Here are the previews that showed this afternoon when Boo and I went to the movies.  If you’re looking for good family movies this holiday season, you might be a tad disappointed.  Looks like pretty slim pickings.

• Ender’s Game – Boy genius saves the world and becomes a rebellious teenager when pushed around by Han Solo.   (Or was that Jack Ryan?  They look and act the same to me.)  Looks interesting.  I really ought to read this book someday.  Probably go see it if I enjoy the book.
• Free Birds – Barnyard fowl go back in time to save their brethren from becoming feasting material for the Pilgrims.  Meh.  Looks like a real turkey.
• The Nut Job – Animated take off of “The Italian Job” and “Oceans 11” where a squirrel recruits a group of vermin misfits to raid a nut shop.  Looks about as much fun as a root canal.
• Frozen – This holiday season’s Disney movie.   An idyllic fairy-tale kingdom is under threat because someone shut off summer and started an ice age.  The animation is reminiscent of Tangled.   Will probably go see this one, but not dying to do so.  Cue remarks from Irish Woman about why we will never move to North Dakota.
• The Lego Movie – Faux stop motion animation of Lego toys.  Personally, I’d rather impale my ocular sockets on sharpened bamboo.  However, Boo almost climbed over the row in front of us to get a better look, so something tells me I’ll be seeing this one.  Hopefully I’ll be able to sneak in an e-reader to pass the time.
• Walking With Dinosaurs – A young ceratopsian dinosaur vies to find his way in the world.  Title is stolen from a pretty decent British television show; storyline appears to be stolen from Disney’s Dinosaur and Bambi.  Might be worth a rental, but not going to pay full price.  The animation looks really good, though.