Top Picks: 'Both Sides Now,' 'To All the Boys I鈥檝e Loved Before'
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Friendly neighbors
The documentary , which looks at the career of Fred Rogers and his creation of the show 鈥淢ister Rogers鈥� Neighborhood,鈥� is available on DVD and Blu-ray. Monitor film critic Peter Rainer writes of Morgan Neville鈥檚 documentary, 鈥淚n some not-quite-definable way, the film itself is all of a piece with Rogers鈥檚 principled gentleness.... The simple fact is that Rogers ... is exactly as advertised: a genuinely caring man who can unabashedly say, 鈥楲ove is at the root of everything.... Love or the lack of it.鈥� 鈥�
Phone incentives
College students can get rewards for leaving their phones alone during class when they use the Pocket Points app. Online businesses and those that are near schools offer incentives. You can find it at .
Science chats
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together scientists, celebrities, and comedians to discuss a wide range of topics, from space exploration to music, on StarTalk Radio. You can find new installments at .
Charming teen tale
The charming young adult novel has been adapted into a film of the same name, which is now streaming on Netflix. High school student Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor) finds her life thrown into chaos when letters she composed to boys she had crushes on are mailed to each of them. At the center of the story is Lara Jean鈥檚 family, which includes her widower father and two sisters.聽
Woman of heart and mind
The 1970 Isle of Wight festival was England鈥檚 answer to Woodstock. But there wasn鈥檛 much peace, love, and understanding when Joni Mitchell played her afternoon set. The estimated 600,000-strong audience was riled up by a stage-crashing protester. The new documentary chronicles how the folk singer, armed with just an acoustic guitar, eventually won over the crowd with classics such as 鈥淏ig Yellow Taxi鈥� and 鈥淲oodstock.鈥� Come for the compelling concert; stay for a 2003 interview showing Mitchell鈥檚 keen intellect as she assesses the counterculture milieu and her performance.
