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Posted on June 15, 2021 at 8:13 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some suggestive references, brief teen drinking, smoking, language, and violence |
| Profanity: |
Some strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Crude sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Reference to alcoholic parent, alcoholic character, teen drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
WWI battle flashbacks and reference to sad deaths, brutal corporal punishment, beatings, injuries, some graphic images |
| Diversity Issues: |
Class issues |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 18, 2021 |
In the Texas dust bowl of the Depression era, the most under- of underdog football teams captured the hearts of people across the state, across the country, and even one fan in the White House. For them, the team of teenagers from a Fort Worth orphanage was a symbol of hope and courage. Oh, and …
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Posted on June 15, 2021 at 7:40 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and explicit situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol and drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended action-style violence with guns, knives, many characters injured and killed, disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 16, 2021 |
The reunion that meant the most to me in “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” was not Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson reprising their roles from the 2017 original but the re-uniting of Desperado stars Selma Hayek and Antonio Banderas. They are still two of the most sizzlingly combustible actors in the world, and it is …
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Posted on June 13, 2021 at 12:23 pm
It was such fun to talk about why the Tracy-Hepburn classic “Desk Set” is a classic Christmas movie on the “Christmas Actually” podcast with Collin Souter and Kerry Finegan.
Posted on June 8, 2021 at 2:27 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 or some suggestive references and strong language |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some suggestive references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Some social drinking, some substance abuse |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Sad death, emotional confrontations |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 9, 2021 |
Love, loss, hope, dreams, family, community, hope, darkness, purpose, dancing. Very, very specific and ultimately universal. “In the Heights,” based on what will always be known as the play Lin-Manuel Miranda did before “Hamilton,” has been gently streamlined and updated into a joyous post-pandemic welcome back into the world after a year postponement due to …
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Posted on June 3, 2021 at 5:04 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for some adventure action |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Action-style peril, sad offscreen death of parent |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 4, 2021 |
If there’s an aspiring grad student looking for a sociology paper topic, a compare and contrast approach to the original “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,” released in 2002, and 2021’s “Spirit Untamed,” with references to the “Spirit Riding Free” series on Netflix. The original film was hand-drawn and the new version, like the series, is …
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