ABC Family's 13 Night of Halloween Schedule

Halloween is not my favorite holiday, but it has one of my favorite movie events of the year - ABC Family's 13 Nights of Halloween. The majority of the movies are not-so-scary, perfect for this frightful whimp. Below, I have organized the schedule by movie so that, for example, if you want to watch "Hocus Pocus" every time it's on, you can. Or if you miss one, you can catch it again at the next showing.

Enjoy! It all begins Oct. 19, and don't forget all the below times are in ET.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"- 1:30 pm Oct. 19

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"- 5 pm Oct 19

"Hocus Pocus"- 9 pm Oct. 19, 6 pm Oct. 20, 11:30 pm Oct. 24, 9:45 pm Oct. 25, 9 pm Oct. 27, 6 pm Oct. 28, 12 am Oct. 29, 6:30 pm Oct. 30, 7 pm Oct. 31, 9:15 pm Oct. 31

"Corpse Bride"- 12 am Oct. 19, 4 pm Oct. 20, 11 am Oct. 24, 9 am Oct. 25

"Casper"- 12 am Oct. 20, 5 pm Oct. 21, 12:30 pm Oct. 25, 12 am Oct. 28, 5 pm Oct. 29

"The Addams Family"- 7 pm Oct. 21, 4:30 pm Oct. 24, 2:30 pm Oct. 25, 7 pm Oct. 29, 2:20 pm Oct. 30

"Addams Family Values"- 9 pm Oct. 21, 4 pm Oct. 22, 6:30 pm Oct. 24, 4:30 pm Oct. 25, 9 pm Oct. 29, 4:30 pm Oct. 30

"I Know What You Did Last Summer"- 12 am Oct. 21, 6 pm Oct. 22

"I Still Know What You Did Last Summer"- 12 am Oct. 22

"The Hunger Games"- 8 pm Oct. 22, 5:30 pm Oct. 23

"Sleepy Hollow"- 8:30 pm Oct. 23, 5:30 pm Oct. 26, 3 pm Oct. 31, 11:30 pm Oct. 31

"Matilda"- 12 am Oct. 23, 7 am Oct. 24

"ParaNorman"- 9 am Oct. 24, 7 am Oct. 25, 12 am Oct. 27, 4 pm Oct. 28

"The Nightmare Before Christmas"- 1 pm Oct. 24,  11 am Oct. 25, 9:30 pm Oct. 26, 6 pm Oct. 27, 5:30 pm Oct. 31

"Monsters University"- 8:30 pm Oct. 24, 7 pm Oct. 25

"Toy Story OF TERROR!"- 11 pm Oct. 24, 6:30 pm Oct. 25, 9 pm Oct. 26, 7:30 pm Oct. 27

"Frankenweenie"- 12 am Oct. 26, , 4 pm Oct. 27

"Dark Shadows"- 8:15 pm Oct 28

"Poltergeist"- 8:30 pm Oct. 30, 12:30 pm Oct. 31

"Poltergeist II: The Other Side"- 12 am Oct. 30

"Batman"- 7 am Oct. 31

"Batman Returns"- 10 am Oct. 31

Revamped- "Peter Pan"

On a new segment I like to call "Revamped," I will be taking a look at classic tales that keep getting remade, redone and revamped. In honor of the movie "Pan" opening on Friday, here is a look at all of the other movies involving the youthful sprite Peter Pan.

"Peter Pan" (1924)

The first Peter Pan film was made during the silent era with a female playing the title character. This version is very true to the original play with Mrs. Darling offering to adopt Peter (he refuses) and allowing Wendy to return to Never Land to return to Never Land once a year (to help with his spring cleaning).

"Walt Disney's Peter Pan" (1953)

Disney's version is true to the original material -- perhaps more on the literal side than the philosophical side (but you can't blame them, it's Disney). This may be because the film was put on hold for years and eventually made to turn a profit after the war. It was the first version to be a musical with songs that have lasted for decades ("The Second Star to the Right" "Never Smile at a Crocodile"). A year later, Mary Martin would star in a Broadway musical version with different songs. It was broadcast on TV in 1955, 1956, 1960 and redone in 2014 (with Girls' Allison Williams)

"Peter Pan" (1988)

An animated direct-to-video Australian version of the story. It's on YouTube if you're curious.

"Hook" (1991)

This well known version tells the story of what happens after the first Peter Pan book. (It is hinted at at the end of Barrie's first book.) Robin Williams plays a grown-up Peter Pan whose children have been kidnapped by a Dustin Hoffman Captain Hook. Peter must learn how to fly again to save his children and himself. Julia Roberts is Tinker Bell. Maggie Smith is Wendy. Dante Basco is Ruffio. It's all awesome! Definitely my favorite version.

"Return to Never Land" (2002)

The Disney sequel- sadly not a musical. Peter Pan has returned to the Darling home only to find Wendy all grown up and her daughter Jane. Peter brings Jane and her brother Danny to Never Land, but Jane is not like her mother and has a much more realistic take on the world. Peter must teach her to fly and be a kid. Although it's not a musical, "I'll Try" is a beautiful song that shows up in the film.

"Peter Pan" (2003)

This is what happens when Peter Pan discovers CGI. Technically, this is the first movie with a male Peter Pan, if we were not counting "Hook" (which is okay because that's really a sequel).

"Finding Neverland" (2004)

This is not really the tale of Peter Pan, but the true story of Peter's creator and how he wrote the original play and found the character. Johnny Depp plays J.M. Barrie and Kate Winslet plays his muse. The film became a Broadway musical and was on the Great White Way this past way. Glee's Matthew Morrison played Barrie.

"Pan" (2015)

This is a prequel to the original story. How Peter Pan became Peter Pan (played by a boy again) and how Captain Hook became the pirate we know (played by Garrett Hedland from "Tron"). The trailer also includes Black Beard (played by Hugh Jackman). Get excited!!

Also: Tinkerbell!!! We can't forget Peter's lovable fairy friend. Disney takes claim on their version of the fairy. In these newer films, Tink is a more fleshed out character with a whole range of emotions, flaws, and new friends.

"Tinker Bell" (2008)

This is the prequel to the little fairy explaining how Tink came into the fairy world and how she found her place in Pixie Hollow. (No Peter Pan)

"Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure" (2008)

Tinker Bell visits Never Land to save Pixie Hollow. (No Peter but Terrance comes into play)

"Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue" (2010)

Tink and her friends meet a human for the first time! (No Peter Pan)

"Secret of the Wings" (2012)

Tink meets her sister who's a Winter Fairy, and it's adorable. (No Peter Pan)

"The Pirate Fairy" (2014)

A pirate fairy steals Pixie Hollow's special magic. Tink and friends must get it back. (No Peter Pan, but there's pirates. And a particular pirate named James...)

"Legend of the NeverBeast" (2015)

A mysterious beast enters Pixie Hollow, and everyone runs away but Tink. (No Peter- you'd think they would include him once!)

In Review: "The Intern"

I'm so glad this movie exists. It really takes the advice to respect your elders to heart -- something my generation has forgotten.

The Story

Ben (Robert DeNiro) is a retired widower who wants to put some purpose back in his life. He finds an internet start up that is looking for senior citizens to do an internship. Ben gets the job and is assigned to help out the CEO and founder of the company Jules (Anne Hathaway). Jules may look like she is a superwoman and can take care of her daughter, maintain her marriage, and still run a thriving company, but it turns out she is barely keeping her head above water. That's where Ben comes in. He reminds her of what's important in life, helping her find herself once again.

The Stars

I don't think we have ever seen Robert De Niro as this kind of character. Sure, he's been the overprotective dad in an unsuccessful "Fockers" series, but he's never quite been this adorable. In fact, using "adorable" to describe Robert De Niro is almost laughable. Heck, he was boxing in "Grudge Match" as the age of 70! But he has transformed to a lovable, adorable grandpa character that every person wishes was their grandpa.

I am continually amazed at Anne Hathaway's journey. She was Princess Mia in "The Princess Diaries" in 2001, the movie she says saved her acting career. And now she's an Oscar winner and has planned so many different characters it's hard to remember that that person was a Disney princess at one point in time.

The Message

In this fast-paced digital world, much of the time the older generation is left behind in the dust to understand a complex and confusing thing. I'm lucking I was born into the home computer and internet generation. I would have no clue how to figure it all out! Much of the time, this ignorance of the older generation is mocked (see "The Internship" (2013)), and in turn, there is a generalization that this generation has nothing to contribute to this new world and that the younger generation doesn't need to listen to their advice. This is very, very wrong. In fact, it is a weakness of our country and our culture.

Imagine a place, where people wrote letters just because, had human conversations when they had something important to say, men opened doors for women and let them wipe their snotty noses on their handkerchiefs. (How to get to a woman's hurt-- Give her a handkerchief) We have become a world of singular beings who live their lives around other people instead of in communion with each other. This is something the older generation thrived on and lived for.

The younger generation has forgotten that, and we need our older generation to help guide us back on track.

Overall

I love that this movie is a romantic comedy about two people who are not romantic with each other. I love that this movie talks about the real issues of our society (the rejection of working world women even in the 21st century). I love that this movie made me laugh and made me cry. It was more of an examination of these characters than a plot-driven story, which was slow in the beginning and dragged in the middle. But I think it's worth watching by all generations. Because we all have something to learn from each other.

3 out of 4 Handkerchiefs