Why are we writing this?

Every endeavour should have a purpose and here is ours: we want to help you celebrate and create pathways to communicating with your teens (and younger kids). We think a shared, regular night that brings adults together with the kids they care about makes a great night for everyone! At our home, we do it with a regular Friday night pizza and movie night.

At our house, we are very lucky to have homemade pizza but the core of the night isn't about just the quality of the food - it's the quality of the experience. So order in, dial Domino's, pop in a Totino's or have something else that you all love.

Who's in on this weekly gig? It's us two adults and our two sons, plus our kids' friends if they are game. We source our movies from our library, occasional Netflix and a great local video store.

In this blog we'll share movie ideas, sources for more movie ideas, film tips, a little technology, and some pizza and homemade soda recipes. We'll even convince our kids to write a few reviews.

What are our family values? You'll discover that by reading our reviews but generally we are looking for balanced films that are not too violent or scary. As I write today, our sons are 13 and 11. The younger is definitely more on the skittish side for dramatic tension (as is his mother). But they love the Lord of Rings trilogy.

Here's what we've watched recently. We've classified things to help you find a recommendation while you are at the video store or online building a queue. Sometimes we'll explore a theme or travel somewhere related to a favorite film, that's here too.