Posted on August 27, 2015 at 5:50 pm
Lily Tomlin is cranky, feisty, tough, and utterly irresistible in this story of a grandmother who has to visit past decisions about her own life in order to help her teenage granddaughter. Tomlin plays the aptly named Elle (French for “she”), a feminist poet. Her work is respected and influential but that has not translated …
Posted on August 27, 2015 at 5:35 pm
Director Max Joseph brings some of the “Catfish” sensibility to “We Are Your Friends,” with an intimate, documentary feel and a storyline about people in their 20’s who have big dreams but not much understanding about how to achieve them or even about the nature of their relationships. Joseph is the quieter co-host of “Catfish,” …
Posted on August 27, 2015 at 5:31 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for a scene of sexuality, partial nudity, and brief strong language |
| Profanity: | Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Brief nudity, sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Apocalyptic themes, murder |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse characters (race, gender, faith) |
| Date Released to Theaters: | August 28, 2015 |
| Date Released to DVD: | October 19, 2015 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B014DEGTEO |
In 1959, a movie called The World, The Flesh And The Devil imagined a post-apocalyptic world with three surviving humans. In the words of the 1960’s television series, “The Mod Squad,” they could be described as “one black, one white, one blond.” Harry Belafonte, Mel Ferrer, and Inger Stevens played characters who might be the …
Posted on August 27, 2015 at 5:13 pm
Evel Knievel was an international celebrity in the 1960’s-70’s, known for three things: showmanship, stunts that succeeded, and stunts that failed. He was recognized for jumping over 19 cars in his motorcycle, for crash-landing after trying to jump over the fountains of Caesars Palace, and holding the Guinness Book of World Records title for the …
Posted on August 27, 2015 at 12:10 pm
Aviva Kempner, the director of the acclaimed documentaries about baseball star Hank Greenberg and television pioneer Gertrude Berg, has a new film about early 20th century Chicago businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald. Like the prior films, this one is filled with meticulously curated archival footage, illuminating historical insights, and thoughtful comments from experts and family …
