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"Fire up the popcorn maker: Sunday is Oscar Night. Most years, the nominated pictures aren&amp;#039;t too family-friendly. How do I know this? Because most of the movies I see in a typical year are the G and PG-rated ones (lately some PG-13s, too), and few of those ever win awards! This year, though, we even have a cartoon making the Best Picture list (&amp;quot;Up&amp;quot;). My kids still won&amp;#039;t be very interested in the awards show, which anyway usually ends long after bedtime, but it&amp;#039;s a good weekend anyway for some statue-worthy family movie viewing. CommonSenseMedia.org has pulled together a list of family-friendly nominees \u2014 they don&amp;#039;t specify which nomination category, though \u2014 which includes the PG &amp;quot;Up&amp;quot; as well as:  The Princess and the Frog Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death Fantastic Mr. Fox Coraline The Blind Side (also up for Best Picture, PG-13) Avatar (also up for Best Picture, PG-13) Julie and Julia An Education District 9  I was surprised \u2014 and pleased \u2014 to see &amp;quot;An Education&amp;quot; made their list; it&amp;#039;s definitely worth taking a teenage girl to, a smart cautionary tale set in 1960s London. And here&amp;#039;s one more winner perfect for an Oscar family weekend: Ponyo.  Made by Japanese anime master Hayao Mayazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky), it&amp;#039;s just been released on DVD March 2. Hooray! I guess the film wasn&amp;#039;t eligible for an Oscar because while it was released here in 2009, it came out in Japan in 2008. It&amp;#039;s a feast for the eyes and a cute love story appropriate to all ages. Around my house we&amp;#039;ve been waiting for months for the DVD release.  \u2014 Paula Spencer, WD &amp;quot;Momfidence&amp;quot; columnist "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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