“Inherit the Wind” Podcast: Law, Religion, School
Posted on May 14, 2024 at 9:41 am
It was a privilege to talk about one of my favorite movies and one of my favorite lawsuits for the “Law on Film” podcast.
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Free Book on the Best Movie Mothers!
Posted on May 10, 2024 at 7:44 am
Happy Mother’s Day! My ebook, 50 Must-See Movie Mothers, is free May 10-14 on Amazon. The movies have given us warm, loving, mothers (Marmee in “Little Women,” Sally Field in “Places in the Heart”), evil, abusive mothers (Gladys Cooper in “Now, Voyager,” Jackie Weaver in “Animal Kingdom,” Anjelica Huston in “The Grifters”), even alien mothers …
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Posted on May 9, 2024 at 11:37 am
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence/action |
| Profanity: | Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | CGI animals are discreetly shown without genitals and humans are covered |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended and intense peril and violence, beating, sling-shots, taser-like spears, explosion, flood, marauders, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: | A metaphorical theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 10, 2024 |
Know going in that this is the kind of movie where the humans are mute, cognitively impaired, and yet the main human character wears tailored pants and a woven shirt that look like they came from the mall. This should not be a surprise as it is also the kind of movie there the title …
Nell Minow on the Don Rosen Show: Summer 2024 Movies, The Godfather, DVD Libraries, and More
Posted on May 6, 2024 at 8:52 pm
Many thanks to Don Rosen for inviting me on his radio program for a long talk about the movies we’re expecting this summer, “The Godfather” and its sequels, having Jerry Seinfeld as a kindergarten classmate (Don) and meeting President Kennedy (me). You can hear the interview as a podcast here.
The Fall Guy
Posted on May 1, 2024 at 10:00 am
A-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for action and violence, drug content and some strong language |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Mild sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol, jokes about getting tipsy, drug use, including hallucinations |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended real and fictional peril and action, fights, guns and other weapons, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 3, 2024 |
“The Fall Guy” is a love letter to movie-making, to all of the work, all of the heart, all of the expertise from hundreds of people that goes into telling our stories. It is a love letter to the audience, filled with action, romance, comedy, impossibly gorgeous, magnificently talented ,and endlessly charismatic performers, and with …