Posted on February 18, 2020 at 8:00 am
Available this Friday on Netflix: Babies is a landmark series that explores the miracle of the first full year of life through the pioneering work of leading scientists from across the globe. It’s an in-depth look at the first year of life — the science behind babies’ developments, from sleeping, to eating, crawling to walking …
Posted on February 16, 2020 at 10:50 am
Some movies for President’s Day: Celebrate President’s Day with some movies about our 16th President. Reportedly, Abraham Lincoln has been portrayed more on screen than any other real-life character. I was honored to be invited to participate in the 272-word project from the Abraham Lincoln Library in Springfield, Illinois. Each of us was asked to …
Posted on February 13, 2020 at 5:37 pm
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language and some sexual material |
| Profanity: | Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Explicit sexual references and sexual humor, sexual situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drug references |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Some peril, tense family confrontations |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | February 14, 2020 |
| Date Released to DVD: | May 18, 2020 |
It’s a movie about marital dysfunction on a family ski trip. So, “Downhill,” get it? Directors Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, are the screenwriters of “The Descendants” and writer/directors of “The Way Way Back.” The key element that made those films remarkable was a blending of wry humor with heart-breaking family tensions and conflicts. But …
Posted on February 13, 2020 at 5:28 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for some language and sexual references |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Some sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | None |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | February 14, 2020 |
“Olympic Dreams” is a slight but sweet story set inside a big, colorful, dramatic world, the Olympics. It is the only movie ever filmed inside the actual Winter Olympic Athletes Village, and the behind the scenes settings and encounters are a lot of fun to see, giving us an idea of the vast scope and …
Posted on February 13, 2020 at 5:22 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for sexuality and brief strong language |
| Profanity: | Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references and situation, issue of paternity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Sad deaths of parents |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | February 14, 2020 |
| Date Released to DVD: | May 11, 2020 |
Of all the reasons to see a movie, there is none better than this: two gorgeous, immeasurably magnetic and talented actors falling in love on screen. And so, the universe (and Universal) have given us a luscious valentine of a movie, Issa Rae and Lakieth Stanfield starring in “The Photograph,” the kind of romantic drama …
