AboutNell Minow Expertise Movies, especially classic movies, current movies, family movies, and movies for families.
Experience I am the movie critic for Beliefnet and radio stations across the country. I have written about movies for USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun Times, Parents, Family Fun, Child, Slate, and Daughters. I am the weekly movie critic for radio stations across the US and in Canada and write weekly parental advisories for the Chicago Sun-Times and the Kansas City Star. I have appeared on Fox Morning News, the ABC Evening News, CBS This Morning, and NPR, and been profiled in the NY Times, Washingtonian, Chicago Magazine, and the Chicago Tribune. My book, The Movie Mom's Guide to Family Movies, was published by Avon in April 1999 and is now in its second edition. I can answer questions about movies for special interests, especially family concerns, handling questions from kids like "What do I do when he says everyone else has seen it?" to "My daughter got nightmares from a movie --how can I help her?" or "Why does my child want to see the DVD over and over?" to "What's the deal with Pokemon?" I am pretty good with trivia questions about movies, too, not as good with made-for-TV movies or miniseries. And I don't know much about horror/slasher films, sorry.
Organizations Broadcast, Online, and Washington DC film critics associations
Publications The Movie Mom's Guide to Family Movies, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, USA Today, The Practical Guide to Practically Everything
Awards and Honors Roger Ebert's "Thumbs Up" award, presenter at Ebertfest and the Tallgrass Film Festival
Question This is a long shot because I have very little to go on I'm afraid. I have been trying for years to discover the title of a movie I saw on TV a LONG time ago. I don't have any idea who was in it, only a part the storyline has stuck with me all these years...there are 2 children, I think brother & sister who somehow "visit" their DECEASED grandparents, who then come to life in their little after-life cottage, because the children are remembering them. It was a very sweet, family style movie and I would love any help at all you could give me in identifying it. You're my last hope :) Thanks you so much!
Answer I believe you are thinking of "The Blue Bird" with Shirley Temple, which has a scene just like the one you describe. There is a 1976 version as well, so perhaps that is the one you are remembering.
