Posted on August 5, 2021 at 5:29 pm
A-| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| Date Released to Theaters: | July 30, 2021 |
| Date Released to DVD: | November 2, 2021 |
One of the most loved passages in English literature is in Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” when a young mother who has died in childbirth has returned from a brief visit back to her life on Earth. She sadly realizes that no one living can truly appreciate the true pleasures of life on earth. That is …
Posted on August 5, 2021 at 12:05 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 (Language|Crude/Suggestive References|Strong Fantasy Violence) |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Kisses, brief crude humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended video-game violence with powerful real and fantasy weapons, guns, chases, explosions |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: | August 13, 2021 |
| Date Released to DVD: | October 12, 2021 |
In 1966, Tom Stoppard gave us “Hamlet” from the perspective of two of its most minor characters in “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,” a meditation on the impossibility of understanding the sometimes random, sometimes malicious forces of life, not as grim as it sounds. In “The Lion King 1 1/2,” Disney gave us the same …
Posted on August 3, 2021 at 7:35 pm
Amazon Prime has a new musical Cinderella story coming in September. Camila Cabello plays the girl with the evil stepmother (“Frozen’s” Idina Menzel) and Billy Porter is the fabulous fairy godmother. But this one has a different spin. Cinderella has ambitions that have nothing to do with marrying a prince. She is a talented dress …
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Posted on July 29, 2021 at 5:10 pm
D| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| Profanity: | Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | References to alcohol and drug abuse |
| Violence/ Scariness: | The movie includes a murder investigation and imprisonment, abuse |
| Diversity Issues: | Some themes of class and nationality differences and cultures |
| Date Released to Theaters: | July 23, 2021 |
| Date Released to DVD: | October 25, 2021 |
Even the best of intentions from the most talented people can sometimes go haywire, and “Stillwater” is a good example of a bad movie despite its sincerity and the powerful gifts of the people behind it. When the best performance in a Matt Damon movie comes from a little girl who barely speaks English, you …
Posted on July 28, 2021 at 12:44 pm
A-| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R (Graphic Nudity|Violence|Some Sexuality) |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Nudity, explicit sexual situations, reference to rape |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Fantasy/adventure peril and violence, swords, battle axe, graphic and disturbing images including severed heads, reference to rape |
| Diversity Issues: | Class issues |
| Date Released to Theaters: | July 30, 2021 |
Looking at “The Green Knight” is like being immersed in a gorgeous, mysterious medieval tapestry. Watching it is like being immersed in a Jungian dream filled with Erik Erikson-style choices, enigmatic patterns and symbols. It is based on one of the classic works of world literature, a 15th century poem by an unknown author about …
