My 9 1/2 year old daughter isn’t a huge movie fan, which is fine because we try to monitor what she watches–we don’t want her to grow up too fast–but we love to have family movie night at least once a month. We find a DVD that we will all enjoy (or that we can watch after we put my 3 1/2 year old son to bed), get out some snacks, and enjoy the 90 minute experience. Sharing in our children’s interests, including pop culture, gives us more opportunities to connect with them on their level.
I recently received two DVDs from Sony Pictures that fit the bill perfectly.
Both of the children enjoyed Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost. Ten-year-old
Roxy Hunter and her mom move into a spooky old house that Roxy is convinced is haunted. She finds some clues about the former owner’s past, and she can’t rest until she put together all the pieces. In the process of tracking down the past of the former owner, she and her best friend (who is a boy, which helps in making it attractive for both genders in your family) also track down some disturbing news about the future that someone has planned. They don’t stop until they figure it all out. This movie originally aired on Nickelodeon and reminded me of the
types of movies that we all waited to watch on Sunday nights on TV when I was growing up. The DVD also comes with some “Roxy Rocks” so that your own little detective can show some of the flair that Roxy does.
I wasn’t as sure about the appropriateness The Prince and the Pauper, rated PG, starring the Sprouse twins (from the Suite Life of Zack and Cody). I previewed it first, and I loved it (and would recommend it for eight up–I didn’t seem to see much need for Parental Guidance, especially because any “bad” attitudes are painted as bad, not cute and 
acceptable). Eddie Tudor is the star of a teen spy show. He’s all that, but he knows it. In fact, if his attitude doesn’t get better, he might be out of a job. When Tom Canty, actor-wannabe, strolls onto the set, Eddie finds a friend. He realizes that they look exactly alike, so Eddie makes the opportunity to take a break from his star-studded life and give Tom the chance to give his dream life a try. Of course, things go awry, and the switch back isn’t so easy, but along the way, they learn more about what their own lives really have to offer. We’ll probably make some time for a Mother Daughter movie this weekend.
Would you like to win one of five 2-DVD sets? Leave a comment and we’ll draw a winner on March 14. If you want to make it interesting, leave a comment sharing the name of one or more of your favorite family films.
One of my favorite movies is “The Iron Giant”
We love all of the Disney films!
Would love to win!
We love any of the Disney films….and would love to win these…thanks!
Family movies are a great way to spend quality time. The Incredible Journey still gets me everytime I watch it.
Grand Kids love Veggie Tales. We all love movies around here
Disney movies are our favorites for the family. We love Pollyanna! Thanks for the chance to win!
Forrest Gump
Honey, I shrunk the kids!
great prize…Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is one of my favorite family movies!
We have a huge DVD collection…we love to watch movies as a family 🙂 I recommend Hayao Miyazaki’s films- almost all of them are family friendly. Spirited Away and Kiki’s Delivery Service are 2 of my personal favorites ^^
The Shrek Series
Please enter me in your contest, I would love to win
for my niece! Huzzah!
The Fox and the Hound and It’s a Wonderful Life are two of my favorites.
my all time favorite is OLD YELLER 🙁 it makes me cry
the Wizard of Oz is a great movie, good contest.
one of my fav family films is Freaky Friday,
thanks for the contest
All time favorite is the Lion King.
Please pick me! I’d love to watch this with my girls!
We have a lot of family favorites, but I think the number 1 favorite (at least this week) is Madagascar.
Pooh!!!
Great DVD
My daughter loves the Sprouse twins. Please count me in for this awesome giveaway.
Enter me please
God bless our troops
We love the Parent Trap with Hailey Mills.
I would so love to win this contest.
Love the movie E.T.
Our whole family loves watching Back To The Future.
My kids love Spy Kids….fun for the whole family.
I love It’s a Wonderful Life.
My favorite family movie is Chitty Chitty Bang Band, I also love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (The original). Thanks for the contest!!!
love the contest chitty, chitty bang bang
These look like fun movies to share with my grandguy, Kai.
Love the contest
over the hedge
Lion King
Love The Little Mermaid. Singing along to all the songs is fun!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!!
Looks great!
enter me please, thank you for the contest
the Wizard Of Oz
I like “The Incredibles” and “Mary Poppins”.
Candleshoe with Jodie Foster
Great contest. I love Robin Hood.
I love RV with Robin Williams
Our favorite is “The Little Mermaid”
Thanks so much, would really love to win these!
my favorite is the old parent trap with haley mills…
I would love to win!
We’d love to win these!
we love dora, blues clues, backyardagans, and can’t wait for enchanted to come to dvd
Favorite family film is The Princess Bride — thanks for sponsoring this contest!
Great giveaway!
My fave is Lady and the Tramp!
Spaghetti just has never been the same since! It’s better! 🙂
Harry Potter and anything Disney related
Great dvd
Stuart Little movies and Air Bud movies.
Well we have a new fave, Enchanted! You really have to see it when it comes out… Wife works at blockbuster so we get movies a week or two before available to public, and we all sat down last night to watch… awesome family movie!
The Wizard of Oz is our favorite!
Charlotte’s Web is one of our family’s favorites. Thanks for having this contest.
i like home alone
Something of interest for my son and daughter! You rock! 🙂
Ohhhhh . . . they look like great family movies!
Babe is such a cute and fun movie!
would love to win this!
We love Elf, Finding Nemo and Princess Diaries. We’ve watched them numerous times.
Sweet niblets!
enter me please
Our family loves the movies Fly Away Home and Because of Winn Dixie
Oh these DVD’s sound great!
What great family flicks
A couple of great films there. Would be glad to win this. Thank you!
Fun movies! Just this week our new favorite is 101 Dalmations.
The Princess Bride
These would be so great for family movie nights!
Thanks!!!
My boys would love this!!!
I’d love to win a couple of dvd’s!
Mary Poppins is our all time favorite!
The Princess Bride
oooooooo…me want
count me in for the win
Toy Story
Heard the movie is great!
My favorite family film is Beauty and the Beast
we love watching willy wonka and the chocolate factory!
I love Bicentennial Man! I also love watching the TV show Jon and Kate plus 8!
oooo, i love Zack and Cody!!!
Please and thank you.
our favorites are Finding Nemo and Toy story
What a great giveaway…love that you wrote reviews for them!!! Our favorite at the moment is Night at the Museum!
Our fav is Narnia! thanks for the contest!
Happy Feet!
Our latest favorite is Snow Buddies.
My family loves Disney films and my daughter loves the Backyardigans. 🙂
These are new to me, but they sound wonderful. Our favorite movie right now is The Santa Claus with Tim Allen.
high school musical for me also
It would have to be High School Musical!
Would like to win, Thanks!
Oh, this would be fun. I have three girls who would love to watch this. One of our favorites is the Buttercream gang movies, have you heard of them? Fun family movies.
Please enter me. We love the Ice Age movies and Happy Feet is a favorite also.
Just about anything Disney! These would make a wonderful addition to our collection.
the lion king was always my daughters favorite
veggie tales
We have several favorites. The Sound of Music is one of the best films ever made. Talk about family love!!!
West Side Story.
I love all the recent CGI movies. Fantasy can go anywhere now.
Our faborite is Jungle Book!! Please enter me for these wonderful DVD’S
I’d love to win and also wish all great luck…
Favorite family films here include Toy Story and Ants.
I would love to enter, thanks!
Some of my families favorites are Full House and High School Musical
Wow!!
I like to old school it with my family… so we still watch classics like National Lampoons Summer Vacation, Teen Witch, and Beetlejuice, etc. It’s fun to see how dorky we can be. 🙂
Thanks!
Marissa
My family loves the Incredibles. Great, Great movie
These look great! Thanks!
My favorite family film is ‘Liar, Liar’. Too funny!
Please enter me. Thanks so much.
Heidi
sweet_soul_sistermi@yahoo.com
‘The Lion King’ is my family’s favorite!
We watch Elf over and over–so funny!
Finding Nemo my kids just love this movie
THANKS SOOOOOO MUCH FOR A GREAT CONTEST–PLEASE ENTER ME!!!!!
My all-time favorite is The Neverending Story
Newest family film is secondhand lion.
The Wizard of Oz.
we love all kinds of dvds and my granddaughter would love this
We love movies! We are big Disney fans of course, but my son is getting a little older and seems to be enjoying the “older kid” movies now. Thanks for the chance to win!
Would love to win these. thank you
Good clean fun
My favortie family film is The Lion King
Sweet!
I’m in!
I love almost all kids movies…too many to count. Mary Poppins and Wizard of Oz are awesome!!
My kids love old musicals, Cars, The Incredibles, the original Cheaper by the Dozen and Yours, Mine and Ours as well as Jonah (the VeggieTales movie).
Current family favorites include the original Yours, Mine and Ours and Kiki’s Delivery Service.
I had to talk my husband into it, but now he’s a fan of Sining in the Rain just like I am. Our little guy doesn’t quite get it yet, so normally if we’re all watching a movie, it’s go to be Curious George.
LOVE TO HAVE THESE
I DONT KNOW HOW WE MISSED THIS MOVIE IT LOOKS SO CUTE PLEASE ENTER US
Eve’s bayou – an amazing film for the entire family.
We loved watching Cars.
Hmmmm.
what a great prize!!!!! The Harry Potter movies and star war movies
Both sound good!
My kiddos would love watching these dvds! Charolette’s Web is a family favorite.
wow, I read Prince and the Pauper, I would love these
The Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins were favorites of my children.
I’d love to win!
I’d love to win!
These would be great!
Mommie
http://www.mommieshome.net
I love Shrek
great prizes
We love VeggieTales around here.
great
Great prize! Count me in.
Very cool. My girls would love these movies. Thanks for the chanc.e
There’s no doubt about it, our favorite family film is “It’s A Wonderful Life”.
We love the Shrek movies!
I would love these for my grandchildren. Disney movies are favorites for the family.
I look forward to seeing this with my kids!
We all love movies too, although my little one can’t make it more than about 20 minutes. My son is really into Winnie the Pooh movies.
My favorite family films are Cinderella and The Wizard of Oz 🙂 *Thanks* for the giveaway!
My Granddaughters would love these movies
My eleven year old would love to win this. We watch many classic movies together. Our favorites are The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz.
My grandson is still into CARS, but I’m trying to interest him in the Harry Potter movies.
This sound Real good
Here is my entry.
These look awesome! Some of our family faves are Annie, Wizard of Oz, and Monsters, Inc!
old yeller
My favorite film is The Wizard of Oz.
wonderful contest
Great Contest !!
This looks great. I know some children that would love them!!
fabulous!
We like “Ratatouille”
This would be nice to win!
Anything Walt Disney, is my favorite family films.
I would love to win badly for great daughter thanks
I want to win
Beauty and the Beast
I’d love to win. My daughter is currently in love with the Little Mermaid…she is fascinated with all sea life!
The Sound of Music
My granddaughter and I can’t watch Cinderella enough times.
Labyrinth and CHarlie and Lola
Really Rosie, by Maurice Sendak with Carole King.
Please consider me! We have two favorites for family films – Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast!
ice age
THANK YOU GOD BLESS
sound of music
These would be great to share with my grandchildren. We really loved “A Night at the Museum”.
The Goonies is a favorite in our house.
Our kids love the Spongebob Squarepants movie.
Great contest! Count me in! Thanks!
aladdin is great!
all the disney princess films are a big hit right now like the little mermaid and cinderella
lol to all
Thanks for the chance to win!
With 7 kids we don’t get out much! LOL! We could all sit back & enjoy these movies together. Please consider us! Thanks!
Our favorites are anything Disney or Pixar or Dreamworks…
Favorites around here are Annie, Beauty and the Beast and Milo and Otis.
I’d love to win this! Please enter me!
Would love to win!
I love the Breakfast Club- These are great DVD’s!
Veggie tales and mickey mouse are favorites here. Thank you
would love to own – please enter me
ice age
We are always looking for something new and kid appropriate.
I would love to win this for my kids.
The original Willy Wonka.
lion king
Anything Disney.
harry potter
We enjoyed Jumanji, Monsters Inc. Always have to watch the Princess Diaries,and mary Poppins and Sound of Music….We reallly enjoy movie nights
My nephew loves daddy day care.
harry potter movies. hope I win.
My family favourite films go back to when I was little – “Annie” and “Sound of Music” top the list!
One of our family favorites is “Chitty-chitty bang bang”
My goodness, my kids would love this so much!
love watching winny the pooh with my little ones.
My 8-year old would love this…maybe even her older sister!
Great great, great! I’m totally in!
Too cute! My daughter would love this.
Mary Poppins my girls are a big fan of…and I am an Anne of Green Gables girl!! Thanks!!
chitty chitty bang bang
Our favorite is Ice Age
Hope I win!
We love BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE.
my niece would love these! And my son too!
dansan826 at yahoo
I just love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
awesome enter me please
We would love to watch these with our neice and nephew! Great contest!
We love Madagascar! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
This looks cool
DVDs are always good in our house. My all time favorite movie is Beauty and the Beast. However, the one my 5yo daughter is always asking to watch (which is an appropriate family movie): Planet Earth
love to win this prize
Winnie the Pooh movies
In general its the Disney movies
I have a 5 1/2, 9 & 12 year old that would love these!
yay! Great prize!
What a wonderfully fun giveaway contest. I would so enjoy winning a set of the DVDS. Please enter me in your contest! Thanks very much…..Cindi
My son’s in love with Milo and Otis right now… thanks for the contest!
pick me, pick me!
sounds great~ I would love to win!
my kids would love these, please enter me, thanks!
Our whole family just LOVED “CARS”, we have watched it at least 5 times now and it is still hilarious! But we DO need a few more choices for next movie night.
We love the Harry Potter movies. I read the books to the kids first and then we watch the movie.
These look really cute. I’m a big fan of the Disney classics, but right now it’s Happy Feet.
I’m a big fan of Beethoven and the original Home Alone!
I liked Dancing with the Dog.
the incredibles is our favorite
Both these movies sound wonderful. My kids would love these. Jungle Book is a big favorite of the whole family. The kids and us love the music in it. Thanks for the giveaway.
We’ve always enjoyed That Darn Cat and Cinderella, but I’d really like to see these two.
Our family favorite is “The Thief and the Cobbler”. We’d love to win new DVDs for family movie night.
Finding Nemo
My daughter would LOVE these in a few years! Right now it is all about princesses, so I look forward to that changing!
Cinderella, and sleeping Beauty are our favorites.
Oh, I would love to win those. If I do, please let me know at dmj53(at)hotmail.com
Pick me Pick me! My daughter would love these!
We spent the weekend on the sofa watching DVDs.. our entire family was sick! Emily would love these!
Please choose me!
Homeward Bound
These look like great movies. I think that the new animated films are my favorite family films. They have so much for kids, but just like the cartoons from my childhood, they have lots of humor that is aimed at adults.
My boyz would love the 2nd one with the Suite Life boys! Our latest favorite family movie is “Firehouse Dog”.
Winning some new DVDs would be great!
We like the Disney movies, esp Cars, Robin Hood & (soon to be released on DVD) 101 Dalmations!
i wanna win
Lady and The Tramp. What a way to eat Spaghetti. 😉
ET
Wizard of Oz
They look like great family-time movies. Count me in! Some of our favorite family films are The Jungle Book, Spookley the Square Pumpkin and Wallace & Gromit Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
I would love to win. count me in please.
These look like good wholesome movies for my 5 year old niece.
Count me in! Thanks for the chance!
Jennifer 🙂
I have four boys and one girl. I appreciate the helpful movie advice for girls. Our family likes Secondhand Lions.
Thanks!
I would love to enter, thanks!
Some of my families favorites are Full House and High School Musical.
We have a 4, 3 and 1 year old kids and a couple of week ago we all sat around and watched the Jungle book.
They both sound great! Count me in.
Ooh count me in! My kids love the Veggie Tales movies and anything that has animals as the main characters. Like Beehtoven etc.
My favorite ‘family’ movie is Goonies. And The Sound of Music. And The Wizard of Oz. My kids aren’t really crazy about them yet, but I have hopes that they will be one day!
This looks like a great prize
Oh dear!! Oh dear!! Even more than Hannah Montana, my girls ADORE and would marry Cole and Dylan Sprouse! And they have been wanting to see Roxy Hunter. I rarely buy them movies and they would BOW AT MY FEET if I were to win these!! LOL! I could probably get them to do MUCH house cleaning!
We LOVE movies around here and those would be awesome to have!! Plus we are huge Disney fans and the twins on Zack and Cody are the 2 boys in Prince and the Pauper. My girls would flip over these movies.
I have a 9yo daughter that would love these. Count me in on the drawing please. Thank you, Cory
A nice giveaway for the lil princess in our family
Sounds like fun!
Thanks for the great giveaway! Our all-time favorite move is The Emperors New Groove. The newer version of Annie ranks up there, too!!
I’d love to add these to our movie night collection! Thanks.
What a great giveaway. Our current “family favorite” is probably “The Aristocats” since it just came out on
DVD – followed closely by “The Little Mermaid” and “Cinderella”.
I’d love to win these for my 9 1/2 year old daughter. We watched a favorite from my childhood the other day “Bedknobs & Broomsticks” which she loved.
Sounds like something both my kids would enjoy. We do family movie night every Friday!
Hey! I love watching movies as a family and would love to add these to our collection!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Great contest, count me in!
I want them.
We love watching movies with our children and would love to check out these movies. My daughter (10) still loves Disney films and my son (11) will take anything with action. Sometimes it is hard to find a happy medium. They both like mysteries, as well as the Sprouse twins.
Thanks for the great giveaway!
We really like VeggieTales’ Jonah. My daughter is just 17 months, but she likes it!
My girls would go absolutely crazy if we’d win this set of dvd’s. They’ve been eying them up in Family Fun magazine.
Those look awesome! We’ll have to check ’em out!
thanks for the recommendation…I have a nine year old girl too, who is starting to want to watch more teen type movies….we will definitely be giving these a try! thanks! Would love to be in the drawing!!
I’d love to win a couple dvd’s! One of our family fav’s around here is the new Herbie movie. My sons adore it.