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Posted on January 11, 2020 at 10:25 pm
I am proud to be a member of the alliance of Women Film Journalists and delighted to announce our awards. Best Film PARASITE Best Director Bong Joon-ho, PARASITE Best Screenplay, Original PARASITE, Bong Joon-ho Best Screenplay, Adapted LITTLE WOMEN, Greta Gerwig Best Documentary APOLLO 11 Best Animated Film I LOST MY BODY Best Actress Lupita …
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Posted on January 10, 2020 at 12:34 pm
I won’t be there this year, but that means I’ll have an even better view of the Critics Choice Awards because like all of you I’ll be watching it on the CW. The just-announced presenters joining returning host Taye Diggs for the 25th anniversary awards presentation (statistically the best predictor of the Oscars for all …
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Posted on January 9, 2020 at 5:38 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Adult |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language, crude sexual material, and drug use |
| Profanity: |
Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Crude humor including sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and marijuana |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic mayhem |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
January 10, 2020 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
April 20, 2020 |
Sigh. And here we go. There will be lots of great and memorable and inspiring and funny movies coming in 2020, but first, as always, we have to slog through the misery of disappointing January releases, and “Like a Boss” is in that category. Three brilliant, funny women and a promising premise sink under the …
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Posted on January 9, 2020 at 5:26 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for thematic content including some racial epithets |
| Profanity: |
Strong language including n-word and other racist terms |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Reference to sexual assault |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
References to violent crimes, non-explicit depiction of an execution |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
January 10, 2020 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
April 13, 2020 |
The third 2019 awards season story based on a real-life lawyer stars producer Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson, the founder of the Legacy Museum (sometimes referred to as the Lynching Museum) and National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The movie shows him as a young graduate of Harvard Law School who moved to the …
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Posted on January 6, 2020 at 10:30 pm
In their twenty-third year, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) continues to recognize the most superlative achievements of the year with no higher honor being presented by a body of film critics whose work appears predominantly online. This marks the second consecutive year that a non-English language film has taken their top prize. Confirming the …
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