Liz Perle on Marketing PG-13 Movies to Younger Kids
Liz Perle of Common Sense Media has a column on Huffington Post takes on the hypocrisy of the MPAA ratings board. Chair Joan Graves says that PG-13 films may carry parental advisory reminders that they...
View Article‘Bizarre’ Profile in the Huffington Post
Many thanks to my childhood pal Bob Elisberg for this charming profile of my "bizarre" life in the Huffington Post. ...Read the full post here »
View ArticleThe Worst Surprise Endings in Movie History
Huffington Post has got a list of the nine worst surprise endings in movie history (well, in the past few years). I was pleased to see three of my Gothika Rule picks on the list, "Perfect Stranger,"...
View ArticleMore About the AMA Performances
Some commenters have criticized my post about Adam Lambert's performance at the American Music Awards because they say I should not have singled him out. There were other provocative and even...
View ArticleBlood, Sweat, and Cookies — Olympic Women’s Hockey
My friend Bob Elisberg recommends a great documentary about the women's Olympic hockey team -- and the great thing is that you can watch it online. Bob wrote in the Huffington Post: it's the...
View Article‘Awesomely Lame’ After-School Specials of the 70′s
I admit to lingering affection for the cheesy after-school specials of the 1970's. They started on ABC in 1972 and were known for their flimsy production values, cardboard characters, awkward efforts...
View ArticleRighteous Women: Documentaries about Jewish Heroines
George Heymont has an excellent column in the Huffington Post about three new tributes to real-life Jewish heroines, all shown at the recent San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. "Ahead of Time" is the...
View ArticleMPAA Willing to Consider Banning the F-Word in PG-13 Movies
I have consistently criticized the MPAA for allowing the F-word in a PG-13 movie. It used to be limited to one non-sexual use of the term but now they allow it more than once in some PG-13s. It makes...
View ArticleMovie Plot Holes
As I walk to my car after a movie, I want to be thinking, "Oh...so when such-and-such happened at the beginning" or "When so-and-so made that comment" and figure out how the puzzle pieces all fit...
View ArticleMy Thoughts on Happiness, Work, and Family
Many thanks to the Huffington Post for publishing my thoughts on happiness, work, and family in connection with this week's Third Metric Conference. Pretty much everything you've ever been told about...
View ArticleWill Kids Today Ever Understand These Classic Movies?
Amanda Scherker has a very funny piece on Huffington Post about the way that changes in technology make it hard to understand what the big deal is in a lot of movie classics. Is it possible to be...
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