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Celebrate Lincoln’s Birthday With Great Movies About the 16th President

Celebrate Lincoln’s Birthday With Great Movies About the 16th President

Posted on February 12, 2016 at 3:20 pm

Happy birthday, Abraham Lincoln! Celebrate the birthday of our 16th President with some of the classic movies about his life. Reportedly, he has been portrayed more on screen than any other real-life character.  I was honored to be invited to participate in the 272-word project from the Abraham Lincoln Library in Springfield, Illinois.  Each of …

How to be Single

How to be Single

Posted on February 11, 2016 at 5:40 pm

Drew Barrymore — you know I love you but how does your Flower Films production company produce a film about female friendship and empowerment that barely passes the Bechdel test? And did we really need a thinly disguised remake of “He’s Just Not That Into You?” I know it’s Valentine’s Day and the time feels …

Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2

Posted on February 11, 2016 at 5:22 pm

B-
Lowest Recommended Age: Mature High Schooler
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, a scene of exaggerated violence, and brief strong language
Profanity: Brief strong language, crude references
Nudity/ Sex: Explicit sexual humor, many sexual references, including orgies, obvious male sexual excitement
Alcohol/ Drugs: None
Violence/ Scariness: Mostly comic peril and violence, characters injured and killed, some disturbing images, assault weapons, knives, explosions, building collapse
Diversity Issues: None
Date Released to Theaters: February 12, 2016
Date Released to DVD: May 23, 2106
Amazon.com ASIN: B018IDVB6W

Kind of like fashion itself, we don’t really care whether “Zoolander 2” is any good. We go because it is silly fun. The original Zoolander, released in 2001 just after the attacks on 9/11, was based on shorts Ben Stiller created for the VH1 fashion awards. It was moderately successful on release but has become …