I recently watched Tick, Tick… Boom! the Netflix movie about the life of Jonathan Larson, the writer of Rent. It moved me to tears.
I'm no Gene Shalit, but when it comes to kids' movies – I'm something of an expert. Since taking our oldest daughter to see Monsters, Inc. when she was a year old, the movies have been an important part of our family life. Mostly we watch them at home once we've had a chance to know more about them, but every month or two we go as a family to the theater. Most kids' movies are disappointing (Where the Wild Things Are)…
Despite divorce, moving around and living through disco, when I was a child I never thought much about growing up. I just wanted to play. I loved being a kid. Every day was a wonderful new page to fill. I don't remember when I was introduced to Where the Wild Things Are, but I don't think it made nearly the impact on me as it did many of you. Like Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers. Those guys obviously saw a…
When I first heard that Peter Jackson was producing a new summer movie, my heart raced. When I saw the trailer – it raced faster. Not surprisingly, District 9 was the top grossing film in its first week of release. And at some point over the weekend IMDB reported that it had also soared to #26 on the all-time greatest movie list Combine this with one raving review after another – and I was fully caught up in the hype. So in…
