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Posted on November 19, 2020 at 5:31 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and non-explicit situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drug addiction |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some graphic images of an operation |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 20, 2020 |
We’re going to have to come up with a better term than POV to describe “Sound of Metal,” the story of a drummer who loses his hearing. POV describes a subjective portrayal, where we see just what the character sees instead of what an outsider can see. But “see” is the operative word. Much of …
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Posted on November 18, 2020 at 10:59 am
This has been a great year for documentaries and it was very hard to decide on my ballot for the Critics Choice Awards. I salute all of this year’s nominees and awardees. BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE “Dick Johnson is Dead” (Netflix) BEST DIRECTOR Kirsten Johnson, “Dick Johnson is Dead” (Netflix) BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Melissa Haizlip, …
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Posted on November 12, 2020 at 5:51 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kisses |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Teen drinking, mother abuses alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Constant very intense and graphic horror violence, many grisly murders, disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 13, 2020 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
February 8, 2021 |
If you read my reviews, you know I usually skip the horror movies. So, forgive me if my thoughts on “Freaky” reflect my ignorance. But I was intrigued by the premise of a large male serial killer switching bodies with a blonde teenage girl. And I like the cast, so I watched it, and it’s …
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Posted on November 11, 2020 at 10:00 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
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Rated R for some violence, language throughout, and drug content |
| Profanity: |
Constant very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references including teen pregnancy |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol and drug abuse, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Domestic violence and family dysfunction |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie is economic diversity |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 13, 2020 |
“Hillbilly Elegy” had just one job: to give us a sympathetic and relatable portrait of people we might dismiss as “rednecks” and, well, hillbillies, without being superficial or condescending. It fails, with a portrait of one dysfunctional Ohio family with roots in the Kentucky hill country that never knows what story it is trying to tell. …
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Posted on November 11, 2020 at 8:00 am
Men who were there tell their stories in two WWII books and one about the Korean War: WWII in the South Pacific is the story of my uncle, Stanley Frankel, including his experiences with Rodger Young, whose heroism was honored with a song by Frank Loesser. Based on his diaries and letters, it has his …
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