Introducing a young movie fan to his first James Bond film is something of a rite of passage between fathers and sons. However, as the franchise has expanded across decades and multiple actors, and has changed in many significant ways over time, where does one begin? Which movie should be a kid’s first experience with… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 18 | Goldfinger (1964)
We’ve got twins upon twins in the Film at 11 podcast this week, as two real-life twins review the 1988 comedy blockbuster Twins! Will my 11-year-old sons like the movie, or will they hate it? Will they even have the same opinion as each other? How will actual twins rate Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 17 | Twins (1988)
I may have backed myself into a corner on the Film at 11 podcast a couple weeks ago. At the end of our E.T. episode, I made my son Joseph play a game where he picked a random year, from which I would then need to choose a movie for our next episode together. Joseph… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 16 | Hairspray (2007)
Is it a smart idea to let a pair of 11-year-old twins watch the PG-13 rated Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story? In the latest episode of Film at 11, we learn the hard way exactly why parental guidance may be needed for this comedy classic. I blame the kids’ school for this one. I had… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 15 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
At one time the record-holder as most popular movie ever made, can Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial still win over a modern 11-year-old kid watching it for the first time today? That’s the big question we address in the latest episode of the Film at 11 podcast. This week’s movie choice comes by viewer request,… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 14 | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
I may have made a mistake in this week’s Film at 11 podcast. I had several last-minute changes of mind about what movie to watch with my son Thomas, until I eventually settled on Jurassic Park. Mind you, this is the kid who found Gremlins a little too scary, and I thought it would be… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 13 | Jurassic Park (1993)
After the rather challenging and stressful experience of recording an entire episode with both of my 11-year-old sons, our Film at 11 podcast now returns to its regular, more manageable one-on-one format. This week, I introduce my son Joseph to Penny Marshall’s classic fantasy Big, which remains as delightful and charming today as it was… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 12 | Big (1988)
It’s doubles all around! To mark our milestone eleventh episode of the Film at 11 podcast, I have subjected both of my 11-year-old sons (yes, both of them!) to not one but two versions of the twin-swapping comedy classic The Parent Trap: the 1961 Hayley Mills original and the 1998 Lindsay Lohan remake. Who better… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 11 | The Parent Trap (Double Feature)!
For our Film at 11 podcast this week, I made my 11-year-old son watch the 1980 Flash Gordon for the first time, and he seems to have come away totally baffled by the movie. I think I may have broken his brain a little with this one. To be fair to Thomas, I may not… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 10 | Flash Gordon (1980)
The inspirational classic The Karate Kid was first released to theaters in 1984, but I don’t believe I caught it until the following year on VHS or cable, right about when I turned 11. Of course, the movie became a cultural touchstone for anyone of my generation at that point. In this week’s Film at… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 9 | The Karate Kid (1984)
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