Posted on February 20, 2015 at 8:00 am
Of all the tributes and critiques of “Saturday Night Live” as it starts its fifth decade, none is more astute than Tom Shales’ for Daily Beast. Shales is the co-author of Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests. In this column he talks …
Posted on February 20, 2015 at 7:37 am
It is a great honor to be one of the voters for the Black Reel Awards and I am so proud of our winners this year, with “Selma” deservedly tying the record set by “Precious” with eight awards. Outstanding Motion Picture Selma | Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner & Christian Colson (Paramount) Outstanding Actor, …
Posted on February 20, 2015 at 7:08 am
This new series on Netflix is inspired by the popular comic book but looks a little more like “Silver Spoons” than like the movie version with Macauley Culkin or the cartoon series. Interesting that this one-percenter fantasy, Richie made the money himself, through an invention. Not sure the robot in the French maid outfit is …
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Posted on February 19, 2015 at 5:58 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for thematic material, some violence and language |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Some gang-style violence, mostly off-screen, characters injured |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | February 20, 2015 |
| Date Released to DVD: | June 1, 2015 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B00UI5CUSM |
In 1987, Coach Jim White (Kevin Costner), who had never coached or even run cross country, took a team of kids from one of the poorest communities in California to a state championship. Of course that would have to become a Disney movie. But in 2015, it is near-impossible to make a movie about a …
Posted on February 19, 2015 at 5:43 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual material throughout, some language and teen partying |
| Profanity: | Some strong and crude language, one and a half f-words |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references, some crude |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Teen drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Bullying |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | February 20, 2015 |
| Date Released to DVD: | June 8, 2015 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B00WAEEG7M |
A haiku has 17 syllables. A limerick has five lines. An omelet is made from eggs. And a teen romantic comedy will have our characters visit the mall, a locker room, a classroom, and the school bathroom. There will be a trying-on-clothes montage, a makeover, a house party, and a big school dress-up dance. Nothing …
