Pick of The Month

Every month we pick a movie we think you'll dig from the hits, classics, underground, grind house, and utterly obscure.

DECEMBER
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown! (1977) (G)
OCTOBER
Monsters, Inc. (2001) (G)
APRIL
The Room (2003) (R)
MARCH
Beavis and Butthead Do America (1996) (R)
FEBRUARY
X2: X-Men United (2003) (PG-13)
JANUARY
Scared Straight! (1978) (R)

DECEMBER
Mirrormask (2005) (PG)
NOVEMBER
TRON (1982) (G)
OCTOBER
Salem's Lot (1979) (R)
SEPTEMBER
The Fly (1986) (R)
AUGUST
The Butter Battle Book (1989) (G)
JULY
Galaxy Quest (1999) (PG-13)
JUNE
Sleepers (1996) (R)
MAY
Hose Feathers (1932) (PG)
APRIL
Cat's Eye (1985) (R)
MARCH
The World, The Flesh, and the Devil (1959) (R)
FEBRUARY
Red Dawn (1984) (R)

OCTOBER
Silver Bullet (1985) (R)
SEPTEMBER
Uncle Buck (1989) (PG-13)
JULY
Raising Victor Vargas (2002) (R)
JUNE
Shut Up & Sing (2006) (PG-13)

OCTOBER
The Stepford Wives (1975) (R)
SEPTEMBER
The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) (PG-13)
AUGUST
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell (2007) (UR)
JULY
Roger Dodger (2002) (R)
JUNE
They Came from Within (1975) (R)
MAY
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (PG-13)
APRIL
The Music Box (1932) (G)
MARCH
Day of the Dead (1985) (R)
FEBRUARY
Death Race 2000 (1975) (R)
JANUARY
Titan A.E. (2000) (PG-13)

Duncan Watson, Greg Felton, Bill Melendez

Lee Mendelson

Bill Melendez, Phil Roman

Snoopy Come Home (1972)

In spite of being an atheist, I've always been a downright loyal follower of Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz primarily because I adored the characters he brought to the page and television screen every single time. True, its prime past once Schulz died, but before his death there was one of the finer films I've seen as a child. "Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown" is a classic romp in the summer camp sub-genre that takes the Schulz kids and pits them against camp bullies. This time around the gang has to take part in an all out raft war that sees Charlie and his group going up against Peppermint Patty and her group along with a threesome of angry mean bullies who want to sabotage their victory at any cost.

Much like most of the good Charlie Brown specials, this movie gets that Snoopy is a great character if delivered in small portions, so his sub-plot is a generally small one that takes an unexpected big part in the finale. This time around Charlie and the gang find themselves at wits end when Charlie and the group get lost amidst the wilderness (thanks to the gang of bullies) and even indulge in some survival which includes dinner with some cereal by a fire in a cabin, and a leisurely boy girl dance that ends in disaster.

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Most of all though, "Race for Your Life" maintains the child like enthusiasm of the Charlie Brown movies and keeps its action steady enough for young audiences without any violence. Thankfully there's also none of the preachy aspects of Schulz's usual forays in to the Charlie Brown universe which is probably why this is one of my all time favorites.

Peppermint Patty and Marcie are voiced by male actors in the film.

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