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Sunday, January 6
The Best Blu-Rays of 2012
To go with my favorite Criterions of the year, I put up my favorite Blu-Rays of the year over at Movie Mezzanine.
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Present Perfect
This is a great, funny scene which is perfect for practicing the present perfect tense. I hope you like it. Watch the movie segment. Pay att...
Undertaking Betty: There to be
Watch the video segment and fill in the blanks with there is/ there are/ there isn’t/ there aren’t: 1) ___________ two beds in the couple’s...
Capsule Reviews: The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Lost Weekend, Ladies of Leisure
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Tay Garnett, 1946) On the basis of film noir, were I husband in the '40s, I'd never allow my wife to...
Megamind: Adversative Conjunctions
This is one of my favorite animated movies. Megamind is a lovely villain, with an incredible background story. I used this scene to practice...
The Night of the Hunter
Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter is one of the great works of childhood horror, a Grimm fairy tale as filtered through the Go...
Warrior (Gavin O'Connor, 2011)
From the second the camera settles on Tommy (Tom Hardy), a former Marine sitting on his father's doorsteps drinking, no one could fail t...
Saw: Past Modals Speculation – Might/Could/Can't + Have + Past Participle
This is one the scariest movies I have ever seen, but the scene isn't. It is, in fact, great to practice past modals for speculations fo...
Beneath the Earth Film Festival
OK gang, so recently I was a judge for the Beneath the Earth Film Festival , which showcased short films by up-and-comers looking to prove t...
Center Stage (Stanley Kwan, 1992)
[The following is my Blind Spots review for September] Using period-appropriate filming techniques for movies set in the 20th century is har...
Make Way For Tomorrow (Leo McCarey, 1937)
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Crimson Gold
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Twentieth Century (Howard Hawks, 1934)
Howard Hawks' Twentieth Century is so ahead of its time it serves as a precursor to two great types of Hollywood storytelling: the behi...
A Bug's Life: Pre-Determiners - Such, What
This is such an interesting animation. I used this scene to teach pre-determiners - such and what. My lesson was contextualized and fun. Int...
School of Rock: Reported Speech
School of Rock rocks! This is a great movie and teachers will enjoy it a lot. The teacher has to learn how to deal with these students. He d...
Elizabethtown: "Simple Past"
One of the best romantic comedies ever. The soundtrack is fantastic. I love this scene and girls think it is sooooo romantic... In this scen...
X-Men First Class: Modal Verb for Ability - CAN
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Steven Spielberg: Amistad
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Gallants (Derek Kwok & Clement Cheng, 2010)
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The Devil's Arithmetic: Time Clauses with Before, After, When
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Yossi (Eytan Fox, 2013)
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Home on the Range: There + to Be
The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992)
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Planet 51: Passive Voice with Present Perfect
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The Best Blu-Rays of 2012
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