As Spring brings forth all the excitement for blockbuster movies, Fall brings hope of exciting TV shows. This season, a big trend seems to be taking the silver screen to the small screen, and not via Blu-ray or streaming, either. Big networks like ABC, CBS, and FOX along with STARZ are taking their cue from the […]
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Terminator: Genisys
Hi, my name is Christie and I’m a movie addict. Hi, Christie. That Guy and I have a tradition of going to the movies over the July 4th weekend and seeing an action movie, and this year our options were either to see Jurassic World, which we had already seen, or Terminator: Genisys. We went in forewarned, having looked […]
Summer Movie Lookout: Family Movies
We’ve looked at the blockbuster movies and the book-based movies, so today we’re focusing on the family movies. These are the ones that are aimed for everyone- hopefully written to engage not only the younger kids but adults as well, so that there’s something for everyone and they become timeless in their own right. Some […]
Summer Movie Lookout: Book Based Movies
Yesterday I talked about 5 of the huge blockbuster movies that teens are going to be buzzing about. Today I’m talking about book based movies that are coming out this summer. These are harder to predict whether or not they’ll get a teen following; for every The Fault in Our Stars breakout there’s an equally brilliant Fat […]
Summer Movie Lookout: Blockbuster
There are movies EVERYwhere this summer and it seems like our teens have all the time (and money) to go to each and every one, and then want to come back and discuss all the details and plot points with us until there is no tomorrow or until the library closes. We, however, have a […]
Why Age of Ultron Teaser Is Better Than You Think
I finally got to watch Avengers: Age of Ultron over the weekend. It was good. The fact that I agree with Rotten Tomatoes’ score probably says it all- it wasn’t my favorite so far, and you could tell that there was a bunch of things that were edited out. However, there is a LOT of […]
Musical Movies Playlist
Whether you’re doing iRead’s Read to the Rhythm, CSRP’s Every Hero Has a Story, or an entirely different reading program for this summer, it seems that you can’t go wrong with throwing a movie musical in the mix. Even the most reluctant teen can get into the fun when you dim down the lights, turn on the captions, […]
Blues Brothers
Growing up in Illinois, a band geek, and with parents who love of the original SNL cast, I knew the Blues Brothers. I don’t think there was a way you could NOT know the Blues Brothers if you were in band and lived in Illinois, the same way you couldn’t know about Ferris Bueller. Speaking of […]
Summer 2015 Movies
With all the HUGE anouncements from Marvel and DC, it’s no wonder that my tweens and teens are BUZZING over these Summer 2015 movies. They are SO EXCITED: we’re talking about who’s going to be in what, and the storylines, and which comic is going to be connected, and which actor is going to be […]
Fall Movie Watch
My teens are avid movie junkies- you name it and half the time they have seen it (legally or illegally, unfortunately, but that is a different story). They will constantly be in my office, or around me at the information desk talking about the latest movie, or the next one they want to see. Of […]