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October 2009 Archives

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This is It

posted by Nell Minow
B+
Lowest Recommended Age:Middle School
MPAA Rating:Rated PG for some suggestive choreography and scary images
Movie Release Date:October 28, 2009

“This is It” is here to rescue us from the tabloids and remind us what true star power looks like. There are moments of aching sadness as we get a behind-the-scenes look at the concert tour that never happened, but [...]

List: Great Movie Coaches

posted by Nell Minow

The athletes have worked harder than they ever imagined, pushing themselves to the limits of their endurance. They’ve learned how to run faster and hit, kick, or shoot harder. They’ve watched tape of the other team, the champions, the ones [...]

List: Halloween Movie Tricks and Treats!

posted by Nell Minow

Halloween gives kids a thrilling opportunity to act out their dreams and pretend to be characters with great power. But it can also be scary and even overwhelming for the littlest trick-or-treaters. An introduction to the holiday with videos from [...]

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

posted by Nell Minow
B+
Lowest Recommended Age:Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
MPAA Rating:Rated PG for some mild rude humor and peril
Movie Release Date:July 1, 2009
DVD Release Date:October 27, 2009

This third in the Ice Age series is a bit sweeter and gentler than the first two, perhaps less ambitious in scope than the first but much more engaging than the second. The 3D animation is beautifully immersive and the [...]

Previous Posts

Coriolanus
Shakespeare's play about a Roman general who survives battle only to take on the bigger battles of politics has been brought to screen by Ralph Fiennes, who directed and stars as the title character.  Contemporary costumes and weapons and Serbian locations underscore how little has changed in the 5

posted 9:00:18am May. 28, 2012 | read full post »

Memorial Day Tribute
On this Memorial Day we think of those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms and for the ones who love and miss them. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVzrsyCtoWY[/youtube]

posted 7:00:10am May. 28, 2012 | read full post »

Tonight: National Memorial Day Concert on PBS
The National Memorial Day concert on the Capitol Building lawn will be broadcast tonight live on PBS. The program will be co-hosted for the seventh year by Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna (“Criminal Minds”) and Emmy Award-winner Gary Sinise (“CSI: New York”), two acclaimed actors who

posted 6:51:02pm May. 27, 2012 | read full post »

One Role: Two Actors
The Daily Beast was inspired by Josh Brolin's spot on performance as the 1969-era version of the character played by Tommy Lee Jones in "Men in Black 3" to create a gallery of movies with two actors playing younger and older versions of the same character.  The most acclaimed are Robert De Niro and

posted 8:00:28am May. 27, 2012 | read full post »

How to Write a Movie Review
People often ask me how to become a movie critic, and I usually reply: "You watch a lot of movies and you write movie reviews about them.  This is the world's best time to be a movie critic because anyone can find a place to publish reviews.  The trick is to make them good enough that people will

posted 3:55:08pm May. 26, 2012 | read full post »


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