Nell Minow's Blog, page 12
March 30, 2017
Ghost in the Shell
Oh, I don't know. Maybe if you are a long-time fan of the "Ghost in the Shell" mange by Masamune Shirow and anime and are yet still not offended at the casting of a white actress in a Japanese story you might enjoy seeing a big-budget version of the story with very high-end design and special effects. I am new to the franchise and I was bored. Like a lot of video game movies, it loses the story and characters in a barrage of visual effects and shoot-outs.
Scarlett Johansson plays Major,...
Scarlett Johansson plays Major,...
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The Boss Baby
Yes, sure, babies are adorable and it is wonderful fun to nibble their toes and kiss the backs of their necks. But let’s be honest. They are also tiny tyrants. Who decides when it is time to eat and sleep? It is not the adults in the household. And who is no longer the top priority in the home anymore? The older child! (Let me state for the record that my two younger sisters are lovely people and I couldn’t be luckier to have them as siblings, but those first few months are...
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The Zookeeper’s Wife
Jessica Chastain is luminous in the real-life story of Antonina Zabinski, a Warsaw zookeeper, who, with her husband and son, saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. Director Niki Caro ("Whale Rider") brings her love of the natural world and her gift for telling stories of courage and triumph over bigotry to give us a timely reminder that the direst...
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Exclusive Clip: Chris Evans in “Gifted”
In the touching film "Gifted," Chris Evans plays a man responsible for his young niece, a girl of extraordinary intelligence. It is a constant challenge to help her have a normal childhood while providing the intellectual resources she needs. Here you can see the wonderful naturalism of their onscreen relationship as she asks him one of the toughest questions any parent has to answer -- about faith, knowledge and God.
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Exclusive Clip! Dinotrux Season 4
The Dinotrux face the biggest and baddest challenges yet in all-new episodes of DreamWorks Dinotrux! When D-Structs teams with other villains, Splitter, Blayde, and Pounder, the Dinotrux must enlist the community and use their smartest builds to keep the crater safe! But after an even more enormous threat comes to the crater, Ty & D-Structs must put their differences aside and work together! Don't miss a build with all-new episodes in season 4 only on...
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March 29, 2017
Critics Pay Tribute to a Guilty Pleasure: Ice Castles
As part of rogerebert.com's annual Women's Week, three critics got together to pay tribute to one of their favorite films, the ice skating classic, Ice Castles.
Christy Lemire, Sheila O'Malley, and Susan Wloszczyna shared their memories of first seeing the film and acknowledged that despite its cheesiness and some uncomfortable elements, they can't help loving it.
Released in 1978, it has disco-era signposts aplenty: Melissa Manchester’s...
Christy Lemire, Sheila O'Malley, and Susan Wloszczyna shared their memories of first seeing the film and acknowledged that despite its cheesiness and some uncomfortable elements, they can't help loving it.
Released in 1978, it has disco-era signposts aplenty: Melissa Manchester’s...
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March 28, 2017
Movie Mom Interview on Expressive Mom Blog
Many thanks to Expressive Mom and Miriam Slozberg for interviewing me about the three questions I get asked most often: Why do most movies about children have one or both parents dead or otherwise out of the picture? What do I do when they say, "everyone else at school got to see it?" And what do I do when my child/teen wants to watch the same movie over and over (and over and over)?
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Julia — Sesame Street’s First Character With Autism
Sesame Street's television series has a new character. Her name is Julia, she loves bubbles, and she has autism.
Julia has already been a Sesame Street online character, and it is great to see her on ths whow, letting families see "the amazing in all kids" and learn how to make friends with different kinds of...
Julia has already been a Sesame Street online character, and it is great to see her on ths whow, letting families see "the amazing in all kids" and learn how to make friends with different kinds of...
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Behind the Scenes: The Thermoptic Suit in “Ghost in the Shell”
Adam Savage goes behind the scenes of "Ghost in the Shell" at the legendary WETA Workshop to see the thermoptic suit worn by Scarlett Johansson.
And here's the robot skeleton.
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And here's the robot skeleton.
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March 27, 2017
Why Do People Love to Hate Uwe Boll?
In Epic Fail: Bad Art, Viral Fame, and the History of the Worst Thing Ever, Mark O'Connell writes perceptively about our fascination with truly awful works of art and the people who create them. I first learned of the Dunning-Kruger effect (the less capable people are, the worse they are at estimating their ability) from that book.
Any discussion of the worst movie directors of all time will include Ed Wood, of course, and Tommy Wiseau. Both have had...
Any discussion of the worst movie directors of all time will include Ed Wood, of course, and Tommy Wiseau. Both have had...
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