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Monster House

posted by jmiller
B+
Lowest Recommended Age:4th - 6th Grades
MPAA Rating:Rated PG for scary images and sequences, thematic elements, some crude humor and brief language.
Movie Release Date:2006
DVD Release Date:October 10, 2011

My DVD pick this week is one of my favorites for Halloween. “Honey, I’m home” takes on a cheerfully creepy new meaning in “Monster House,” a fresh, fun, and deliciously scary animated film produced by Robert Zemeckis (“Back to the [...]

Nancy Drew: Mystery in the Hollywood Hills

posted by jmiller
C
Lowest Recommended Age:4th - 6th Grades
MPAA Rating:Rated PG for mild violence, thematic elements and brief language.
Movie Release Date:2007
DVD Release Date:March 11, 2008

Part of the appeal of Nancy Drew through the decades has been the way she has continually been updated while remaining essentially the same. The problem with this movie is that the updates are poorly chosen, awkwardly inserted, and inappropriate [...]

Sunshine

posted by jmiller
B+
Lowest Recommended Age:High School
MPAA Rating:Rated R for violent content and language.
Movie Release Date:July 17, 2007
DVD Release Date:January 8, 2008

The sun is dying. A rocket ship from earth, meaningfully named “Icarus,” failed in its mission to reboot the sun with a supercharged nuclear payload designed to “create a star within a star.” Now the earth’s last chance is Icarus [...]

Stardust

posted by jmiller
B+
Lowest Recommended Age:Middle School
MPAA Rating:Rated PG-13 for some fantasy violence and risque humor.
Movie Release Date:2007
DVD Release Date:December 18, 2007

This is an enchanting story that lives up to the promise of a “once upon a time beginning,” filled with romance, adventure, magic, and wit. It has witch sisters who need to find a fallen star to make the potion [...]

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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

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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]

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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

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