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The Cider House Rules

posted by rkumar
C+
Lowest Recommended Age:Mature High Schooler
Movie Release Date:1999

Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire) reads David Copperfield aloud to his fellow orphans, letting us know that like Copperfield, he will let us decide for ourselves whether he is the hero of his own life. Homer, twice returned by adoptive parents, [...]

1776

posted by rkumar
A+
Lowest Recommended Age:Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
Movie Release Date:1972

Happy Independence Day! This rousing musical about the Declaration of Independence makes the Founding Fathers vivid, human, and interesting characters, and is so involving that you almost forget that you already know how it all turned out. William Daniels is [...]

My Dog Skip

posted by rkumar
B+
Lowest Recommended Age:Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
Movie Release Date:2000

This is a good, old-fashioned boy and his dog movie, based on the memoir of Willie Morris, who grew up in 1940′s Mississippi, a small, sleepy town of “ten thousand souls and nothing to do.” It is lyrical and very [...]

Mansfield Park

posted by rkumar
B+
Lowest Recommended Age:Mature High Schooler
Movie Release Date:1999

Bodices may not be ripped, but they are certainly loosened in this very liberal adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel. This is not your mother’s “Mansfield Park.” Fans of the book are warned early on that there will be some significant [...]

Previous Posts

Happy Anniversary, "Star Wars!"
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, my mom gave me a preview ticket for a movie and I went knowing nothing about it except that it was made by the director of "American Graffiti" and co-starred Alec Guiness.  It was the original Star Wars, which celebrates its 35th anniversary today.  I went ba

posted 12:40:18pm May. 25, 2012 | read full post »

Pixar Favorites Back in Theaters This Weekend
Four popular Disney•Pixar movies are returning exclusively to AMC Theatres for the Memorial Day holiday weekend to provide a perfect alternative for families in the midst of PG-13 summer movie season. From May 25 through May 28, “Toy Story 3,” “Ratatouille,” “Up” and “WALL•E” wil

posted 12:13:39pm May. 25, 2012 | read full post »

Today on TCM: Strange Cargo
"Strange Cargo," starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford, is on the surface the story of prisoners escaping from a Devil's Island penal colony.  But it is also a powerful and moving spiritual allegory with a Jesus-like character played by Ian Hunter and a devil-like character played by Albert Dekker

posted 12:00:11pm May. 25, 2012 | read full post »

Whitney Houston Sings "His Eye is on the Sparrow" for "Sparkle"
Whitney Houston sings the classic spiritual "His Eye is on the Sparrow" in this poignant and uplifting selection from the soundtrack of her final film, "Sparkle," which will be released later this summer. [iframe src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F

posted 8:00:12am May. 25, 2012 | read full post »

Men in Black 3
Welcome back, Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones. The stars and director of one of the most creative and purely entertaining movies of the last 20 years are back for a third that does not match the original but makes up for the mangled sequel.  It has some references and tributes to the first two, though i

posted 6:00:05pm May. 24, 2012 | read full post »


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