If you haven't seen Harvard Beats Yale, get it and watch it with your kids. As much a documentary about this amazing game played in 1968, it's a look backward at a different time. The director of this documentary, Kevin Rafferty, spends easily a third of the interviews with the players discussing the anti-war movement in 1968, the politics of the two different campuses and the … [Read more...] about Off-season football for dads: Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 on DVD
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The Hunger Games: Will you let your kids see it?
The Hunger Games is out this weekend, and the only other media property getting as much buzz is the premiere of the long-awaited Mad Men (see the GreatDad review of the Hunger Games). While every 11-year old has read this book, along with many way-over 11 year olds, the graphic violence in the book is disturbing to protective dads like yours truly. The book, after all, is … [Read more...] about The Hunger Games: Will you let your kids see it?
Movie Review: The Hunger Games
Rated: PG-13 Running Time: 2 hours, 22 minutes Release Date: March 23, 2012 Child-friendly? This is a young-adult favorite, but beware, as it features gladiator-style battle sequences that small children may find disturbing. If you've never heard of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games trilogy, the immense hype around this film likely came as a big surprise. All of a … [Read more...] about Movie Review: The Hunger Games
Movie Review: Puss in Boots
Rated: PGRunning Time: 1 hour, 30 minutesDVD Release Date: February 24, 2012Child-friendly? As family-appropriate a film as they come.If you haven't seen it already, Puss in Boots' high profile at the 2012 Academy Awards may have landed this film on your family's radar recently. A prequel to the immensely popular Shrek, the movie was nominated for Best Animated … [Read more...] about Movie Review: Puss in Boots
Movie Review: John Carter
Rated: PG-13 Running Time: 2 hours, 12 minutes Release Date: March 9, 2012 Child-friendly? It may be rated PG-13, but it's also a Walt Disney production - use your own discretion. Rare is the science fiction writer who decides that in addition to bizarre alien creatures, distant planetary settings and an epic struggle to save the universe, his story requires a heaping … [Read more...] about Movie Review: John Carter