Turning a television show into a religion was an oddity, to say the least, when Star Trek fans first did so back in the 70s. Today, pop culture is just about the only touchstone Generation Xers have, so it’s perhaps not a coincidence that within the space of a year, two movies tried to sort out exactly what Star Trek means to the faithful. Trekkies and Free Enterprise couldn’t be two more different films, but each has a deep and abiding love of Star Trek at its core.

The Animaniacs are usually the stuff that inspires adult cult fandom and enthralls kids, even if they don’t understand it. Animaniacs: Wakko’s Wish may charm very young children with its simple tunes and fast-moving animation, but older kids and adult fans of the Warners et al will be sorely disappointed.

Needless to say, as a child I loved E.B. White’s book Stuart Little, about a mouse who lives with a human family, and so I was pretty eagerly looking forward to the movie adaptation. And while it’s not the kind of movie that I’m likely to return to again and again — it doesn’t have the kind of subtext that allows adults to appreciate it on multiple levels, as some movies aimed toward kids do — it certainly offers a sweet, amiable moviegoing experience, and parents who treat their children to it are unlikely to find themselves bored with it.