two of your long road trip to the inlaws, only to discover that you left your DVD player with Cars 2 on the kitchen counter. All those painful whines could have been averted if you had the TV Anytime app .…

As usual, I head into movie awards season like so many parents--without having seen any of the 2012 Oscar nominees. But with a little less than a month to go before the big night, there are a few different ways I can sneak in a viewing o…

The other night, I was flipping through the channels and stumbled upon the very end of one of my absolute holiday movie faves, It's a Wonderful Life . (You too?) While I'm sure it will be on again soon, many times, I'd like to be able to…

I've been following the changes to Netflix service with an eagle eye, from their price increase to their change in providers (no Starz? What?), so when they announced earlier today that more changes were on the way, I wanted to share the…

If you've ever dreamed of seeing your name in the rolling credits of movies, well, this app doesn't quite do that. But it does let you customize movie clips with your own messages and that in itself is pretty cool. The app is called Perc…

My kids are getting old enough now where they have the ability to sit through full-length movies. We've gone through the phase of those pleasant 60-minute "movies" on On Demand, but I think we're ready to step it up. Since I'm on a kids'…

There are many instances when I find myself in the car waiting for something -- for a practice to end, for a napping kid to wake up -- and have idle time. It's in these moments that I forgo checking email on my iPhone and opt instead for…

Jeremy Bernstein is a digital creative director at Deutsch Advertising in New York, so he's always up on the latest and coolest. He's also the father of two ridiculously cute kids. It's a common refrain in our home since we got an iPad a…

I have my iPhone 4 to thank for the piles of home videos I've been collecting since upgrading last year, but I've yet to figure out exactly what to do with them all. Since I don't really want to upload every cute spaghetti on the head mo…

Every month, my husband and I comb through Netflix and try to figure out what to put in our queue. We generally give up and just end up putting in something for the kids. But since finding this new app, I've already got a slew of awesome…

Now with movies on demand through my cable provider, streaming movies through Amazon , loads of options from Netflix , Hulu, and a slew of other video services, the choice between watching a new release at home versus in a theater with a…

If you've ever wanted to star in a Ron Howard film, you might just have your chance now, thanks to his exciting new collaboration "Long Live Imagination" with Canon. This exciting project and "Project Imagin8ion" photography contest is k…

We love the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) iPhone app just as much as our kids do, because it gives us access to thousands of cool Canadian shows, movies, and documentaries--good ones--completely free. But now starting today, you An…

With my husband being a pilot, we do our fair share of traveling. However with four kids, you can bet we're heavily reliant on technology to make the trip as smooth as possible. So when I got wind of a revolutionary change that's coming …