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The Real Story: Walter and Margaret Keane and the Big Eyes Paintings

Posted on December 26, 2014 at 3:16 pm

The strangest parts of the story of Walter and Margaret Keane in Tim Burton’s Big Eyes are true. Perhaps the strangest of all is that the paintings — at the time thought to be painted by Walter Keane but ultimately proven to have been painted by Margaret Keane — were so wildly successful. In large …

Kwanzaa Blessings!

Posted on December 26, 2014 at 10:11 am

Warm Kwanzaa greetings to all who celebrate. May the blessings of unity, faith, work, cooperation, purpose, creativity and faith be with you all year.

Selma

Selma

Posted on December 24, 2014 at 5:55 pm

A+
Lowest Recommended Age: Preschool
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic material including violence, a suggestive moment, and brief strong language
Profanity: Some strong and racist language
Nudity/ Sex: Some sexual references and audio of sexual situation, references to adultery
Alcohol/ Drugs: Some drinking and smoking
Violence/ Scariness: Very brutal violence including abuse and beatings by law enforcement and individuals, characters injured and killed
Diversity Issues: A theme of the movie
Date Released to Theaters: December 25, 2014
Date Released to DVD: May 4, 2015
Amazon.com ASIN: B00S1MYWBW

“Selma,” director Ava DuVernay’s film about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the march from Selma, Alabama to the state capital at Montgomery, to make the case for the right to vote, is superb as biography, as history, and as drama. It is one of the best movies of this year and this decade. And …