The Film Mom is a weekly column about family entertainment for parents with kids (and kids with parents) by Tara McNamara, the editor and founder of KidsPickFlicks.com.

Movies today are more magical than ever before. That’s because this year, more than a few of them are literally about magicians who make magic.

Last week’s blockbuster Oz the Great and Powerful is an imaginative movie about a traveling carnival magician who uses his sleight of hand to wow a new world, not to mention a couple of beautiful witches. The result? He becomes the ruler of the land.

On the other hand, ruling Las Vegas as the headliners at Bally’s destroys the 30-year "magical friendship" of magician duo Burt and Anton in this week’s The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, forcing  Wonderstone to rediscover the joy of his craft and the joy of friendship. The result? Success brings riches.

Action-thriller-heist film Now You See Me appears in the multiplex on May 31 and portrays magicians as clever and ingenious. The film is about four illusionists who, as part of their Vegas act, give back to their audience by robbing a bank in Paris and showering their audience with the cash – and law enforcement can’t figure out how they did it. Jesse Eisenberg’s character tells a baffled detective, “First rule of magic: always be the smartest guy in the room.”  The result? Intellectual superiority.

Kids love magic so don’t be surprised if this year’s run of magic movies leads to your young one asking for their own magic kit.

Here are this weekend’s new releases you can see with your kids:

1.       The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. Kids love Jim Carrey, who may be at his most brilliant in this movie. It’s from the writers of Horrible Bosses, which means it’s hysterically funny but also fairly inappropriate for kids who are not in high school.

2.       Mindless Behavior: All Around the World. This G-rated biographical concert documentary about the teen hip-hop and R&B band is meant to inspire, encourage individuality and show that success is a result of hard work.

3.       From Up on Poppy Hill. Animation living legend Hayao Miyazaki and his son Goyo Miyazaki are behind this film which explores high school students trying to stop the demolition of their clubhouse while their town is preparing for the 1964 Olympics.

Do kids like these movies? Find out at www.KidsPickFlicks.com, where all kids are movie critics.