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Some laughs and much respect.

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

"It is in the comprehension of the physically disabled, or disordered . . . that we are behind our age . . . . Sympathy as a fine art is backward in the growth of progress . . . ." Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

A majestic tale.

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

"This is a celebration of individual freedom, not of homosexuality. No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are those who don't love anybody." Feminist Rita Mae Brown (1982, about the opening of the Gay Olympics in San Francisco)

Films reviewed: Fun with DIck and Jane, Duma, Hoodwinked

By hosts John DeSando and Clay Lowe

"It's Movie Time" has won 8 national awards including Silver Microphone and Communicator national honors.

Drs. Lowe and DeSando were moderator and panelist respectively on TV 25's "World Film Classics." Both have been professors, Lowe at The Ohio State University and DeSando at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio.

A good old-fashioned pet tale

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

"Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat."

Irish proverb

A curious simplicity in the film's vision

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

"Who has not felt how sadly sweet

The dream of home, the dream of home,

Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet,

When far o'er sea or land we roam?" Thomas Moore

Go with at least two cars.

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

"I'm going to do something now they used to do in Vietnam. It's called making a head on a stick." Mick Taylor, Wolf Creek

Films reviewed: King Kong, Chronicles of Narnia, Family Stone

By hosts John DeSando, Clay Lowe, and guest critic Wayne Miller

"It's Movie Time" has won 8 national awards including Silver Microphone and Communicator national honors.

Drs. Lowe and DeSando were moderator and panelist respectively on TV 25's "World Film Classics." Both have been professors, Lowe at The Ohio State University and DeSando at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio.

One of the best movies of the year.

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

Is Peter "Lord-of-the-Rings" Jackson's King Kong too long? Yes, by a half hour at least. Are its special effects the best in the history of cinema? Yes, by most standards. Is it one of the best films of the year? Yes, by any standard.

Half has edge.

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

The first half or so of The family Stone is iconoclastic and edgy; the second is trite and sappy. But then I loved Billy Bob Thornton's Bad Santa, so you know where I'm coming from. I loved how the film attacks prejudice in the form of Sarah Jessica Parker's Meredith Morton, an uptight fianc?e of Dermot Mulroney's Everett Stone. To her, laid-back, similarly outsider brother Ben Stone (Luke Wilson) says, "You have the freak flag... you just don't fly it."

Films reviewed: Syriana, Aeon Flux, Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing

By hosts John DeSando and Clay Lowe

"It's Movie Time" has won 8 national awards including Silver Microphone and Communicator national honors.

Drs. Lowe and DeSando were moderator and panelist respectively on TV 25's "World Film Classics." Both have been professors, Lowe at The Ohio State University and DeSando at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio.

A figurative and literal nail-biter.

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

"I cannot think that espionage can be recommended as a technique for building an impressive civilisation. It's a lout's game." Rebecca West

Kept from critics for good reason.

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

Sometimes when critics are not given a screening before release, it's a signal that the producers believe they have a loser and would prefer to maximize their profits on the first weekend before word gets out. Such is the case with Aeon Flux, a sci-fi adaptation more interested in replicating Robocops and Storm Troopers from previous winners than exploring topics such as cloning and reincarnation, both of which are a part of the plot but not adequately developed.

Films reviewed: First Descent, Jesus is Magic, Pride and Prejudice

By hosts John DeSando and Clay Lowe

"It's Movie Time" has won 8 national awards including Silver Microphone and Communicator national honors.

Drs. Lowe and DeSando were moderator and panelist respectively on TV 25's "World Film Classics." Both have been professors, Lowe at The Ohio State University and DeSando at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio.

"Gnarly"

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

From skateboard to snowboard, the evolution of the latter into Olympic contender has been inspiring. The documentary about the history of snowboarding called "First Descent" is at times as breathtaking as the long Alaskan runs five of the world's best take in the film, which cuts in historical footage of the sport with modern helicopter shots that both magnify and reduce the colossal feats these young and not so young boarders perform.

Joan Rivers without crutches.

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

A comedienne who looks like a cross between Marlo Thomas and Sandra Bullock pretty much can command the attention of an audience for 70 minutes even if her material is uneven. Sarah Silverman, Jewish and sassy, is neither borscht-belt loud nor SNL smooth; she's just out to gross you out with her out-there racism, sexism, and self-defecating humor in Jesus is Magic.

Films reviewed: Rent, Ice Harvest

By hosts John DeSando and Clay Lowe

"It's Movie Time" has won 8 national awards including Silver Microphone and Communicator national honors.

Drs. Lowe and DeSando were moderator and panelist respectively on TV 25's "World Film Classics." Both have been professors, Lowe at The Ohio State University and DeSando at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio.

It awakens thoughts of love and hope.

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

Having fun with the little hoods who people America

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

Films reviewed: Harry Potter, Paradise Now, Walk the Line

By hosts John DeSando and Clay Lowe

"It's Movie Time" has won 8 national awards including Silver Microphone and Communicator national honors.

Drs. Lowe and DeSando were moderator and panelist respectively on TV 25's "World Film Classics." Both have been professors, Lowe at The Ohio State University and DeSando at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio.

A knowingness about the effects of divorce

By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"

"People can be very stupid," declares literature professor and novelist Bernard Berkman (Jeff Daniels) about his divorce. Squid and the Whale is a successful look at the modern warfare of love and disappointment in the context of both academic parents and the children who must live through it all. Quirky, eccentric, and sharp is Wes Anderson prot?g? Noah Baumbach, who finds even the smartest parents deficient in the skills to bring children into adulthood.