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I only just got why he’s called ENDER

I only just got why he’s called ENDER
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  Nov 05, 2013

I saw Ender’s Game last weekend and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. What impressed me most was how much a true children’s movie it is; like Asa Butterfield’s (Ender) previous movie Hugo, Ender’s Game neither winks over children’s heads to an adult audience nor sexes things up for putative YA interest. Although […]

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Hitting a Wall of Films (documentaries for inspiring thought and action)

Hitting a Wall of Films (documentaries for inspiring thought and action)
Joyce Valenza | Blogs,  Nov 02, 2013
If you know any high school teachers who regularly teach with film or work with learners on building media literacy, you’ll want to share Films for Action and its Wall of Films. This fascinating curation effort moves beyond mainstream film to gather a matrix of more than 500 documentaries, selected for their ability to shift [...]
Kids in Space, Trained to Kill | SLJ Reviews ‘Ender’s Game’ Film

Kids in Space, Trained to Kill | SLJ Reviews ‘Ender’s Game’ Film
Kent Turner,  Nov 01, 2013
There are moments in the sleek-but-not-too-flashy adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game when the film takes flight. It feels like child’s play, and the audience forgets briefly that the on-screen kids, the smartest in the world, are being groomed to kill at a Battle School in space. The screenplay hews closer to the book than a potential franchise template.
Are you going to Ender’s Game?

Are you going to Ender’s Game?
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  Nov 01, 2013

Peter Gutierrez has an excellent essay up over at SLJ about the calls to boycott the just-opening film adaptation of Ender’s Game. As Gutierrez points out and The Wrap confirms in greater detail, a boycott of the film has no impact on Card’s wallet–what you need to do is get people to stop buying his […]

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Bedeviled, Besotted, and Bewildered | SLJ Reviews 'City of Bones' Film

Bedeviled, Besotted, and Bewildered | SLJ Reviews 'City of Bones' Film
Kent Turner,  Aug 21, 2013
The first movie adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s popular series, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, is out in theaters on August 21. Lily Collins as Clarissa “Clary” Fray and Jamie Campbell Bower as Jace star in the action-fantasy, which provides the thrill of the chase and a sprinkling of the romance for its core audience.
Olympian Family Matters | SLJ Reviews 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters' Film

Olympian Family Matters | SLJ Reviews 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters' Film
Kent Turner,  Aug 08, 2013
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Sea of Monsters comes roaring into theaters on August 7. SLJ reviews this page-to-screen adaptation of the second installment of Rick Riordan's ultra-popular series.
Is ‘Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox’ the Darkest Superhero Film Ever?

Is ‘Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox’ the Darkest Superhero Film Ever?
Peter Gutierrez | Blogs,  Jul 31, 2013
Can creators in essence separate the “super” from the “hero” and still be said to be working with the same character?
A Fraught First Love, Straight Up | SLJ Reviews 'The Spectacular Now' Film

A Fraught First Love, Straight Up | SLJ Reviews 'The Spectacular Now' Film
Kent Turner,  Jul 30, 2013
Director James Ponsoldt’s sharp take on Tim Tharp’s 2008 novel (Knopf) gives The Spectacular Now a higher level of maturity and complexity than most young adult book-to-movie adaptations. The film, starring Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller, arrives in theaters on August 2.
Exclusive: Papercutz to Publish Rio Graphic Novels

Exclusive: Papercutz to Publish Rio Graphic Novels
Brigid Alverson | Blogs,  Jul 22, 2013
The children’s graphic novel Papercutz, already home to the Smurfs, Annoying Orange, and Lego Ninjago graphic novels, is adding another licensed property to its lineup: A series of graphic novels based on the movie Rio, which will fill in the story between the original movie, which came out in 2011, and the sequel, Rio 2, [...]
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