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Martin Luther King: Movies to Celebrate His Legacy

posted by Nell Minow

Today we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King and every family should take time to talk about this great American leader and hero of the Civil Rights Movement. There are outstanding films and other resources for all ages. Every [...]

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The War Horse

posted by Nell Minow
B
Lowest Recommended Age:Middle School
MPAA Rating:Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of war violence
Movie Release Date:December 25, 2011
DVD Release Date:April 3, 2012

The second Steven Spielberg movie of the week opens on Christmas Day, a grand epic, is big, long, ambitious, and showy.  It is a work by a master, but it is not a masterpiece.  Every detail is carefully considered.  Every [...]

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Hugo

posted by Nell Minow
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Lowest Recommended Age:4th - 6th Grades
MPAA Rating:Rated PG for mild thematic material, some action/peril and smoking
Movie Release Date:November 23, 2011
DVD Release Date:February 27, 2012

Martin Scorsese’s enchanting “Hugo” is a thrillingly immersive adventure.  It is about two orphans trying to solve a mystery.  It is about the way that stories help us make sense of life.  It stretches from the very beginnings of movies [...]

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1776

posted by Nell Minow
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Lowest Recommended Age:4th - 6th Grades
MPAA Rating:Rated PG for language
Movie Release Date:1972
DVD Release Date:June 27, 2011

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 [...]

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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

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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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