Connor White and Annabeth Bondor-Stone Stealing Some Time with the YA Authors By George Seth Wagner They say that a good marriage is often based upon shared passions. Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White are a married couple whose love for writing, reading and teaching kids about reading is evident from the second you start to … Continue reading
Tami Stronach The Childlike Empress Has Grown Up But is Still Neverending by Bonnie Paul I was 11 years old when The Neverending Story premiered in theaters in 1984. I remember, vividly, that as soon as I returned from the theater, our family pulled out paper and started writing and illustrating our own neverending stories. … Continue reading
THE FENCER (2015) Starring Mart Avandi, Ursula Ratasepp, Hendrik Toompere Sr., Joonas Koff, Liisa Koppel, Egert Kadastu, Elbe Reiter, Ann-Lisett Rebane, Piret Kalda, Lembit Ulfsak, Kirill Karo, Jaak Prints, Kaarle Aho, Piret Kalda and Mikhail Paschuck. Screenplay by Anna Heinamaa. Directed by Klaus Haro. Distributed by CFI Releasing. 99 minutes. Not Rated. The inspirational teacher … Continue reading
Anna Deavere Smith Notes from The Field Tackles Issues Through Many Voices by Brad Balfour With a raft of accolades in her résumé, American actress/playwright/professor Anna Deavere Smith produces work that highlights the plight of the underclass, the unvoiced and those overlooked by entitled society. In her most recent one-woman production – Notes from The … Continue reading
James Patterson and Tim Malloy Investigate the Murder of a Small Town by Jay S. Jacobs They are not the type of towns that most people notice. Belle Glade and Pahokee are on the far west side of Florida’s opulent Palm Beach County. They are an hour drive from the glamorous estates, world-famous shopping and … Continue reading
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! (2016) Starring Blake Jenner, Will Brittain, Zoey Deutch, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, J. Quinton Johnson, Glen Powell, Wyatt Russell, Austin Amelio, Temple Baker, Tanner Kalina, Juston Street, Forrest Vickery, Sophia Taylor Ali, Jonathan Breck, Celina Chapin, Shailaun Manning and Lynden Orr. Screenplay by Richard Linklater. Directed by Richard Linklater. Distributed by Paramount … Continue reading
Jake Marcionette Surviving in the YA World by Jay S. Jacobs When you hear the term Young Adult books, you tend to think of these younger people as being the readers of the books, not the writers. Jake Marcionette is doing his part to change that conception. Marcionette was only 12 years old when he … Continue reading
WHERE TO INVADE NEXT (2016) Featuring Michael Moore, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Krista Kiuru, Tim Walker. Amel Smaoui, Jenny Tumas, Pasi Sahlberg, Halla Tomasdottir and Borut Pahor. Written by Michael Moore. Directed by Michael Moore. Distributed by Dog Eat Dog Films. 110 minutes. Rated R. With politics in a weird state of flux, with some people feeling … Continue reading
SPOTLIGHT (2015) Starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup, Brian d’Arcy James, Maureen Keiller, Paul Guilfoyle, Jamey Sheridan, Len Cariou, Neal Huff, Michael Cyril Creighton, Elena Wohl, Gene Amoroso, Doug Murray and Sharon McFarlane. Screenplay by Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer. Directed by Tom McCarthy. Distributed by … Continue reading
Cobie Smulders Learns What to Expect from Unexpected by Jay S. Jacobs In the crazy, glitzy world of show business, it doesn’t take much for a little fame to go to someone’s head. That’s why its always nice to meet a TV or movie star who is completely grounded, just a normal, nice person doing … Continue reading
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