Movies for jailed youth aimed at literacy
Young prisoners across New Zealand are going to be able to watch movies while behind bars, but strictly in the name of education.
June 21, 2013
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Young prisoners across New Zealand are going to be able to watch movies while behind bars, but strictly in the name of education.
Six out of eight new movies received at least three stars.
Terrence Malick’s improvised reverie on love and commitment in the 21st century is one long dreamy, sun-burnished montage featuring Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, and a murmured French voice-over in place of dialogue. Â Â Â Â
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Film and TV producer Lynda Obst explains what went so terribly wrong with movies in her new book, Sleepless in Hollywood. Here, she outlines four big reasons for the sea of warmed-over sameness that is studio filmmaking (and one reason the creatively driven film might survive).
The tale of Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor with security clearance who decided to leave his cushy job and girlfriend in Hawaii to go on the lam and leak a massive story on domestic spying, is nearly as compelling as the news he broke ( he would hate that ). Barton Gellman’s Washington Post saga gave us a start, but it was incomplete.
The first season of Netflix original hit House of Cards hits DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday. Now people who aren’t subscribed to Netflix (and those who only subscribe to the DVD part of the service) will be able to watch …
Die Hard, possibly the most satisfying of all the Eighties actioners, is granted a fifth outing and it’s sloppy.
Armando Iannucci’s US version of The Thick of It isn’t as droll and caustic (it badly misses Malcolm Tucker) as the Brit version, but Julia Louis-Dreyfus is very good value as potty-mouthed Selina. Â Â Â Â
“The Internship” and “The Purge” receive two stars. “The Kings of Summer” falls short in comparison to “Mud,” according to critic Ann Hornaday.