Each month, we watch a children’s movie with the Earthquakes and analyze it for problematic tropes and devices that reinforce cultural messages on bigotry, supremacy, and general shittiness.
Sometimes we find great movies on self-advocacy, healthy masculinity, and smashing the kyriarchy! But most of the time, children’s movies are shit.
Active Luminary-tier supporters in our Patreon community, get access to our Luminary Brain Trust Facebook group, where we post our family’s live-analysis of a popular kids’ movie 2-4 times a month.
2020
Ages 5-8
- Onward
- Frozen II
- Ratatouille
- Tangled
- Wall E
- Nezha
- The Good Dinosaur
- Robin Hood
- Sword in the stone
- Inside Out
- Monsters v. Aliens
- Mary Poppins
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Gnome Alone
- Neverending Story
- Neverending Story II
- Mr. Peabody & Sherman
- Little Mermaid
- Little Mermaid II
- Sleeping Beauty
- Wreck it Ralph
- Up
- Spies In Disguise
- Mulan
- The Addams Family
- Over The Moon
- The Addams Family 1991
- Storks
- Brave
- Zootopia
- Monsters Inc
- Klaus
- Jingle Jangle
- Muppet Christmas Carol
- Home Alone
2021
Ages 6-9
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
- Flight of Dragons
- Soul
- Kung Fu Panda
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Guardian Brothers
- Latte & the Waterstone
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Flora & Ulysses
- The Muppets 2011
- Kung Fu Panda 3
- Descendants
- Secret Magic Control Agency
- Wolfwalkers
- How to Train Your Dragon (2 & 3)
- Upside Down Magic
- Despicable Me
- Despicable Me 2
- Trouble
- Mitchell vs the Machines
- Harry Potter 1
- Boss Baby
- Luca
- Boss Baby 2
- The Lorax
- Unicorn Adventure
- Secret of Nimh
- Raya and the Last Dragon
- Wish Dragon
- Vivo
- Ferdinand
- Princess and the Frog
- Firedrake
- Nightmare before Christmas
- Next Gen
- Hocus Pocus
- Big Hero 6
- Book of Life
- Enola Holmes (watched with the 9-year-old only)
- Pachamama
- Jingle Jangle, but the whole thing
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
2022
Ages 7-10
- Encanto
- Ron’s Gone Wrong
- Nezha
- Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Lego Movie
- Lego Movie 2
- Lego Batman
- Xico’s Journey
- Turning Red
- Re-watching Inside Out with older kids
- Advice & Group Discussion + Revisiting Onward
- The Hobbit (1977)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Chicken Little (2005)
- Sonic The Hedgehog & a bit about Sonic 2
- Spirited Away
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Shrek
- Ice Age
- Finding Nemo
- Ponyo
- Rumble
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