Posted on November 26, 2017 at 4:54 pm
This very cute trailer for the 2018 animated feature “Smallfoot” reminds us that what may seem normal to us may be scary to others, which means that what seems scary to us just might not be that scary.
Posted on November 23, 2017 at 7:33 am
I love this film, about four families celebrating Thanksgiving with all of the secrets, drama, longing for approval, and, yes, gratitude and love. The cast includes Julianna Margulies, Dennis Haysbert, Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard, Mercedes Ruehl, and Joyce Chen.
Posted on November 22, 2017 at 1:53 pm
I had a wonderful time interviewing two of the people behind Pixar’s wonderful new movie, Coco. For rogerebert.com, I interviewed co-director Adrian Molina. So much of this film is about family and the importance of family and being connected to your family. A good part of my upbringing as a Mexican-American was in a multi-generational …
Continue reading “Coco’s Director and Story Supervisor: Interviews”
Posted on November 21, 2017 at 8:42 pm
A-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for thematic elements |
| Profanity: | Mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Themes of death and loss, some peril |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | November 22, 2017 |
| Date Released to DVD: | February 27, 2018 |
Those of us who remember the 1995 release of Pixar’s first feature film, “Toy Story,” feel that we’ve all grown up together. It isn’t just the astonishing progress in the technology (the reason the first film’s characters were toys was that all they could animate were shiny smooth surfaces). It is the progression of the …
Posted on November 21, 2017 at 5:24 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| Profanity: | Mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Rated PG for thematic elements and some mild language |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking, drunkenness |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Ghosts, some scary surprises, child labor and abuse |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | November 22, 2017 |
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is as much a part of the holiday as Santa Claus and decorating the tree. It was written in just six weeks and the entire first printing was sold out in five days. There are innumerable performance versions, plays, audio, and movies, even operas. It has not just become a …
