Kazaam (4 but only because you get to see Shaq try and act)
Shaq! plays a rapping not so powerful genie. He is indentured to a pathological liar and downright bad decision making kid. Cont.
Justin Morgan had a Horse (7)
A slow start makes the rest of this movie genuinely compelling. A schoolteacher takes whats purported to be a good for nothing horse and trains it o be the rootnest tootnest best horse all around. Moral, ownership means more than dollars and cents.
The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story (2)
A live action telling with Mowgli as narrator and real animals playing out scenes That they got real animals to make the scenes they use is the only thing that even slightly makes this movie worth watching. Moral cgi live action is much better.
Jungle Book 2 (7)
Mowgli pines for the jungle so he leaves the village but is followed by the girl. They are pursued by the tiger. The soundtrack during the credits is worth sticking around for. Moral, you can hightail it out of the jungle but it never leaves your heart.
The tiger catches up but is driven off by fire the boy sees a girl and follows her to her village. Moral, don’t make a grudge with someone just because of what they are.
Jungle Book (6)
A boy is raised by wolves in the jungle but when a tiger threatens to kill him he is taken by a panther. On the way he is intercepted by a hypnotic snake that he escapes, a lackadaisical bear that he befriends and greedy monkeys that he is rescued from.
He takes the boy back to the city and ignores him there until the boy solves some issues for him. He ends up back with the boy on the boys island. Moral, work should not be your life.
Jungle 2 Jungle (5)
If I liked Tim Allen this would get a 6 or 7. A NYC stock broker finds out he has a bush baby son when he goes to divorce his first wife. Cont.
Jumping Ship (5)
A sequel to Horse Sense where the older cousin takes the younger cousin on a boat trip in Australia. Except the boat is nothing like he promised and then they get attacked by pirates and marooned on an island. Moral, trust the experts but listen to the amateur.
Jump In! (5)
A boxer has to choose between his dads wishes and his new found passion for double dutch. He catches some humiliation but talks the school bully down. Moral, do what you love and don’t worry what anyone else thinks.
Props for what couldn't have been easy to create sets. Story is pretty slow though. Moral, the story isn't in the destination but the journey. P.S. Makes me sad that the new one wasn’t much better.
Journey to the Center of the Earth (3)
If you like 20000 leagues under the sea you’ll like this. A geologist adventures to the center of the earth. Cont.
Journey of Natty Gann (4)
Baller wolf makes stupid girls journey almost watchable. She sets off across the country to find her father who left to get a job during the depression and makes bad choices nearly everywhere she goes. Cont.
Johnny is trying to make the opening of his uncles new shop and wedding go smooth but the kid isn’t making things easy. Some double crossing goes on, in the end Johnny wins another challenge. Moral, appreciate those willing to love you.