Betty Ford will be Michelle Pfeiffer's last first lady. Pfeiffer stars as the title character—wife of 38th President Gerald Ford—in Showtime's new series The First Lady, and in a recent interview, the 63-year-old revealed that she will never portray a real person again. Why? Because "it's very weighty and it's with you all the time." She has previously played real people—including Ruth Madoff in The Wizard of Lies and LouAnne Johnson in Dangerous Minds—but this series marked a turning point for her. "I said I would never do it again," Pfeiffer told Entertainment Weekly. "Every choice you make, and you just want to honor the person that...
- 4/19/2022
- E! Online
Four years ago, 50 Cent had an epiphany about his contribution to society. "I started assessing my legacy and how I want people to remember me," he tells Rolling Stone at a press event for the second season of SundanceTV's education-based reality show Dream School. "Not as a guy who made a couple of cool songs or picked a couple of good roles in film and television, but more as someone who helped others the most. I spent so much time dealing with the business portion of the music business for [2009's] Before I Self Destruct,...
- 10/1/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Buena Vista Pictures
Movies about teachers are a dime a dozen. Every year the moviegoing public is treated to some flick or another about a hard-nosed educator that is just trying to reach these kids. They can range anywhere from “academically astute” to “criminally incompetent,” though we are often meant to be inspired by the courageous actions of these (mostly) fictional characters regardless.
Today, we’ll examine the lives of five educators who, within the world of their respective scripts, are considered outstanding contributors to the development of America’s youth. Unfortunately, the outlooks of America’s brightest seem a bit dimmer with these teachers at the helm.
Note: Any criticism listed in this article only pertains to the fictional characters represented in their respective films.
5. LouAnne Johnson – Dangerous Minds
Buena Vista Pictures
What makes her a good educator?
Former U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, armed with a master’s degree in English,...
Movies about teachers are a dime a dozen. Every year the moviegoing public is treated to some flick or another about a hard-nosed educator that is just trying to reach these kids. They can range anywhere from “academically astute” to “criminally incompetent,” though we are often meant to be inspired by the courageous actions of these (mostly) fictional characters regardless.
Today, we’ll examine the lives of five educators who, within the world of their respective scripts, are considered outstanding contributors to the development of America’s youth. Unfortunately, the outlooks of America’s brightest seem a bit dimmer with these teachers at the helm.
Note: Any criticism listed in this article only pertains to the fictional characters represented in their respective films.
5. LouAnne Johnson – Dangerous Minds
Buena Vista Pictures
What makes her a good educator?
Former U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, armed with a master’s degree in English,...
- 2/18/2014
- by Adrian Centeno
- Obsessed with Film
Reviewed by Annlee Ellingson
(June 2011)
Directed by: Jake Kasdan
Written by: Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins and Jason Segel
Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) is no Jaime Escalante. She’s no Joe Clark, either, or Louanne Johnson, though she shows movies about them (“Stand and Deliver,” “Lean on Me” and “Dangerous Minds”) in her classroom. “Movies are the new books,” she explains to her skeptical principal Wally Snur (John Michael Higgins). This is the least of her offenses.
She drinks. She does drugs. She swears. She only cares about teaching at all when she realizes she could earn a bonus based on year-end test scores, and then she throws dodgeballs at the kids when they get an answer wrong. (She’s equal-opportunity, though: If they get an answer right, they can throw a ball at her.)
She needs the money because...
(June 2011)
Directed by: Jake Kasdan
Written by: Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins and Jason Segel
Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) is no Jaime Escalante. She’s no Joe Clark, either, or Louanne Johnson, though she shows movies about them (“Stand and Deliver,” “Lean on Me” and “Dangerous Minds”) in her classroom. “Movies are the new books,” she explains to her skeptical principal Wally Snur (John Michael Higgins). This is the least of her offenses.
She drinks. She does drugs. She swears. She only cares about teaching at all when she realizes she could earn a bonus based on year-end test scores, and then she throws dodgeballs at the kids when they get an answer wrong. (She’s equal-opportunity, though: If they get an answer right, they can throw a ball at her.)
She needs the money because...
- 6/22/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Annlee Ellingson
(June 2011)
Directed by: Jake Kasdan
Written by: Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins and Jason Segel
Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) is no Jaime Escalante. She’s no Joe Clark, either, or Louanne Johnson, though she shows movies about them (“Stand and Deliver,” “Lean on Me” and “Dangerous Minds”) in her classroom. “Movies are the new books,” she explains to her skeptical principal Wally Snur (John Michael Higgins). This is the least of her offenses.
She drinks. She does drugs. She swears. She only cares about teaching at all when she realizes she could earn a bonus based on year-end test scores, and then she throws dodgeballs at the kids when they get an answer wrong. (She’s equal-opportunity, though: If they get an answer right, they can throw a ball at her.)
She needs the money because...
(June 2011)
Directed by: Jake Kasdan
Written by: Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins and Jason Segel
Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) is no Jaime Escalante. She’s no Joe Clark, either, or Louanne Johnson, though she shows movies about them (“Stand and Deliver,” “Lean on Me” and “Dangerous Minds”) in her classroom. “Movies are the new books,” she explains to her skeptical principal Wally Snur (John Michael Higgins). This is the least of her offenses.
She drinks. She does drugs. She swears. She only cares about teaching at all when she realizes she could earn a bonus based on year-end test scores, and then she throws dodgeballs at the kids when they get an answer wrong. (She’s equal-opportunity, though: If they get an answer right, they can throw a ball at her.)
She needs the money because...
- 6/22/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Seven Movie Teachers Who'd Probably Sext Their Students We're looking at you, Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society. By Amanda Green In movies, teachers selflessly commit themselves to their students. In news headlines, teachers commit statutory rape and creepy Facebook stalking. These once-venerated teachers of cinema deserve an A+ for sexual awkwardness. 1) Dr. Frank Bryant in Educating Rita Not all romantic potential between teacher and student is illicit. Rita, an uneducated Liverpool hairdresser, and the disillusioned Dr. Bryant seem to be about the same age. The two spend hours in his office when Rita enrolls in Open University to study literature. They spend the film talking about essays and classism, but he's checking her out the entire 110 minutes. Had sexting technology existed back then, the professor probably would have gotten naughty. At the very least, Rita would get to use her new reading-comprehension skills. 2) LouAnne Johnson [...]...
- 11/16/2010
- by Amanda Green
- Nerve
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