Posted on August 30, 2020 at 9:42 pm
The devastating loss of Chadwick Boseman, who has died of colon cancer at just 43 years old, is almost incomprehensible. The tributes to him from his colleagues and fans struggle to capture his grace, his talent, and his dedication. May his memory be a blessing. I appeared on KUSI to talk about my two interviews …
Posted on August 29, 2020 at 8:00 am
Coming next spring from Disney: Raya and the Last Dragon, with Awkwafina providing the voice of the dragon and “Star Wars’” Kelly Marie Tran as Raya. Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when sinister monsters known as the Druun threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed …
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Posted on August 28, 2020 at 8:00 am
“Tenet,” probably the most highly anticipated film of the summer, is a trippy time-travel crime drama written and directed by Christopher Nolan and stars John David Washington, Robert Pattison, Elizabeth Debicki, and Kenneth Branagh.
Posted on August 27, 2020 at 5:51 pm
A-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for thematic material and brief violence |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol and alcoholism, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Brief violence including a fight scene and some abuse, sad offscreen death of a parent |
| Diversity Issues: | Race-blind casting |
| Date Released to Theaters: | August 28, 2020 |
There is no higher praise than to say that Armando Iannucci (“In the Loop,” “Veep”) has adapted the book Charles Dickens said was his favorite of all the novels he had written, the book closest to his own history, in a manner as jubilant and shrewdly observed, as touching, as romantic, as exciting, as the …
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Posted on August 27, 2020 at 5:32 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for some language |
| Profanity: | Some mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Sci-fi/fantasy peril and violence, mostly played for comedy |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | August 28, 2020 |
| Date Released to DVD: | November 9, 2020 |
I am pleased to report that Bill and Ted are still excellent. Bill and Ted Face the Music is the third in the series, 31 years after the original “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” where the two dim but sweet-natured would-be rockers from San Dimas managed to pass their high school history class by traveling …
