Behind the Scenes: Minions
Posted on July 12, 2015 at 3:34 pm
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Comic-Con 2015 Panel on Fandom: The Next Generation
Posted on July 12, 2015 at 11:16 am
I was thrilled to be invited by Betsy Bozdech of Common Sense Media to appear on a panel discussion if and how to share our nerdy passions with our children. I was even more thrilled when I found out who would be on the panel with me: Jeffrey Brown, author of Darth Vader and Son, …
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Vox on Makeover Movies
Posted on July 11, 2015 at 3:55 pm
In my book, The Movie Mom’s Guide to Family Movies, there is a discussion of “makeover movies.” Little girls and bigger ones see a lot of what I call “makeover movies:” in a crucial scene Our Heroine gets a new dress and hairstyle (or just takes off her glasses) and her life changes. Sometimes she …
Trailer: Learning to Drive
Posted on July 10, 2015 at 3:54 pm
Writer Katha Pollitt found herself learning how to drive for the first time when she was 52. She wrote about it ruefully in an essay that provides the title for Learning to Drive: And Other Life Stories, which has now inspired a movie starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson. Here is a brief excerpt …
Trailer: Legend, the Story of The Crime Boss Twin Brothers, The Krays
Posted on July 10, 2015 at 8:00 am
Twin brothers known as The Krays” ran a brutal crime ring in 1960’s London. A new movie called “Legend” stars Tom Hardy as both of the identical twin brothers, Ronnie and Reggie Kray. A 1991 film called “The Krays” starred real-life brothers Martin Kemp and Gary Kemp. They have also been the subject of documentaries …
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