Kung Fu Panda is the 2008 kids film starring the voice of Jack Black. It’s the story about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around…which doesn’t exactly come in handy while working every day in his family’s noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po’s dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five — Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey — under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it’s up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart – and his girth – into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths.

Budget: $130 million
Director: Mark Osborne
Starring (Voice):
Jack Black
Angelina Jolie
Ian McShane
Dustin Hoffman
Seth Rogan
Lucy Liu
Jackie Chan
David Cross
Michael Clarke Duncan

How to train your dragon is a great 2010 kids and parents film. It’s about a young viking kid that is a little different from everyone else. The world they live is full of monsters and dragons. Each viking is expected to learn how to kill the dragons and defend themselves.

The film centers around a boy that is reluctant to kill dragons and at the same time has saved one from entrapment and starvation. They end up becoming friends. Eventually, the vikings will have to the battle of their life as they attack and defeat the ultimate dragon.

Overall, it is a really great film to watch.

Budget: $165 Million
Director: Dean DeBlois
Starring (voice):
Jay Baruchel
Gerard Butler
Craig Ferguson
America Ferrera
Jonah Hill
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
T.J. Miller
Kristen Wiig

WALL-E is one of Disney’s 2008 films that kids all over the planet were waiting to be released – mainly because of the ton of advertising that preceded it. So did it work? Absolutely, WALL-E was a financial success story, as well as being a really solid film, both for kids and adults.

The story takes place in the future, long after humans have polluted the earth and left on a large ship. While the human continue to live a lazy life out in space, thousands of WALL-E robots have been left back on earth to clean up our mess. Only problem is, they have all broken and there is only one left.

After hundreds of years a spaceship shows up on Earth and brings another robot called EVE, she’s looking for any sign of life, besides WALL-E. When she discovers a plant, she shuts down and waits to be picked back up. In the mean time, WALL-E seems to fall in love with her. When the ship picking EVE arrives, WALL-E goes with her.

There’s a ton more to the story, with loads of warnings for the human race always working their way in, in the back drop.

Overall, the attention to detail and the story itself were really good and very entertaining.

Budget: $180 million
Director: Andrew Stanton
Starring (voices):
Ben Burtt
Elissa Knight
Jeff Garlin
Fred Willard
MacInTalk
Sigourney Weaver

Horton hears a Who is a great kids movie starring Horton the elephant, who one day hears something coming from a small speck as it floats by his ear. After catching the speck on a small flower, he soon discovers that on the tiny speck is an entire town of Who’s, who are going about their lives as normal, completely unaware, that they are in danger. The film is fun and creative, as Horton takes it upon himself to find a safe place to hid the speck, protecting it from the other animals and nature. During his mission, the other animals in the jungle become concerned about Horton talking to the speck and try to take it from him so that they can prove that there is nothing smaller than them and that Horton is wrong.

Again, it’s a great film, one that the whole family will enjoy.

Budget: $85 million
Director: Jimmy Hayward
Starring (voices):
Jim Carrey
Carol Burnett
Steve Carell
Will Arnett
Seth Rogen
Isla Fisher
Jonah Hill
Amy Poehler
Jaime Pressly

Bee Movie is a great family film for you and kids. It stars the voices of Jerry Seinfeld and Renee Zellweger. The plot is about a bee that finds himself getting ready to spend the rest of his life, working one job, and that isn’t very attractive to him. With a day to think about what he plans to do, he decides to join the other bees that leave the hive, so he can see what the world looks like. To his dismay, he finds that their precious commodity, honey, is being taken by the humans without their permission. He decides to do what no other creature has ever done, sue the humans.

Budget: $150 million
Director: Steve Hickner
Starring (voices):
Jerry Seinfeld
Renee Zellweger
Matthew Broderick
Patrick Warburton
John Goodman
Chris Rock
Kathy Bates
Ray Liotta
Sting
Oprah Winfrey

Bolt is a great Kids & Family film by Disney. The plot is about a dog that doesn’t know that week after week he is saving the life of a little girl on a TV show. He thinks he really does have powers and is a super hero.

One day, he thinks the little girl is kidnapped and in an attempt to save her, he gets crated up and shipped across the country. Lead by the idea that the little girl is in trouble, he is joined by a cat and a hamster, as they race across the country to find and save his friend.

The movie is hilarious, with some sad moments, especially with the homeless cat and when Bolt finally realizes, he is just another dog.

Budget: $150 million
Director: Byron Howard
Starring (voices):
John Travolta
Miley Cyrus
Susie Essman
Mark Walton
Chloe Moretz
Malcolm McDowell

Monsters vs. Aliens is a great kids movie. Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) is getting married and she’s also hit by a meteorite just outside the chapel. From the moment on, she becomes a giant and is quickly snatched up be a secret government agency and whisked off to a secret facility. From that point, she joins a rag tag group of monster and are called upon to help save the planet and human race from an alien that has come to get the quantonium that Murphy accidentally absorbed.

The film is great for the whole family, with a few moments of adult related content. Parents will really enjoy the Stephen Colbert (President) scenes.

Budget: $59 million
Director: Rob Letterman
Starring (voice):
Reese Witherspoon
Seth Rogan
Paul Rudd
Hugh Laurie
Stephen Colbert
Rainn Wilson
Will Arnett

This is a great kids film, and one that parents will enjoy watching as well. If you like films like The Incredible’s or Toy Story, then you’ll like this film. It’s about a place, inspired by a kids book, where it rains spaghetti and meatballs. An inventory creates a gadget that can make food after his own business was closed down. Somehow, the gadget ends up in the atmosphere, creating storms of food.

Budget: $100 million
Director: Phil Lord
Starring (voice):
Bill Hader
Anna Faris
James Caan
Benjamin Bratt
Bruce Campbell

This is a great family film about a grumpy old man who ties thousands of balloons to his house and goes —UP. The film by Walt Disney is sure to become a family classic.

UP is a tale of an old man who flies away in his home, olny to discover that a little boy has come along for the ride. The adventure continues with them encountering strange new lands, loaded with lost of fun and comedy.

Budget: $175 million
Director: Peter Docter
Starring (voices):
Ed Asner
Christopher Plummer
Jordan Nagai
John Ratzenberger

Elastigirl is so interesting in this movie! Having kids does not prevent one to be cool. Stretching yourself to grab a falling bottle five yards away or eavesdropping a conversation also from that distance is awesome.

Mr. Incredible’s sagging belly (which he eventually had after retiring as a superhero) was one of the things that made his character so relatable.

But the character that I loved most in this movie was the feisty midget costume designer. I thought she’s cute and amusing, and damn filthy rich!

The Incredibles is an extraordinary family-oriented CGI film. It has great animation, great storyline, screenplay, and direction. Truly a Pixar masterpiece! Rated PG