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New Barney and Angelina Movies Available on DVD and On Demand

posted by Nell Minow | 3:56pm Friday January 6, 2012

Two preschooler favorite series have new movies released this week on DVD and On Demand. Barney: I Love My Friends The big purple dinosaur and his friends learn some valuable lessons about what it means to be a friend — [...]

Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol

posted by Nell Minow | 7:00pm Thursday December 15, 2011
B+
Lowest Recommended Age:Middle School
MPAA Rating:Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence
Movie Release Date:December 16, 2011

The first live-action film from animation director Brad Bird (“The Iron Giant,” “The Incredibles”) is pure adrenalin rush.  It has the best stunts of the year and crackerjack mastery of pace in this fourth “Mission: Impossible” movie. More “inspired by” [...]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

posted by Nell Minow | 6:30pm Thursday December 15, 2011
B-
Lowest Recommended Age:Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
MPAA Rating:G
Movie Release Date:December 17, 2011

The third in the series about the singing chipmunks and their exasperated but perpetually forgiving human father is a little brighter and sweeter than its predecessors. It tones down the slapstick and potty humor, meriting a family-friendly G rating. The [...]

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

posted by Nell Minow | 6:26pm Thursday December 15, 2011
B
Lowest Recommended Age:Mature High Schooler
MPAA Rating:Rated R for violence, some sexuality/nudity, and language
Movie Release Date:December 9, 2011

There are spy stories with glamor and chases and explosions and answers.  And there are spy stories like this one, murky, gritty, grubby, complicated.  The brilliant BBC miniseries version of the the book by John le Carre opened with the grim-looking Russian matryoshka [...]

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The Loving Story
Tonight HBO premieres a new documentary about one of the most important marriages in American history.  And their name was Loving. They should have been able to have the quiet life they hoped for.  Mildred and Richard Loving were residents of Virginia who were married in the District of Columbi

posted 12:48:14pm Feb. 14, 2012 | read full post »

Interview: The Real Couple Behind "The Vow"
“The Vow,” starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams, is based on the real-life story of Kim and Krickett Carpenter, who wrote a book about their experience after a traumatic brain injury shortly after their wedding erased all of Krickett’s memory of the previous 18 months. She did not rememb

posted 8:00:42am Feb. 14, 2012 | read full post »

List: Movies for Your Valentine
Some of my favorite movie romances are just right for Valentine's Day.  Cuddle up with your valentine and a bowl of popcorn and enjoy these movies about how love makes us crazy and immeasurably happy at the same time. 1. Moonstruck Cher won an Oscar as the bookkeeper who has given up on love unt

posted 4:08:39pm Feb. 13, 2012 | read full post »

A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Interview with Madeleine L'Engle's Granddaughter
Madeleine L'Engle’s classic book A Wrinkle in Time celebrates its 50th anniversary this week with a sumptuous new edition. It includes photos and biographical information about L’Engle, an introduction by US Ambassador for Children’s Literature Katherine Paterson, discussion questions, pages o

posted 8:00:58am Feb. 13, 2012 | read full post »

Celebrate Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
Celebrate the birthday of our 16th President with some of the classic movies about his life. Ahead of us this are are the Steven Spielberg epic, based on Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, with Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field, which will be out in Decem

posted 8:00:32am Feb. 12, 2012 | read full post »


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