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Posted on February 18, 2021 at 12:17 pm
he Black Reel Awards (BRAs) announced today the film nominees for the 21st Annual Black Reel Awards. The winners will be revealed on Sunday, April 11, 2021 from 8-10pm, virtually across several media platforms. The nominees are: OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE (award given to the producer) DA 5 BLOODS (NETFLIX) Jon Kilik, Spike Lee, Beatriz Levin …
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Posted on February 14, 2021 at 7:00 am
Lady and the Tramp Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in “Notorious” James Stewart and Donna Reed in “It’s a Wonderful Life” Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire in “Spider-Man” Leonardo di Caprio and Claire Danes in “Romeo + Juliet” And one of the great movie hugs — Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton in “Reds”
Posted on February 12, 2021 at 5:40 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
References to reproductive rights |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
February 13, 2021 |
We’ve had a feature film about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s early years (“On the Basis of Sex“) and an excellent documentary already (“RBG“). But if the late Justice Ginsburg were here today, she might prefer this documentary, featuring, as its title indicates, her own words, as she spoke them. A few other people get to …
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Posted on February 12, 2021 at 8:00 am
I love to recommend romantic movies for Valentine’s Day. This year, how about some movies starring real-life movie sweethearts? Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward made several films together, including “The Long, Hot Summer” and “Rachel Rachel” (he directed, she starred). Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn met on “Woman of the Year” and you can see …
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Posted on February 11, 2021 at 5:57 pm
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Preschool |
After “Palm Springs,” one of 2020’s best films, you may think that yet another bittersweet romantic comedy set in a temporal anomaly/time loop (think “Groundhog Day”) makes you feel like you’re in an infinitely repeating time loop yourself. But it won’t take long at all for you to realize that on the contrary you are …
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