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Trailer: The Willoughbys, Coming to Netflix

Trailer: The Willoughbys, Coming to Netflix

Posted on March 23, 2020 at 10:40 am

Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Séan Cullen and Ricky Gervais provide the voices for “The Willoughbys,” a new animated film based on the book by Lois Lowry, coming to Netflix.

Family Movies for The Homebound

Family Movies for The Homebound

Posted on March 16, 2020 at 8:49 pm

We all say we wish we had more quality family time. Well, here it is. Many parents will be looking for some good options for family viewing time, and here are some of our family’s favorites, all available on streaming services. The Court Jester: This one has it all, action, comedy, romance, a brave heroine, …

For Families at Home — Mo Willems Drawing Sessions

Posted on March 16, 2020 at 5:28 pm

Mo Willems, author of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and many more great books for kids has something special for families who are homebound. Announcing Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems! (@The_Pigeon) ✏📚 Join our Education Artist-in-Residence at Home as Mo invites YOU into his studio every weekday at 1 p.m. to draw, doodle …

The Burnt Orange Heresy

The Burnt Orange Heresy

Posted on March 12, 2020 at 5:55 pm

B +
Lowest Recommended Age: Mature High Schooler
MPAA Rating: Rated R for some sexual content/nudity, language, drug use and violence
Profanity: Very strong and crude language
Nudity/ Sex: Nudity, explicit sexual situation
Alcohol/ Drugs: Drinking, smoking, drugs
Violence/ Scariness: Peril and violence, arson, murder
Diversity Issues: None
Date Released to Theaters: March 6, 2020

Paintings and movies can both be art or trash, and, in a completely separate binary, they can both be worth millions or pennies. Both forms of expression struggle with the balance of culture and commerce. But in one very important way they are opposite, an element that is literally material. The value in movies is …

The Way Back

The Way Back

Posted on March 5, 2020 at 5:47 pm

B
Lowest Recommended Age: Mature High Schooler
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language throughout including some sexual references, brief drug use, and violence
Profanity: Constant very strong language used by adults and teens
Nudity/ Sex: Crude references
Alcohol/ Drugs: Alcohol abuse, smoking
Violence/ Scariness: Some peril and violence, references to illness and tragic death of a chlld
Diversity Issues: None
Date Released to Theaters: March 6, 2020
Date Released to DVD: May 18, 2020

Director Gavin O’Connor makes movies with hard outer shells, about sports (“The Warrior”) and assassins (“The Accountant”). But they have sweet, gooey centers, because he has the softest heart in Hollywood. Which is a good thing. A lot of people stayed away from “Warriors” because the main characters are MMA fighters, but it is a …