Kids on Fire: Holiday Movie Time!

On Thanksgiving, when the little ones are getting antsy, it’s time to break out the holiday videos. And if you’ve loaded up a few of these on your Kindle Fire ahead of time, you can keep the backseat crew quiet for that long drive home, too! Elf (PG, 4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99 to … Read more

Instant Video Spotlight: Versatile Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall is perhaps best known for his Academy Award -nominated, tour-de-force starring turn in The Great Santini, or the leading actor role for which he won the Oscar, in Tender Mercies. Duvall was also very memorable as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now. But did you know he got his start in 1960’s … Read more

Book To Film: Which Is Better?

When a great book is adapted into a movie, conventional wisdom states the movie will never be as good as the book. But conventional wisdom isn’t always right. Sometimes the movie is very good, but quite different from the book. Sometimes the movie’s a terrific adaptation, but simply too limited in time or scope to … Read more

Instant Video Spotlight: The Films of Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson is one of those auteurs like Tim Burton: directors with a strong design aesthetic who care as much about color and composition as they do about story, and who enjoy collaborating with the same actors over and over. Anderson’s body of work includes numerous critical favorites and sleeper hits, but he’s yet to crack … Read more