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22 Sep

Kajillionaire: How the Evan Rachel Wood Movie Explores the ‘Mini-Cult’ of Family

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Kajillionaire is the first feature film from writer-director Miranda July in which she isn’t also the star. It’s a different experience, stepping outside the frame and choosing instead to cast Evan Rachel Wood as her unconventional leading lady. But as the artistic polymath also tells us over a digital interview, she also “never [has] to stop looking at it from the outside.” The ‘it’ being an intimate portrait of a dysfunctional family of small-time scammers. “I could go further,” July says during her conversation, “I could be more devoted to the actors… I wasn’t in there with them, in the…
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06 Aug

An American Pickle: A Story of Family…and Pickles

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The origins of the Seth Rogen-starring comedy, An American Pickle, trace back to 2013 when writer Simon Rich asked himself one crucial question: How would he fare in a bare knuckle brawl against his great-grandfather? A humorous, exaggerated query, to be sure, but Rich’s amusing hypothetical arose from examining ideas of family, generations, and progress—or the seeming lack thereof. Modern life had become quite comfortable for Rich, a successful novelist, short story crafter, and TV writer (Miracle Workers, Man Seeking Woman). How would his ancestors, whose lives were anything but, feel about that? “I’ve always been interested in my ancestors’…
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28 Jul

Batman: Death in the Family Interactive Movie Lets You Kill Robin

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With Netflix going hard on interactive movies like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, it was only a matter of time before other studios started experimenting with them. Now, DC’s animated movie division has figured out a way to use the format to make a true-to-life adaptation. With Batman: Death in the Family, a new animated short film, the fans will get decide whether Robin (aka Jason Todd) lives or dies. Announced by IGN, the movie version of Death in the Family will be fully interactive and let viewers choose one of multiple, branching fates for Jason Todd. It’s also a rough prequel…
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14 Jul

Dark Season 3 Family Tree Explained and Who Dies at the End

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Dark has one one of the most intricate and complex storylines on Netflix. The whole time-travel thing means that people are given countless chances to re-do and relive big life events, and it all results in one very messy and convoluted situation of borderline incest. Yep, you read that right.  The family trees in the show are a bit bizarre, and you definitely can’t enjoy Dark as an easy watch-it-on-my-phone sort of show – you need every brain cell you have to understand the twisted branches of Dark‘s families. If you’ve been watching Dark since series one, you won’t be…
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01 Jul

Family Romance, LLC

Max SchindlerMovie reviews,
Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, the line between acting and reality threatens to blur.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Jul 03, 2020
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29 Apr

A Secret Love Filmmaker Discusses Sharing His Family’s Story

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Several years ago, filmmaker Chris Bolan gathered with the rest of his family at the suburban Chicago house of his two great aunts, Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel. Over some rum and Cokes, Terry and Pat let their family know there was something they had to tell them. Terry and Pat weren’t just lifelong friends and roommates; they are gay and have been each other’s romantic partner for decades.  The statement opened up a floodgate of emotions, with the family roundly supporting the pair and asking them questions about their relationship. Terry and Pat were finally able to open up…
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17 Apr

Best Family Movies on HBO to Watch With Kids

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The company image of HBO may not instantly bring to mind family films, but the streaming service has a really fun selection of movies to enjoy at home with your kids. While you’re spending more time in the house (stay home, stay safe!), you can check out these family-friendly features to stream on HBO. Alpha and Omega (2010) This animated tale of star-crossed lovers features two wolves taken from their national park by rangers to help repopulate another site. Alpha-daughter Kate is determined to get back home, where she’s supposed to marry another alpha; Humphrey, an omega wolf, puts aside…
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11 Apr

Best Family Movies on Amazon Prime

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Amazon has thrown families a huge benefit during the coronavirus pandemic by making a lot of their children’s content (Amazon Originals and licensed shows) available for free, even for families that don’t have a Prime membership. Most of what’s there is series programming, which Amazon excels at offering. For families with Amazon Prime, however, there are definitely some family friendly movies to watch, although those are in shorter supply than the more extensive episodic programs. Many of the films that are available are classics parents will remember from their own childhoods, so if you’re trying to figure out what to…
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02 Apr

Best Family Movies on Netflix to Streaming With Kids

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With so many of us staying safe and staying home, we may be finding ourselves with an abundance of screen time compared to our normal lives. If you’re looking for some ideas of what to watch with your kids (that won’t drive you crazy), you can try some of these movies on Netflix. Incredibles 2 (2018) – U.S. Only The Incredibles has long been one of my favorite superhero movies (and I love superhero movies). I was worried that when the sequel came out that it wouldn’t live up to my expectations, but it managed to surpass them, sticking with…
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27 Mar

The Main Event Trailer Previews Netflix WWE Family Film

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The Main Event may be a family film set to arrive on Netflix, but its content might make you think it’s something streaming on the WWE Network, since the wrestling-themed family film is packed with the wrestling company’s stars. Indeed, what we have here is a fantastical wish-fulfillment offering in which an 11-year-old, played by Seth Carr (best known as Young Killmonger in Black Panther,) finds a magical luchador mask that enhanced abilities (and the confidence that comes with them,) that he uses for a crucial competition to become a WWE superstar. Jay Karas directed the film, bringing television experience…
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02 Dec

Midnight Family

Max SchindlerMovie reviews,
In Mexico City’s wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help. As the Ochoas try to make a living in this fraught industry, they struggle to keep their dire finances from compromising the people in their care. Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Dec 06, 2019
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11 Oct

The Addams Family

Max SchindlerMovie reviews,
Get ready to snap your fingers! The Addams Family is back on the big screen in the first animated comedy about the kookiest family on the block. Funny, outlandish, and completely iconic, the Addams Family redefines what it means to be a good neighbor. Rated: PGRelease Date: Oct 11, 2019
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18 Apr

Family

Max SchindlerMovie reviews
Kate Stone (Taylor Schilling) is a workaholic. She hates kids. She hates most social situations, because she doesn't know what to do with her arms. So when her estranged brother Joe tracks her down to watch her awkward and bullied 12 year old niece Maddie, Kate thinks babysitting for the week can't get any worse?until Maddie runs away to become a juggalo.Rated: RRelease Date: Apr 19, 2019
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15 Mar

Sesame Street: Celebrate Family

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Recommended The Movie:I learned early on as the father of a newborn that the magic of Sesame Street is real. Look, everyone tells you that you should limit your child's exposure to television and we do that in our home, but sometime you've got to do meal prep for said child and be focused on it, and showing your little one how Big Bird, Bert, Ernie and Oscar roll."Celebrate Family" shows the young one in your house five separate stories that highlight families in various contexts; new (or at least recent) character Abby has dinner at Elmo's house and watches…
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11 Mar

Family Guy: 20 Greatest Hits

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Recommended It would have seemed unlikely that Family Guy, cancelled from network TV after 3 seasons, would end up celebrating its 20th anniversary, but indeed it has. The animated series owes a lot to DVD for its success and rebirth, as the season sets released after its cancellation sold so well that it was soon picked up again. Being one who can't stand the presentation of broadcast TV since the late 90s, this was how I discovered it as I was buying just about everything that came out on DVD at that time. At first glance, it looks like just…
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11 Feb

Fighting with My Family

Max SchindlerMovie reviews,
Fighting with My Family is a heartwarming comedy based on the incredible true story of WWE Superstar Paige?. Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her family and face this new, cut-throat world alone. Paige?s journey pushes her to dig deep, fight for her family, and ultimately prove to the world that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star.Rated: PG-13Release Date:…
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16 Nov

Family in Transition

Max SchindlerMovie reviews,
A father of a family from Nahariya suddenly decides to share his secret desire to become a woman. Despite personal difficulties and social stigmas, the family members insist on staying together, believing that love will overcome all difficulties. Family in Transition offers an intimate, candid, and stirring portrait of the family.Rated: NRRelease Date: Nov 16, 2018
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14 Nov

Instant Family

Max SchindlerMovie reviews,
When Pete (Mark Wahlberg) and Ellie (Rose Byrne) decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl (Isabela Moner), they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight. Now, Pete and Ellie must hilariously try to learn the ropes of instant parenthood in the hopes of becoming a family. [Paramount Pictures]Rated: PG-13Release Date: Nov 16, 2018
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15 Oct

Modern Family: Season 9

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Recommended In 10 Words or LessAfter eight years, the series begins to show its ageReviewer's Bias*Loves: good sitcomsLikes: Modern Family, The vast majority of the castDislikes: new sitcom kidsHates: Change for ch...Read the entire review From http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=73379
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