Posted on August 7, 2014 at 5:59 pm
Dear Michael Bay, Just because you were able to turn one Saturday cartoon series for children into a PG-13 blockbuster, based on nostalgia on the part of its now-teen and 20-something audience and some world class special effects, does not mean that you can do the same with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This is …
Posted on August 7, 2014 at 5:59 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for thematic elements, some violence, language and brief sensuality |
| Profanity: | Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Kissing, off-camera sexual situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Wine |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Fires, sad death of parent, characters injured, vandalism |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | August 8, 2014 |
| Date Released to DVD: | December 1, 2014 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B00MI56UI6 |
Shakespeare famously made fun of the notion of a sighing lover creating an ode “to his mistress’ eyebrow.” But it would take Shakespeare to do justice to Helen Mirren as a French woman of impeccable bearing who is able to punctuate her declarations with a perfect circumflex of that divine eyebrow, exquisitely conveying the steely …
Posted on August 7, 2014 at 5:48 pm
Let’s get this out of the way up front. It’s no “Twister,” which is not just the “Citizen Kane” of tornado movies, but a loveably cheesy thrill ride of a film that holds up very well even though its then-cutting edge special effects (that flying cow!) are no longer as surprising. But “Into the Storm” …
Posted on August 7, 2014 at 3:59 pm
In honor of this week’s release about competing chefs, “The Hundred Foot Journey,” I’ve put together a list of some of my favorite movies about cooks and chefs. Julie & Julia Meryl Streep plays legendary chef Julia Child and Amy Adams plays the real-life amateur chef who decided to make every recipe in Child’s Child’s formidable …
Posted on August 7, 2014 at 9:14 am
The wonderful folks at Dinner A Love Story have kindly made their 121 Books: The Greatest Kid Books of All Time ebook available for free for a limited time, so grab it right now.
