Best Kids Movies for Parents and 80's Movies Revisited with Annie Mitchell

The Middle of Everything

This week's episode was so fun! We brought in our friend, author Annie Mitchell to chat about our favorite movies to watch with our kids, had a friendly debate over the best LEGO franchise movie, and lamented the movies we inwardly GROAN when requested. We got nostalgic over our favorite childhood movies, and how we all learned that 80's PG and present day PG are NOT the same thing (what on earth was happening in the 80's with kids movies anyway?!?). From seemingly harmless movies like The Goonies to the fairly problematic Brat Pack movies, we talked about how we have talked with our kids (and other kid's parents, oops!) about language and themes in older movies that might not be considered appropriate today.

In this episode we talked about:

• Episode 20 - Gaming with Kids
• The Lego Movie
• The Lego Batman Movie
• Pop Culture Happy Hour: Lego Batman
• Detective PIkachu
• Big Hero 6
• The Last Unicorn
• The Never-ending Story
• The Incredibles
• ThePrincess Bride
• Troop Beverly Hills
• The Dark Crystal
• Girls Just Want To Have Fun
• The Goonies
• Ghostbusters
• Return to Oz
• Spaceballs
• Blazing Saddles
• Splash
• Common Sense Media
• A.E. Mitchell Books on Amazon
• That Summer Apart
• Entanglement
• Bad Things Done