>and Claire Gross reviews the new Harry Potter movie. I’m thinking of watching the whole megillacuddy (shut up, I’m in a mixed marriage) of HP movies this weekend, having seen none of them before, and Comcast is offering a deal. Would this be fun?
>Movie premiere
October 19, 2010 By 1 Comment
>Don’t forgot, tonight marks the premiere of Library of the Early Mind, a documentary about children’s books in contemporary culture (at least, that is what I think it is about, but I haven’t seen it). The film starts at 5:30 in Askwith Hall at Harvard, and the screening will be followed by a panel discussion [...]
>Reading versus watching
August 31, 2010 By 3 Comments
> Richard and I saw Salt the other night. It was great–Angelina Jolie as the central player (or so we think) of a vast conspiracy. Is she good, is she evil, predator, prey? It’s baroquely over the top yet obeys the laws of our known contemporary physical and secular universe (if you accept that, say, [...]
>The parents are okay too
August 16, 2010 By 9 Comments
>We finally saw The Kids Are All Right this weekend. I quite liked it, and it has the plot of a YA novel: two teenaged kids of lesbian parents curious about their sperm donor dad seek him out, wreaking entertaining havoc and ultimately begetting a bit of growing up for all concerned. While the story [...]
>Eclipse movie review
July 1, 2010 By 4 Comments
>The boy who chased the dragon’s tattoo
March 31, 2010 By 2 Comments
>Honor Books or Runners-Up?
March 14, 2010 By 6 Comments
