63 UP (2019) Featuring Bruce Balden, Jackie Bassett, Symon Basterfield, Andrew Brackfield, John Brisby, Peter Davies, Susan Davis, Nicholas Hitchon, Neil Hughes, Paul Kligerman and Tony Walker. Narrated by Michael Apted. Directed by Michael Apted. Distributed by BritBox. 138 minutes. Not Rated. I’m not a big one for hyperbole, but Michael Apted’s Up series is … Continue reading
AMERICAN TEEN (2008) Featuring Hannah Bailey, Colin Clemens, Geoff Haase, Megan Krizmanich, Mitch Reinholt, Jake Tusing and Ali Wikalinska. Written by Nanette Burnstein. Directed by Nanette Burnstein. Distributed by Paramount Vantage. 95 minutes. Rated PG-13. The dividing line between serious documentaries and reality television gets more and more blurred as the trend becomes more ubiquitous in our … Continue reading
Michael Apted How Sweet the Sound by Jay S. Jacobs In 1963, when a twenty-two-year-old researcher for Granada Television in England was sent out to find a representative sampling of British children for a special program on how seven-year olds saw the world, he never realized that assignment would completely change his life. Forty-four years … Continue reading
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999) Starring Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench, Desmond Llewellyn, John Cleese, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Samantha Bond, Michael Kitchen, Colin Salmon, Goldie, David Calder, Serena Scott Thomas and Ulrich Thomsen. Screenplay by Neil Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. Directed by Michael Apted. Distributed … Continue reading
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