Posted on June 2, 2020 at 11:22 am
Movies to lift the heart and possibly inspire some exercise! Some of my favorite movie dance numbers: Bye Bye Birdie: When a pop idol is drafted, the teenagers go crazy in this classic musical starring Dick van Dyke and Ann-Margret. Two teenagers trying to make each other jealous make this dance number one of the …
Posted on June 2, 2020 at 10:41 am
The news of 2020 may be confusing and scary for children. These movies will help families talk about how democracies allow ordinary citizens to work for change. Selma: “Selma,” director Ava DuVernay’s film about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the march from Selma, Alabama to the state capital at Montgomery, to make the case for the …
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Posted on May 26, 2020 at 8:00 am
We all love romance. And we’ve all seen the recent classics: “Notting Hill,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” “The Notebook,” “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” and all-time classics like “The Philadelphia Story” and “My Favorite Wife.” (If you haven’t, hey, watch them!) But you probably missed these, and they are all delights and blissfully romantic. “I Love …
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Posted on May 25, 2020 at 12:01 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for some strong language, and suggestive references |
| Profanity: | Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references, non-explicit situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | None |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 25, 2020 |
If you find yourself, in what all the commercials are calling “these challenging times” looking for cinematic comfort food, “The High Note” is here, and when I say “here,” I mean coming to you in your home. One of the films switched to streaming as the question of when, how, and whether movie theaters will …
Posted on May 25, 2020 at 10:00 am
