Wall-E

M: Loved it. Wall-E is the funnest character. Very sweet. The movie is simply fun, clever, and worth seeing and owning. 4 stars

V: I really wanted to watch this movie again almost as soon as I was finished seeing it. That's a good sign. It was so sweet and clever. I've got a soft spot for that little trash compactor. One thing I appreciated was that - though there was an obvious environmental message - there was no preaching or moral-stating, they just told the story. Wall-E, so darling and love-starved, just kept shoveling away through centuries. I loved the plucky way the people approached their "new" home at the end. It was very optimistic. 4 stars

Kung-Fu Panda

V: I know everyone else has already seen this. Like I said, we're red-boxers. Hey, did you get to make Gyoza and eat them while watching this show in the theater? I didn't think so! I'm a big Jack Black fan, so I was pretty sure I was going to love this. And I did! Great characters, some hilarious lines. Good moral. My 4-year-old adds, "It was pretty fun, and just a little bit scary." We might even buy this one. (We kinda hate collecting movies, so that's saying something.) I wrestled with this a bit, but decided to just embrace the joy: 4 stars.

M: This legendary movie was the stuff of legend. 4 stars.

Baby Momma

M: I like Tina Fey, and to a lesser extent, Amy Poehler. I love them on SNL's weekend update, where the writing is funny, and they play off each other very well. This movie was ok. Parts were touching, parts were very funny, and parts were silly. A very light movie. Probably worth a redbox. 2 1/2 stars.

V: This was better (and less crude) than I expected. There were lots of people in it that I really like: Fey and Poehler (of course) and Steve Martin, Greg Kinnear and Sigourney Weaver. It was a fun watch. Definitely a red-boxer. (Course, we pretty much always red box it.) 3 stars.