Title: Kids’ Movies Deliver Mixed Messages on Eating, Obesity Category: Health News Created: 12/12/2013 12:35:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 12/13/2013 12:00:00 AM
Marc McCloud celebrates the 10th anniversary of Orbit DVD with a free show at The Mothlight. / Paul Clark / Scene What: Orbit DVD anniversary party. When: 8 p.m.
Recommended The Vivien Leigh Anniversary Collection is a mostly worthwhile set of the four of the five British films actress Leigh appeared in just prior to leaving for America to star in Gone with the Wind (1939). For those, like this reviewer, who know Leigh primarily for that film, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Ship of Fools (1965) and one or two others, the set is an intriguing one.
Grade • B+ DVD • Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi thriller “Elysium†is rattling around with fascinating ideas, when it isn’t knocking heads with its hard-charging action. In a future where the super-rich live in a space station, the ultimate gated community, and everyone else labors in squalor, robotics worker Max de Costa (Matt Damon) suffers a lethal dose of radiation — and only a trip to the orbiting …
“Mary Poppins” in Blu-ray released as fans await “Saving Mr. Banks”
Rent It The Movie: A nice thing sometimes about actors from previous eras is that their sheer volume of work is almost overwhelming for those unfamiliar with it.
Recommended Reviewed by Glenn Erickson Desk Set is usually given a low standing among the string of Tracy/Hepburn movies. It may not be as inspired as Woman of the Year or as beautifully written as Adam’s Rib , but this comedy about career insecurity in the newly-established corporate America has a lot of relevance today, even if its concept of the supposed threat posed by computers is way off …
Perspective: In a time of rapid transition, some current films reflect popular anxiety, others celebrate future possibilities. With her candidly quotable, cutely gif-able kookiness, on screen and off, there may be no actress who seems more of right now than Jennifer Lawrence — she’s been declared the queen of Tumblr after all.
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Access Hollywood’s Scott Mantz calls 2013 a “landmark year for film” at the box office.