Posted on April 19, 2016 at 3:30 pm
These days even adults can feel frustrated at the prospect of trying to find a good way to help others. So it is especially welcome that a new television series for kids has some gentle lessons about making a difference to spread kindness and generosity. Mack and Moxy is a great new PBS show for …
Posted on April 19, 2016 at 3:10 pm
Headlines crowed over the disparity between critics’ poor reviews of “Batman v. Superman” and the very healthy opening weekend box office. The leading trade publication, Variety, wondered “Do Critics Matter at the Box Office?” Fortune sneered, How ‘Batman v Superman’ Fought Off Critics and predicted that the bad reviews would not affect the box office. …
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Posted on April 18, 2016 at 8:00 am
Jason Bateman directs and stars in “The Family Fang,” based on the book by Kevin Wilson, about the adult children of performance artists, who included them in their stunts, pranks, and displays. Nicole Kidman, Kathryn Hahn, and Christopher Walken co-star.
Posted on April 18, 2016 at 8:00 am
Disney’s D23 gathering is for its most devoted fans, and it treats them to gems like this tribute to one of its most talented voice performers, Jim Cummings. Watch him say the same thing as an astonishing variety of characters with different accents and personalities.
Posted on April 18, 2016 at 7:12 am
Well, really, the entire Ebertfest film festival is a highlight. It truly is unlike any other film festival because it creates such a sense of community, in part because people come back year after year and in part because there is one film at a time, in one venue, so there is a sense of …
