Posts Tagged ‘critics’

Critic’s notebook: With so much good TV, youngsters have no time for oldies but goodies

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Critic’s notebook: With so much good TV, youngsters have no time for oldies but goodies
Abbott and Costello? Charlie Chan? Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart? Sorry, but Disney, HBO Family and Nickelodeon beckon. My 12-year-old son recently informed me that he didn’t much see the point of black-and-white movies, and I realized this horrifying state of affairs could be blamed only on television. The fact that there’s so much good television, that is.

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Smoking in children’s movies angers critics

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Smoking in children’s movies angers critics
Australian public health experts have demanded film classification rules be tightened after it was revealed that more than half the top-grossing movies for young people contain smoking.

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