Nell Minow's Blog, page 21
February 18, 2017
Special Effects Behind the Scenes with Rubberhead
Before special effects were done with CGI, movie creatures were built out of rubber and imagination. And Rubberhead is the first of a projected five-volume sex, drugs, and movies series from Steve Johnson, the guy behind such iconic movie creatures as Slimer from "Ghostbusters" and the glowy underwater guys in "Abyss." Johnson takes us behind the scenes with anecdotes about how the movies were made. ...
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February 17, 2017
Trailer: Demetri Martin and Kevin Kline in “Dean”
Demetri Martin plays an illustrator mourning the loss of his mother and unhappy that his father (Kevin Kline) is planning to sell the family home....
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Contest: Win The Queen of Katwe
You can win a DVD/Blu-Ray of one of the best family movies of 2016, "The Queen of Katwe," based on the true story of a girl from the poorest part of Uganda who became an international chess champion. It stars
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Screen Rant on Stunts That Defy Physics and Logic
Screen Rant has a great piece busting the myths underlying some movie stunts. Pro tip: don't try these at home. And don't spin a six-shooter.
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February 16, 2017
A Cure for Wellness
There's jump out at you scary. And there's something's coming at me scary. And then there's the slow, inexorable dread that builds inside you, and that is what director/co-writer Gore Verbinski is going for with "A Cure for Wellness."
The unsettling through-the-looking-glass idea starts with the title itself. Isn't wellness what a cure is supposed to achieve? Would a cure for wellness mean making a healthy person sick? Uh...yes. Prepare to feel your stomach drop like a bowling...
The unsettling through-the-looking-glass idea starts with the title itself. Isn't wellness what a cure is supposed to achieve? Would a cure for wellness mean making a healthy person sick? Uh...yes. Prepare to feel your stomach drop like a bowling...
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Fist Fight
Maybe it's just here in Washington D.C., but when I saw "Fist Fight," the biggest laugh from the audience was seeing the name of the executive producer, Steve Mnuchin, who had just been sworn in as the Trump administration's Secretary of the Treasury. The timing of the movie, with its comic portrayal of an underfunded and wildly dysfunctional public school is uneasily, if inadvertently resonant with the times.
But mostly it is just not very funny. Five writers, including "New Girl" actor Max...
But mostly it is just not very funny. Five writers, including "New Girl" actor Max...
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The Great Wall
I get that you need a big Hollywood star to get big Hollywood money. But in "The Great Wall," that means that Matt Damon has to save the day in ancient China, and having him share the fight with a tough female military leader (Tian Jing) who is Chinese (and very beautiful) does not reduce the quease factor.
Damon plays William, a mercenary who has fought for and against armies of several European nations, now traveling through China in search of the "black powder" they have heard is a new...
Damon plays William, a mercenary who has fought for and against armies of several European nations, now traveling through China in search of the "black powder" they have heard is a new...
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Trailer: Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler in “The House”
SNL alums Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler play parents who need to raise money to pay their daughter's tuition -- so they turn their house into a gambling den.
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Smile of the Week: What Is Happiness
When you ask people what happiness is, their answers may surprise you.
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MovieGuide Awards for Christian Values Entertainment
The MovieGuide Awards are sponsored by the Christian Film & Television Commission®
SPECIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Lifetime Achievement Award for Communicating and Living the Good News to Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network, the 700 Club and Operation Blessing
THE EPIPHANY PRIZES FOR INSPIRING MOVIES & TV
EPIPHANY PRIZE FOR MOST INSPIRING MOVIE OF 2016
Winner: THE YOUNG MESSIAH
Other nominees: HACKSAW RIDGE, MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN, GOD’S...
SPECIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Lifetime Achievement Award for Communicating and Living the Good News to Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network, the 700 Club and Operation Blessing
THE EPIPHANY PRIZES FOR INSPIRING MOVIES & TV
EPIPHANY PRIZE FOR MOST INSPIRING MOVIE OF 2016
Winner: THE YOUNG MESSIAH
Other nominees: HACKSAW RIDGE, MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN, GOD’S...
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