Posted on July 13, 2021 at 8:09 am
We’ve all heard the expression “seeing red” for extreme anger. But the intense emotions of adolescence produce very literal results in this cute teaser from Disney/Pixar for “Turning Red.”
Posted on July 9, 2021 at 8:00 am
If you’re the only one in the family who isn’t special, isn’t that kind of special? Take a look at this trailer for Encanto, coming from Disney, with songs by co-screenwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Posted on July 8, 2021 at 6:57 pm
Nic Cannon produces and stars in “She Ball.” On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts (Cannon) enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby (Melody Rae), to help him win the grand prize in a street ball tournament. Together, Avery and Shelby challenge local politicians, gangs and their own stereotypes to save their …
Posted on July 8, 2021 at 10:59 am
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Characters are drug dealers |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended action-style violence with many characters injured and killed, some graphic images |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | July 2, 2021 |
“First Date” is an unassuming indie film that seems to have spent most of its tiny budget on squibs, the little exploding doodads that movies use to make it look like people and walls and objects are getting shot. There is a lot of shooting in this movie. But, as the title tells us, at …
Posted on July 5, 2021 at 4:44 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 Some Language|Intense Violence/Action|Thematic Material |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Some alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended comic book/action-style peril and violence, references to torture and abuse of children, characters are assassins, chases, explosions, guns |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | July 7, 2021 |
We’ve waited a long time to find out how Natasha became the Black Widow. While we got to know the male Avengers through individual origin stories about Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man, and Spider-Man, Natasha was different. We first saw the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) tied to a chair looking very much …
