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American film reviewer and writer

Nell Minow is an American movie critic and writer who writes and speaks frequently on film, media, corporate governance, and investing. Minow was named one of the 20 most influential people in corporate governance by Directorship magazine in 2007. She was dubbed "the queen of good corporate governance" by BusinessWeek Online in 2003 Minow is the daughter of former Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton Minow and his wife, Josephine Minow. Her sister is Harvard University professor Martha Minow.

Career

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Minow writes as the "Movie Mom" about movies, television, the Internet, and parenting; her "Media Mom" column appeared in the Chicago Tribune and her weekly advisory for parents about the new movie releases appears in the Chicago Sun-Times and the Kansas City Star. Minow's articles have appeared in other newspapers and magazines, including USA Today and Slate. Minow reviews movies every week on radio stations across the United States and in Canada.

Her reviews, blog, interviews, commentary, and other features appeared on Beliefnet from 2005-2017 and have also appeared on HuffPost, rogerebert.com, and thecredits.org. Minow is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, and the Association of Women Film Journalists.

Minow wrote the "Risky Business" column for BNET and was a member of the board of GMI Ratings, an independent research company, until August 2014, when it was acquired by MSCI. She is vice chair of ValueEdge Advisors. She has co-written three books in the field with Robert A. G. Monks and is founder and editor of publishing company Miniver Press.

She was principal of LENS, an "investment firm that bought stock in under-performing companies

CHOOSING A GREAT MOVIE -- "MOVIE MOM" NELL MINOW TALKS TO CREATIVE PARENTS
If you've ever wondered what films are best for your kids, meet Nell Minow. Get insight into how she decides what's great, what to stay away from, and how to make the most of viewing together.

HOW DID YOU BECOME " THE MOVIE MOM?"

When I was a little girl my father became the head of the Federal Communications Commission. He gained immortality by calling TV "the vast wasteland." When I meet people they seem to remember that, though I'm not sure it's what he would most want to be remembered for.

Growing up in that environment made me sensitive to what I saw. Both my parents loved movies. My mom would say, if you take a nap today you can stay up late to watch a very special movie. In my last year of high school I got mono, and my parents wheeled a black and white TV into my room. I spent the whole summer watching movies. I was the film critic for my high school and college newspapers and studied film history and criticism in college.

When my kids were little I wasn't good at crafts, but I could say "Let's watch movies." We connected the movies with activities. For instance, we saw "1776" and then visited the Liberty Bell. We watched "State Fair" and went to a county fair. After watching "The King and I" we made Thai puppets. I knew that movies weren't mindless, that they could trigger ideas and activities and get you to use your brain.

I used to see other parents at the video counter pondering what video to get for their kids. I'd find myself making recommendations, suggesting movies, telling them that a particular choice was off base. In 1995 I started my Movie Mom website at the same time I started my book.

YOU HAVE TO WATCH A LOT OF MOVIES. HOW DO YOU DO IT?

I've always loved movies. In college and even afterwards, I saw a movie a day. I wanted to write about movies but needed some special niche. With kids gro

Nell Minow, trusted advisor to parents about the best kid-friendly movies, TV and Web Entertainment, is the special guest on my “Movie Addict Headquarters” show on Tuesday, December 18, at 4 p. m. Eastern Time. The show is broadcast on  BlogTalkRadio, and an archived segment will be available after the live program.

Writing as “The Movie Mom,” Minow has been featured in The Chicago Sun-Times, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, Parents, Family Fun and other publications.  She has been profiled by The New York Times, The Economist, Forbes, The Chicago Tribune and Ladies Home Journal.  Her book, The Movie Mom’s Guide to Family Movies, has helped parents from all over present their children with entertainment that is both safe and fun.

Minow recently moved her popular blog to the Beliefnet entertainment channel, the leading online community for spirituality and inspiration, where she will provide reviews, quizzes, tips and advice about which movies, DVDs, television programs and Internet sites are most appropriate for children of varying ages.  Visitors to www.moviemom.com are automatically directed now to the Beliefnet channel. 

“Beliefnet is the best possible place for me because it allows me to write about movies and popular culture in the context of family, community, values and meaning, which is where it belongs,” says  Minow.  “Movies are our modern-day myths, our sagas, our dreams made real.  They reflect our history and culture back to us and reinforce and pass on -- for better or worse -- those values to our children.  I am very happy to have a place to write about those issues and to enter into conversations with families to understand how these influences are transmitted and to help them respond.”

In her blog, Nell Minow guides parents through all the hype, and helps them reach an educated decisio