Disney follows up “The Princess Diaries,” one of the year’s sweetest surprises at the box office, with the more Nickelodeonesque, PG-rated “Max Keeble’s Big Move,” opening in theaters Friday. Alex Lintz (“Home Alone 3”) stars as the put-upon Max, who learns that his family is moving in one week. He seizes the opportunity to take his revenge against the bullies and school principal who relentlessly torment him.
Imagine his surprise when he then learns he will not be moving after all.
Nick News celebrates 10 years of stories
“Rugrats” is not the only Nickelodeon series celebrating its 10th anniversary. “Nick News with Linda Ellerbee,” television’s longest-running kids- news magazine, observes “Turning Ten: A Nick News Celebration.”
This hour retrospective, airing at 7 p.m. Thursday, replays some of the most compelling stories that this Emmy Award’ and Peabody Award-winning series has covered and helped explain to young viewers, including the Gulf War, the Oklahoma City bombing and school shootings.
Other memorable segments include a candid discussion about AIDS with Magic Johnson, a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian children, and an inspiring profile of one youth who started Operation Food for Thought, a national program that provides the homeless with surplus food from schools.
More from Woody Guthrie
“Daddy-O Daddy!,” a Rounder Kids release available this week on compact disc and audiocassette, collects “Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie.” This contemporary companion to Guthrie’s 1956 classic “Songs to Grow On,” features Joe Ely & Jimmie Dale Gilmore (“Want to See Me Grow”), Taj Mahal (“Don’t You Push Me Down”), Ramblin- Jack Elliott (“I’ll Write and I-ll Draw”), Billy Bragg (“1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8”) and Guthrie himself (“Howdy Little Newlycome”).
Barbie pirouettes onto video
Barbie comes to computer-animated life in Family Home Entertainment-s “Barbie and the Nutcracker,” a musical fantasy available this week on VHS and DVD. The living doll does double duty as Clara and the Sugarplum Princess. New York City Ballet’s Peter Martins choreographed, with music by The London Symphony Orchestra. Tim Curry is the voice of the Mouse King.