![]() Inspired by a story that must be true since it appeared in the Wall Street Journal, this light-hearted look at extended adolescence involves a group of high school buddies who still play tag with each other well into adulthood. ![]() Starring: Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Jake Johnson, Hannibal Buress, Annabelle Wallis, Rashida Jones, Isla Fisher, Leslie Bibb To misquote the old Alka-Seltzer commercial, “Oh, what a relief he is.”Ĥ pieces of “Where are the nice guys today?’ toast The sweater and comfortable shoe-wearing children’s TV icon used his avuncular, calming voice and persona to share values which he thought of as Christian, but are much more universal - kindness, empathy, tolerance, dignity, willingness to accept other ideas, insatiable curiosity and quest for knowledge, tackling difficult issues head-on, and, most of all, being an all around nice person. I can’t imagine what Fred Rogers would think of our world today. Starring: Fred Rogers, Tom Junod, Joanne Rogers, Francois Clemons, Yo-Yo Ma Be sure to see this intelligent, brilliantly animated, fun-for-everyone movie about a family a lot like ours (well, maybe not exactly like ours, but still instantly identifiable to any parent trying to decipher “New Math” homework with their kids). ![]() Nelson) must assume the Super Dad persona and cope with the 24-7 challenges of a teen daughter, a faster-than-a-speeding-bullet son, and a multi-talented, fire-flaming, laser-vision, disappearing baby who defies the laws of physics. Mom” concept, Elastigirl (aka Helen, voiced by Holly Hunter) takes a new job, so Mr. Director Brad Bird and everyone else involved in this winner from Pixar knows that “It’s the story, stupid,” and they spent years getting the story right. The man who services our water softener admits, “I’m not into kid movies … but “Incredibles 2” is something else.” He’s spot on. Jackson, Mark Milner, Bob Odenkirk, Katherine Keener Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Samuel L.
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