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Posted on August 6, 2015 at 5:20 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language including some sexual references |
| Profanity: |
Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Reference to suicide |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 7, 2015 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
November 9, 2015 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B0153C71X8 |
Form illuminates content in this imperfect but compelling film based on the real-life audiotapes of a four day interview of author David Foster Wallace in the final days of his book tour for Infinite Jest. The subject of the interview is David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel), whose writing was densely and intricately layered. The journalist …
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Posted on August 6, 2015 at 5:07 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
All Ages |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for rude humor |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
A little potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Mild comic peril and mayhem, animal control officer, memory loss |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 7, 2015 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
November 23, 2015 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B013H99VXC |
“Shaun the Sheep is another adorably quirky animated film from Aardman, the folks behind “Wallace and Gromit” and “Chicken Run.” it is a wordless pleasure about a flock of sheep who have an adventure when they get bored with their idyllic but monotonous life on the farm and visit the big city. But they miss …
Continue reading “Shaun the Sheep”
Posted on August 6, 2015 at 4:53 pm
Three things a superhero movie should not be: dreary, dull, and tedious. Three things this movie is: see if you can guess. I am a huge fan of the comic book series Fantastic Four, which I first read as a teenager, ready for something with a little more edge and attitude than my beloved Superman. …
Continue reading “Fantastic Four”
Posted on August 6, 2015 at 3:34 pm
No writer has influenced me more than Louisa May Alcott, and it runs in the family. My mother’s name is Josephine, like Alcott’s most famous (and most autobiographical) character, and she was inspired by Little Women to insist on being called “Jo” — and to become a writer. And her grandchildren call her “Marmie,” inspired …
Continue reading “Interview: Nancy Porter and Harriet Reisen on Louisa May Alcott”
Posted on August 6, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Ashley Smith made headlines when she touched the heart of the man who took her captive by reading to him from Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life. Her own book is Unlikely Angel: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage Hero. And her story has now been turned into a movie starring Kate Mara and …
Continue reading “The Real Story: Ashley Smith and “Captive,” Based on Her Life”
