Richard Linklater's "Apollo 10 1/2" is a visually inventive look back at childhood, optimism and the complexities of American life during the space race.

There is an earnestness to the family dynamic at work in this incarnation of "Cheaper by the Dozen" that makes it all worthwhile when all is said and done.

"Turning Red" is a burst of of freshness from Pixar that portrays the awkwardness of puberty filtered through the lens of a 13-year-old Chinese-Canadian girl.