Posted on October 11, 2016 at 10:51 am
One of the year’s best television series is “Speechless,” about a family with three children, one in a wheelchair. Minnie Driver stars as the fiercely protective mother, John Ross Bowie (Kripke from “Big Bang Theory”) as the more quietly supportive father, and Micah Fowler, who like the character he plays, has cerebral palsy. He also …
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Posted on October 11, 2016 at 7:00 am
May the beauty of this hymn inspire all who celebrate Yom Kippur.
Posted on October 10, 2016 at 3:50 pm
Barnet Bain co-wrote and directed “Milton’s Secret,” based on Eckhart Tolle’s book about a bullied boy who learns some strategies for coping with his anxiety from his grandfather, played in the film by Donald Sutherland. In an interview, Bain talked about using classic Donovan songs on the soundtrack and dealing with the “internal bully.” Why …
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Posted on October 10, 2016 at 8:58 am
It is one of the great honors of my professional life to be a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and participate in the Critics Choice awards. This year, I am delighted that we have established a new, separate awards ceremony for documentaries. Here are the outstanding nominees for the inaugural Critics Choice documentary …
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Posted on October 10, 2016 at 8:00 am
Christopher Columbus has not yet had the movie he deserves, but I prefer the Fredric March version to the later movies. There’s also a History Channel program: And I recommend a brilliant and completely engrossing biography from biographer Laurence Bergreen called Columbus: The Four Voyages.He writes: Before him, the Old World and the New remained …
