Childrens

Oscar-winning Filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry to Receive the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival’s Inspire Award | Festivals & Awards

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According to the festival’s press release, the Inspire Award is “given to a filmmaker who influences and inspires filmmakers to create empowering and positive messages for young audiences. Cherry’s Oscar-winning project, ‘Hair Love,’ about an African American father attempting to do his daughter’s hair for the first time, won the 2020 Academy Award for Best … Read more

Spy Kids: Armageddon Review: Mind-Numbing Children’s Entertainment

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Children’s movies are always a challenge to review. How do I, an adult man, reasonably assess the quality of a movie not made for me? I’ll try my best. Spy Kids: Armageddon is the fifth movie in Robert Rodriguez’s long-running Spy Kids franchise. This time, Rodriguez does away with the Cortez family we followed in … Read more