Posted on June 27, 2018 at 9:41 am
This is a fascinating look at the difference between the way the script for “Sleepless in Seattle” looked on the page and the way it finally appeared on the screen. We don’t know how many of these changes were intentional and how many were slips of the tongue or amended by the actors because they …
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Posted on June 26, 2018 at 9:39 pm
If “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” has you missing Fred Rogers, take a listen to this Motley Fool podcast interview about parenting, kids, and money, filled with Mr. Rogers’ quiet decency.
Posted on June 23, 2018 at 2:20 pm
Becca Harrison writes in Prospect about “From Ocean’s 8 to #MeToo: why the gender bias in film criticism matters:” This week, Hollywood stars and reviewers alike have waded into debates about the gender of film critics. In a promotional interview for Ocean’s 8, its stars—Mindy Kaling, Cate Blanchett, and Sandra Bullock—suggested that they’d like more …
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Posted on June 21, 2018 at 3:30 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of science-fiction violence and peril |
| Profanity: | Mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended and intense sci-fi/action peril and violence with many characters injured, eaten, gored, and killed, volcano, |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | June 22, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: | September 17, 2018 |
“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” is a mildly entertaining but utterly unnecessary fifth in the series inspired by doctor-turned blockbuster author Michael Crichton’s books. It does recognize that if you’re going to keep making movies about reconstituted dinosaurs, it’s time to get them off that island. Yes, I remember they made it to San Diego in …
Posted on June 15, 2018 at 8:00 am
In honor of Father’s Day, my eBook, 50 Must-See Movies: Fathers is FREE through Father’s Day, this weekend, June 15-18, 2018. What do “Wall Street” and the “Star Wars” saga and, seemingly, about half the movies ever made have in common? They are about fathers. In “Wall Street,” Charlie Sheen plays the ambitious Bud, who respects …
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