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Venice, FL used to be their winter headquarters. Circus folk still live around there; my parents had their kitchen remodeled by a former acrobat from Poland. The last circus we saw in person was the Cole Brothers Circus, under a genuine big top, but I think it's gone now too. It was gritty and a little disturbing,

Tried to be good citizens and watch with the kids. It degenerated into MST3K pretty quickly. Went to bed and left the 12 and 11 year old to their riffing…

I hope they can keep up this level of quality. It was really good to have entertainment that actually does appeal to the whole family, my 12- and 10-year-olds enjoyed it too. Welcome relief from hideous current events - positive and upbeat without being too sugary.

I read the book and I don't get why this is PG-13. Sounds like a good family movie. Mars is all the rage since we got Buzz Aldrin's autograph on his new book about going to Mars.

'Scuse me while I whip this out…

The big fight scenes at the end were filmed at Chimney Rock State Park. Beautiful place, but sadly not so many handsome men having axe fights or doomed women throwing themselves off cliffs as I might have liked.

Upside: "I'm So Ronery" will at least get "Santa Baby" out of my head for a few days.

Actual entertainment for the whole family.

Those are a lot of fun. His version of Murder on the Orient Express is very good, really claustrophobic and suspenseful.

The Silence of the Lambs is the most frightening movie I've ever seen in a theater. When I saw Hannibal, I was extremely distracted by the fact that a mother brought her children into the theater with her. One was a tiny baby, and the others were toddlers. The baby is understandable…the toddlers, not so much. Stayed

I really wish I hadn't read that book. I do not recommend it unless you want to lay awake at night wondering which family members should be put out of their misery first. I honestly don't understand why he felt compelled to write all that down. Perhaps I am too soft, but come on.

Oh, I've always enjoyed this one, although my wimpy little alter ego skips over the "Wonderful" scene.

He was a difficult, self-righteous prick…on purpose. I liked that - you don't have to be likable to be a hero. His death was really moving.

I pretty much scarred my children for life with Coraline…those button eyes…

The shame is that those stories really are based on actual folktales about trickster animals that people carried with them from Africa. (Toured an historical plantation in Louisiana and our black tour guide told us that Brer Fox started out as a jackal.) And now they're tainted for no good reason.

I look forward to the day my children can read the read and see the film. I can't wait to read it with them - Watership Down is the rare book that says something different to you when you reread it as an adult. However, my 7-year-old daughter is in the "Look, a baby bunny!" phase and loves happy stories about

I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers that. I wonder if it's available anywhere? We have some of the old, old Raggedy Ann stories around.

More Justified moments runner-ups:

"You lied to me!"

Really enjoy both movies - I suggest breaking the Tarkovsky version over two nights. I think I need to try the book again. My husband introduced me to Lem, and I enjoy The Star Diaries and Return From The Stars, but I found Solaris very dense. The version I have is translated from Polish into French into English…? Are