In December 2018, Dane Best, age 9 took the world by storm, putting his tiny, snowcapped town of Severance, Colorado on the map, fighting to overturn a nearly 100  year old snowball ban.  A law in Severance, Colorado states, “It is unlawful for any person to throw or shoot  any stone or any other missile […]

For decades — lifetimes, really — the adoption narrative has been woven primarily by people like me: adoptive parents. To adoptive parents and to society at large, adoption can seem like a win-win construct. Longing parents get a baby/child, and the baby/child gets a forever family. All win, no loss. But in recent years adoptee […]

Hear me ROAR!!!! Disney Live Action’s latest movie trailer was just released and we couldn’t be more thrilled that Lion King has been added to the line-up! Director Jon Favreau’s all new feature film journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his […]

The splendid, award-winning film Mia and the White Lion is getting a U.S. release! Three years in the making, 10-year-old Mia has her life turned upside-down when her family decides to leave London to manage a lion farm in Africa. When a beautiful white lion, Charlie, is born, Mia finds happiness once again and develops a special […]

Adoption has been embedded into who I am as far back as I can remember. I’ve recounted my story too many times to track: Abandoned in a Calcutta slum, cared for in an orphanage for 3 months, and finally adopted to the United States where I grew up in a safe, loving home.   Pregnancy […]

Embracing its mission to have diverse audiences discover film through creative, thought-provoking experiences, the Denver Film Society will host the Women+Film Festival at the Sie FilmCenter April 9-14. Now in its 9th year, the Festival will celebrate the year’s best women-centric documentaries, narratives and short films—both by and about women. Of the top 100 grossing films […]

No one can replace the great Robin Williams, and no one is more aware of that than Will Smith who is slated to take over his role as “Genie” in the live-action version of “Aladdin,” coming to theaters in May 2019. After the official trailer was released on Wednesday, Smith took to Instagram to express his appreciation […]

Katie and John Kelly (Eliza Coupe and Steve Howey) are ready to settle down and have kids but five years later, all they have to show for their efforts is a mountain of negative pregnancy tests and an increasingly elaborate home micro-brewing rig, which John hopes will launch his company. As they run out of […]

If you have been a parent long enough to have LEGO in the house, I guarantee you have had the torturous experience of stepping on a brick with your bare foot. Everyone has done it. You can relate to eye-crossing pain followed closely by frustration over knowing your child left them sprinkled around. This is […]

Mary Poppins, queen of all nannies, with her wondrously deep carpet bag and sassy umbrella, floats into London and onto big screens everywhere just in time for Christmas. Emily Blunt has some stylish and magical shoes to fill as she takes on one of the most iconic characters in movie history. Mary Poppins Returns is […]