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Young Love, Sacrifice and the Battle Between Good and Evil All Come Together in “Beautiful Creatures”

By Ranny Levy, President/Founder of Kids First!

Beautiful Creatures is a refreshing twist of the age old tale of young love, sacrifice and the battle between good and evil. When Ethan Wate, played by Alden Ehrenreich, meets a mysterious girl named Lena, he immediately falls for her. But Lena and her family have a [...]

Satellite Boy: Love and Connection Between Generations

By Pat Burns, Movie Reviewer and West Coast Editor for GRAND Magazine

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNTl1mnW084

Catriona McKenzie’s first feature film, “SATELLITE BOY,” is about an elderly grandfather, Jagamarra (David Gulpilil), and the life lessons he teaches his 10-year-old grandson, Pete (Cameron Wallaby). Pete, who was abandoned by his mother, lives with his sage grandfather in a [...]

Beware of Mr. Baker: For All You Rocking Grands

By Pat Burns – Movie Reviewer and West Coast Editor for GRAND Magazine

Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83XdEBl0KUg

This film is for boomers who really loved music from the sixties. I don’t mean the Beatles or the Monkey’s, I mean that rock hard, rock’n roll, possibly get-stoned music. Do I have your attention?

“Beware of Mr. Baker” is [...]

“LINCOLN” — An Intimate Look Into a Sacred Time in U.S. History

By Pat Burns – Art Cinema and Movie Reviewer for GRAND Magazine

Having read my fair share of books on our 16th president, and being a huge Abraham Lincoln devotee, my expectations were very high for Steven Spielberg’s film “LINCOLN.” Happily, Spielberg and his all-star cast did not disappoint. To the contrary – I was [...]

Sex And The Sessions

By Pat Burns, GRAND Regional Editor and Adult Art Cinema Reviewer

Sex is the foundation of the film, “The Sessions.” More importantly, however, this movie explores our innate need to connect emotionally with others, our need for compassion and our capacity to love unconditionally. While sex is important to a healthy relationship, the process of [...]

A Royal Affair For All GRANDS

Friend to the King, Lover to the Queen

By Pat Burns

Regional Editor and Movie Reviewer – GRAND Magazine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGXNQu3fpP8&feature=player_embedded

This might sound like a familiar storyline, comparable to “Camelot,” but “A Royal Affair” is anything but that. This film is based on the true life story of the slightly dysfunctional, perhaps eccentric or maybe [...]

Intouchables Will Touch Your Heart

By Pat Burns – Western Regional Editor and Art Cinema Reviewer for GRAND Magazine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsPHXVnt27g

Intouchables touched my heart.

This fact-based story brings us into the world of Philippe (François Cluzet), an aristocratic Frenchman who becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, and Driss (Omar Sy), a young man from the projects. Against all the [...]