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Posted on July 27, 2021 at 3:15 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for sequences of adventure violence |
| Profanity: |
Some mild language and implied language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kisses |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol, animal gets drunk |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended peril and aventure-style violence with grisly and graphic images, characters cursed and injured |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters, themes of LGBQT and female empowerment |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 30, 2021 |
Disney’s efforts to adapt theme park rides as narrative films have ranged from the genuinely entertaining (the original “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”) to the wildly uneven (“Tomorrowland”), to the almost unimaginably misconceived (“The Haunted Mansion,” “The Country Bears”). “Jungle Cruise,” based on one of Disney’s oldest and most beloved …
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Posted on July 22, 2021 at 5:30 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language including offensive slurs, some disturbing material, and teen partying |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Theme of the movie relates to GLBTIA stigma |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Teen suicide, family member killed in an accident |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 23, 2021 |
Joe Bell and his son Jadin are on the road. Literally. They are walking along the highway, Jadin reminding his father to walk against the traffic and his dad responding with mixed amusement and irritation that he’s been doing this for a while and does not need advice from a teenager. They seem to have …
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Posted on July 22, 2021 at 5:23 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 (Sequences of Strong Violence|Brief Strong Language) |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language, one f-word |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended , intense, sometimes graphic violence, martial arts, guns, swords, hand-to-hand combat, fire, many characters injured and killed including a child seeing his father murdered |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 23, 2021 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
October 18, 2021 |
Paramount is trying to Avenger-ize the G.I. Joe story, starting with origin films for the characters, and that is how we get the awkwardly titled “Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe” origins. Of course the real origin of G.I. Joe is a 1960s Hasbro doll, I mean action figure, and now, following the animated television series, comic …
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Posted on July 22, 2021 at 11:55 am
Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Rachel Ferguson, and Josh Brolin star in “Dune,” based on the classic novel.
Posted on July 15, 2021 at 4:06 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Strong language and explicit references to anatomy |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit references to sex and body parts |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Mild comic peril, gun |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 16, 2021 |
“Schmigadoon!” is a loving parody and an even more loving tribute to classic Broadway and Hollywood musicals, from “Oklahoma” to “The Music Man,” “The Sound of Music,” and the musical that inspired this title, “Brigadoon.” Each of the six episodes of around 30 minutes has Broadway-level singing and dancing, with tuneful, clever songs performed by …
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