Won’t Back Down Movie Review Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis are two thoughtful and tough minded mothers in a fight against educational bureaucracy, in “Won’t Back Down”. Jamie Fitzpatrick (Gyllenhaal) comes off as a kind of Erin Brockovich character up against the system that is failing her young daughter. She doesn’t back down from the […]
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Artful Friday: Stop Motion Movie
With the Summer Sanity Lifesaver Schedule that I created, we designated Fridays to be Artful Friday. Every Friday, the kids and I are going to try to come up with something artsy to do or make. For our first Artful Friday, we decided to try our hand at a stop motion movie. This was much […]
Pixar’s “Brave” Families Legend Trailer and Synopsis
A very cool looking movie is going to coming out next month, which looks like a great movie to take the kids to, over summer break. Brave is Pixar’s newest film, which happens to star a Scottish young woman. I believe a woman starring in a Pixar film, is a first! Brave takes place in […]
Mighty Fine Movie Review: Starring Chazz Palminteri and Andie MacDowell
I just previewed the movie Mighty Fine starring Chazz Palminteri, Andie MacDowell, Jodelle Ferland, and Rainey Qualley (Andie MacDowell’s own daughter). This movie is R rated for language and brief nudity (some teenage boys skinny dipping in a pool). I want to say up front that I normally don’t view R rated movies, but I was asked […]
Beauty and the Beast Comes to Theaters in 3D + Tangled Ever After
Just a reminder, or if you haven’t heard, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST returns to theatres for the first time in 3D on January 13th! Until Tangled came along, Beauty and the Beast was my all time favorite Disney movie. As part of my War Horse Disney/Dream Works trip in early December, we ended our NYC […]