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 Carman Miranda, a female dancer from Brazil, starred in many movies. She wore bananas and fruit on her tall hats. I'm wondering who were her male costars in the movies and wondering the names of her movies. She was not always the star - sometimes a second role.
There is a documentary about her called "Bananas is My Business." She appeared in "A Date With Judy" (with Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Stack and opposite Xavier Cugat) and "Down Argentine Way" (with Betty Grable and Don Ameche) but probably her most famous film is "The Gang's All Here."
