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Posted on April 29, 2021 at 5:23 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for action and some language |
| Profanity: |
Some schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended cartoon/action-style peril and violence, no one seriously hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
April 30, 2021 |
It’s refreshing to see a movie for families that is not only exciting and delightful but one that acknowledges a crucial truth we usually pretend to ignore. And that truth is: families are weird. All of them. Yes, even yours. And there’s more: family weirdness is awesome and wonderful and, it turns out, exactly what …
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Posted on April 29, 2021 at 5:20 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Reference to infidelity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Prescription drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Sad deaths |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
April 30, 2021 |
One image I will remember best from “It Is Not Over Yet,” a documentary about an innovative care center for people with dementia, is the place settings. They reminded me of the good work of the Little Brothers of the Poor and Elderly, who always bring a flower and a cloth napkin when they deliver …
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Posted on April 27, 2021 at 11:17 am
I was lucky enough to attend a press event featuring the producers Chris Miller and Phil Lord (the “LEGO Movie”) and producer Kurt Albrecht, along with co-writer and co-director, Michael Rianda. The moderator was my good friend and fellow Washington DC film critic Kevin McCarthy. Some highlights: “Despite not having gone through a robot apocalypse, …
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Posted on April 26, 2021 at 10:47 am
Well, that was different. And for reasons that go beyond the pandemic. Last night’s Oscar broadcast merited adjectives never applied to the television-era Academy Awards before. It was small, it was intimate, and because it felt like it was organized for the industry, not the audience, it had the enticing air of eavesdropping on something …
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Posted on April 22, 2021 at 7:00 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for some crude references, language throughout, and strong bloody violence |
| Profanity: |
Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some sexual epthets |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Pervasive peril and violence, very gory and disturbing images, characters injured and killed including a child |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
April 23, 2021 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
July 5, 2021 |
“Mortal Kombat” is a movie based on a video game. So, let’s be real here. We’re not looking for or even expecting complex characters or surprising plot twists. We’re here for the martial arts carnage and a few middle-school-level wisecracks, and that we get. Character development? I’ve seen more complex backstories on Cabbage Patch Dolls. …
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