Ballet Shoes

I have to admit that I just saw this movie to see Emma's performance. Is difficult not to see her as Hermione Granger after all this years in Harry Potter's movies. Even that i did not love the story at all,... Full review

With Harry Potter 6 coming up, I wonder why Emma Watson switched roles for this year. She's always busy as Hermione in the last 5 HP films, and I think the pieces of my puzzle mystery are about to come together.... Full review

This movie is very entertaining. It was very because the acting , the ethnticiy, the movie in general was great.i recommened this dancers and younger children.... Full review

With the brilliant Victoria Wood, Emma Watson (Hermione from Harry Potter) and Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon in Harry Potter), Ballet Shoes is bursting with great character actors who bring off the heart-warming tale in great style.....One of the best lines comes from an expert on religious tolerance..... ... Full Review

Watson is confident and capable, though she relies too much on raising both eyebrows simultaneously in order to convey energy and emotion. Gemma Jones and Harriet Walter are movingly hilarious as former teachers who may be lesbians, though the movie portrays them in such a way that only adult viewers might guess at any sapphic tendencies. ... Full Review

The novel Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield is a book beloved by children for seven decades, a story that explores and celebrates the differences among people as well as their ability to love each other and pull together as a family. Specials included on the disc are a wonderful interview with Emma Watson about the production, and an excerpt from the Ballet Shoes audio book. ... Full Review

But in the film of "Ballet Shoes," little talent is in evidence, and this casts a pall over the entire story. Those realities have little weight in the film, which pays more attention to Pauline's growing success as an actress than to the others. ... Full Review

But in the film of "Ballet Shoes," little talent is in evidence, and this casts a pall over the entire story. The fairy-tale-like arrival of the girls and their self-determination - they decide to use the surname Fossil - are both part of the charm of "Ballet Shoes" and two of its core themes. ... Full Review

Three orphans, Pauline (Emma Watson), Petrova (Yasmin Paige) and Posy (Lucy Boynton) are adopted by Professor Matthew Brown, nicknamed Gum (Richard Griffiths), an eccentric geologist and raised by his niece Sylvia (Emilia Fox). ... Full Article

Hankering for a good children's film?You don't have far to look.The USA Film Festival has quite a lineup planned for its 25th annual KidFilm Festival at the Angelika Film Center this weekend. ... Full Article

Port Washington, NY (November 12, 2008) - KOCH Vision, Coming Home Media and Blue Rider Pictures proudly announce the release of NICKELBACK LIVE AT STURGIS 2006, a hard-rockin' set of twelve greatest hits recorded at the world-famous "Rockin' The Rally"... ... Full Article

South Africa was already independent from Britain when I was growing up in Cape Town, but in matters of children's literature, it was still entirely in thrall to colonialism. ... Full Article

New York, NY - Screenvision has partnered with KOCH Vision to present the national premiere of the heartwarming family drama Ballet Shoes . The film, based on the classic novel by Noel Streatfeild, stars Harry Potter 's Emma Watson and... ... Full Article

I realise it is slightly after the event to be blogging about a programme that went out on Boxing Day, but I can hold my peace no longer. ... Full Article