Although it's one of few Disney features to open with a mass slaughter, Finding Nemo is easily the most uplifting and one of the funniest recent Disney films. Set in a beautifully computer-animated ocean, its principle characters are clownfish Marlin and his son, Nemo. When Nemo goes missing, Marlin has lost his whole world and vows to himself that he will find Nemo or die trying. The film focuses as much on Marlin's epic search as it does on Nemo's adventures, which take place mostly in a fishtank in Sydney, and if you have any capacity for suspension of disbelief, you'll feel everything Marlin feels: his despair and frustration, his elation as he finds clues that bring him closer to Nemo's whereabouts, and his bond with his forgetful new friend, Dory. The film ends the way you'd probably expect, and sentimentally at that, but it's easy to forgive this, because Marlin and Nemo have been through so much and because the film is so consistently hilarious. If you've ever wanted to live vicariously through a fish for 100 minutes (and don't say you haven't), Finding Nemo is for you.

Growing up, I loved the original Freaky Friday, so when I heard that a remake was being done, I wondered if it would be as good as the original or whether I would be disappointed. Freaky Friday is about a young girl (Lohan) and her mother (Curtis) who don't see eye to eye. In a moment of magic, the two switch bodies and have to be one another for as long as it takes until they understand the other's point of view...

Freaky Friday is a light hearted flick, with some romance to keep the oldies interested (I don't remember the romance in the original, but either I wasn't interested or it wasn't included). Is it good? I originally saw the remake at midnight on a plane, and it managed to keep me awake throughout and laugh out loud several times. If you loved the original, then this version won't disappoint. If you haven't seen the original, then come along and see this fun remake.