100 Must-See Movies for Grownups
Book Details
Author(s)Bill Newcott
PublisherRosettaBooks
ISBN / ASINB00QMSXVWS
ISBN-13978B00QMSXVW2
MarketplaceUnited Kingdom 🇬🇧
Description
“Oh! What a wonderful list. Bill Newcott's top 100 makes you want to curl up with a stack of DVD’s and revisit Hollywood’s best.†— Arch Campbell, Broadcast Film Critics Association
“...a treasure trove of sterling and often delightfully offbeat recommendations for discerning moviegoers, from the beginnings of film right up the present.†— Peter Rainer, author of Rainer on Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era
Finally, an end to the old complaint, “There’s nothing to watch!†Since 2002, AARP’s Movies for Grownups has been celebrating movies with special appeal for the 50+ audience through reviews, film festivals, private screenings, and a weekly TV series. Now, in the first-ever Movies for Grownups book, MFG creator Bill Newcott selects the 100 essential films for those who love great cinema.
The collection includes a variety of classics, from Gone with the Wind and Casablanca to new favorites like Capote and The King’s Speech. You’ll also find every film that has won the coveted trophy for the year’s Best Movie for Grownups, chosen by the editors of AARP the Magazine. Then there are the hidden gems—films you may never have heard of, but ones you’ll never forget once you see them, thanks to this comprehensive, concisely written collection.
As the entertainment editor of AARP the Magazine, Bill Newcott created AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards in 2002. He produces and hosts the weekly Gracie Award-Winning Movies for Grownups Radio Show, which is broadcast on more than 600 stations nationwide. He also writes film reviews and entertainment blogs for AARP.org, hosts the weekly RLTV cable series Movies for Grownups Presents, and in 2012 co-hosted an evening of Movies for Grownups with Robert Osborne on Turner Classic Movies.
Prior to his work for AARP and Movies for Grownups, Bill was the Expeditions Editor and staff writer at National Geographic Magazine and Associate Editor of the National Enquirer. His travel writing and editing for AARP the Magazine earned him the prestigious 2005 Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers.
“...a treasure trove of sterling and often delightfully offbeat recommendations for discerning moviegoers, from the beginnings of film right up the present.†— Peter Rainer, author of Rainer on Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era
Finally, an end to the old complaint, “There’s nothing to watch!†Since 2002, AARP’s Movies for Grownups has been celebrating movies with special appeal for the 50+ audience through reviews, film festivals, private screenings, and a weekly TV series. Now, in the first-ever Movies for Grownups book, MFG creator Bill Newcott selects the 100 essential films for those who love great cinema.
The collection includes a variety of classics, from Gone with the Wind and Casablanca to new favorites like Capote and The King’s Speech. You’ll also find every film that has won the coveted trophy for the year’s Best Movie for Grownups, chosen by the editors of AARP the Magazine. Then there are the hidden gems—films you may never have heard of, but ones you’ll never forget once you see them, thanks to this comprehensive, concisely written collection.
About the Author
As the entertainment editor of AARP the Magazine, Bill Newcott created AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards in 2002. He produces and hosts the weekly Gracie Award-Winning Movies for Grownups Radio Show, which is broadcast on more than 600 stations nationwide. He also writes film reviews and entertainment blogs for AARP.org, hosts the weekly RLTV cable series Movies for Grownups Presents, and in 2012 co-hosted an evening of Movies for Grownups with Robert Osborne on Turner Classic Movies.
Prior to his work for AARP and Movies for Grownups, Bill was the Expeditions Editor and staff writer at National Geographic Magazine and Associate Editor of the National Enquirer. His travel writing and editing for AARP the Magazine earned him the prestigious 2005 Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers.
