Are you in the mood for family fun?  This week DVD’s have plenty of hearty goodness.  A science adventure exploring the center of the earth, a little girl who solves mysteries or a mischievous fairy are all options.  Also, for the adults: a tale of motorcycle revenge and retribution. 

Buy It:  Journey to the Center of the Earth.  This Sci-Fi flick starring Brendan Fraser takes you on a fantasy ride with tons of special effects.  It starts off with a scientist (Fraser),  who is on a quest to find his missing brother, with his nephew (Josh Hutcherson, RV) and their mountain guide (Anita Briem, The Tutors on Showtime), when they uncover a mystical lost world at the center of the earth. The movie is more oriented for kids, but adults can appreciate it too.  It has all the aspects of an entertaining movie including heroes and villains, characters you care about, and a substantial plot line. And of course let’s not forget about the underground oceans and volcanoes!

Rent it:  Kit Kittredge: An America Girl.  Another family movie hits DVD this week.  Abigail Bresin (Little Miss Sunshine) stars as Kit Kittredge, a determined young girl who wants to be a reporter, and ends up solving a mystery that helps save her family’s home during the Great Depression.  The film has an all star cast including two-time Oscar nominee Joan Cusack (In and Out, Working Girl), Golden Globe nominee Chris O’Donnell (Batman & Robin), Julia Ormond (Legends of the Fall), and two-time Golden Globe winner Stanley Tucci (Devil Wears Prada).  This is the first feature film based on the popular American Girl book series, and it is refreshingly sweet.  Good for the whole family to watch together, and serves as a great — and timely — history lesson, reminding us that even during tough times, things could always be worse.

Skip it: Tinker Bell. TInkerbell stars in her first feature film after being in the shadows (pun intended) of Peter Pan in Disney’s 1953 classic. In this children’s flick — Tink's first speaking part — you can journey through Pixie Hollow with Tinkerbell and her friends, and learn how to use pixie dust.  Little girls across the world will appreciate this animated picture, but it offers little to the rest of us. 

Skip it: Hell Ride. The feature film from Larry Bishop is being released under the “Quentin Tarantino Presents” banner.  We bet Tarantino is sorry for allowing his name to go on this garbage.  The movie follows Pistolero (Bishop) and two fellow members of The Victors motorcycle gang, The Gent (Michael Madsen) and Commanche (Eric Balfour) as they brawl and booze and their way across the desert southwest seeking revenge on a rival gang who killed one of their fellow Victors.  The film offers little more than violence, drugs, naked females and a bunch of bikers.  Sounds interesting, right? Trust us it’s not. It never comes together and lacks any wit; we’ll stick with Tarantino’s Grindhouse.