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Posted on November 21, 2019 at 5:36 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for violence and language throughout |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drug dealing |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended peril and violence, guns, chases, many characters injured and killed, disturbing and graphic images |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 22, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
February 17, 2020 |
The Russo brothers who wrote and produced some of the most stylish and exciting of the Marvel movies, (“Captain America: Winter Soldier” and the last two Avengers movies) are the producers behind “21 Bridges,” a stylish and exciting cops vs bad guys story, starring the Black Panther’s Chadwick Boseman. It’s what is sometimes called a …
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Posted on November 21, 2019 at 5:16 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for some strong thematic material, a brief fight, and some mild language |
| Profanity: |
Some mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
References to substance abuse, drinking and drunkenness |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Scuffles, punch, illness, sad death of a parent |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 21, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
February 17, 2020 |
The documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor is about Fred Rogers, the creator and star of the long-running PBS series Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” with Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers, is about us. It is the very essence of heart-warming and inspiring. Anyone who watches it will be moved — …
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Posted on November 21, 2019 at 10:26 am
I’m a big fan of Jane Austen’s Emma (the novel she famously described as having a heroine no one would like) and the movie version with Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, and Toni Collette. This new version, starring Anna Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Rupert Graves, Gemma Whelan, …
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Posted on November 20, 2019 at 5:52 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for action/peril and some thematic elements |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kisses |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Action/cartoon-style peril and violence, sad off-screen deaths of parents, violent confrontations with some weapons |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 21, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
February 24, 2020 |
My full review is posted at rogerebert.com. An excerpt: “Frozen II” has an autumnal palette, with russet and gold setting the stage for an unexpectedly elegiac tone in the follow-up to one of Disney’s most beloved animated features. Even the irrepressibly cheerful snowman Olaf (Josh Gad), now permafrosted so even the warmest hugs don’t melt …
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Posted on November 20, 2019 at 8:56 am
Oscar-ologist Kevin Jacobsen’s delightful “And the Runner-up Is” podcast looks back at the Academy Awards and considers which films that did not win have better stood the test of time than the ones that brought home the gold. Spoiler alert: We agreed that “Marty” is still at the top of the 1955 list, but we …
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