Posted on April 21, 2015 at 8:00 am
The Adventures of Maya the Bee is a classic children’s book from Germany, originally published more than 100 years ago, about a brave little bee who breaks the rules by leaving the hive but saves the day when she warns the bees about an impending attack. It has been adapted as a comic strip, animated …
Posted on April 20, 2015 at 8:00 am
My all-time favorite sitcom is “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” Though I’ve seen every episode many times, I still watch them on Hulu. And some of the best were the ones featuring Van Dyke’s real-life brother Jerry as Rob Petrie’s brother, Stacy. So I was delighted to see that this week Dick Van Dyke will …
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Posted on April 19, 2015 at 3:16 pm
The Hobbit: The Definitive Movie Posters is a gorgeous new book and a must-have for all would-be denizens of Middle Earth.
Posted on April 19, 2015 at 8:59 am
Thanks to Matt Zoller Seitz, Sheila O’Malley, and Todd Rendleman for our superb discussion about this year’s Oscar winner for best foreign language movie, “Ida.”
Posted on April 19, 2015 at 8:00 am
The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum used to have a great little video with a claymation Albert Einstein shaking his head over the many mistakes in sci-fi movies. “They’re breaking my rule!” he exclaimed. As the animated genius went on to say, it is a lot of fun to watch movies and no one expects …
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