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Posted on March 25, 2021 at 5:39 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not rated |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kiss |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
References to offscreen deaths of parents |
| Diversity Issues: |
Christian themes, diverse cast |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 26, 2021 |
An unhappy teenager gets into trouble and is given a choice: juvie or a week at a Christian summer camp. He takes the second option, planning to run away. But, and I am pretty sure this is not a spoiler, he finds acceptance and hope there and a bit of romance, too. Plus a ton …
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Posted on March 25, 2021 at 10:38 am
I love character actors, and was delighted to see New York Magazine’s great list of today’s best, As the terrific documentaries “That Guy…Who Was in That Thing” and “That Gal…Who Was in That Thing” show, character actors have the tough job of being perfect every take, because the star’s best take is the one they …
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Posted on March 23, 2021 at 11:23 am
LA Magazine has an entertaining article about the movies that inspired screenwriters to write their own. Several of them pointed to representation that communicated to them for the first time that it was possible for someone like them to work in show business. Felischa Marye of “13 Reasons Why” said it was the Black romances …
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Posted on March 18, 2021 at 6:37 pm
The Courier is based on the true story of an ordinary businessman named Greville Wynne who was asked by the CIA and MI6 to deliver some materials being leaked to the west by a high-ranking Soviet official. The movie is pretty close to the real story, with one big exception making the CIA representative be …
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Posted on March 18, 2021 at 5:23 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for violence, partial nudity, brief strong language, and smoking throughout. |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief non-sexual nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and alcoholism, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Peril and some violence, murder, torture |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 19, 2021 |
“Maybe we’re only two people. But this is how things change.” In this tense, engrossing, Cold War spy drama, based on a true story, things change because of two people. The set-up is like something out of Hitchcock, an ordinary man thrust into a geopolitical heist saga with fate-of-the-world stakes. But it happened. Oleg Penkovsky …
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