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Posted on September 12, 2019 at 5:25 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for drug use and language |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and drug use by adults and teens |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Terrorism and crime-related violence, drunk driving, child abuse, characters injured and killed including death of five different parents |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
September 13, 2019 |
There are three major problems with “The Goldfinch,” based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Donna Tartt. The first is that it is long, nearly two and a half hours. The second is that it is dull, so it seems much longer. And the third is that it is a mess, and not in an …
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Posted on September 9, 2019 at 7:10 pm
You’d better sit down. The Brady kids are in their 50’s and 60’s now. And that iconic house we glimpsed in the opening credits was bought by HGTV, which has combined two irresistible ideas: rehabbing the house and getting the gang back together. All of the one-time Brady kids, the oldest one Medicare-eligible, are …
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Posted on September 8, 2019 at 5:10 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements/disturbing images |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Images of pogroms and references to the Holocaust |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
September 13, 2019 |
“Fiddler on the Roof” opened on Broadway in 1964 and every single day in the over half a century since then it has been performed somewhere. Even more impressive, it has been performed pretty much everywhere, and is currently back in New York with an off-Broadway all-Yiddish version directed by Joel Gray. In this engaging …
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Posted on September 7, 2019 at 12:20 pm
Renee Zellweger stars in “Judy,” the story of Judy Garland’s triumphant return to live concert performance in 1969 London, at the Talk of the Town nightclub. Here we get a peek behind the scenes with Zellweger, her director and co-stars, and a producer of the Garland show. Fans can hear the real Talk of the …
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Posted on August 29, 2019 at 5:35 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language throughout, sexuality and some drug material |
| Profanity: |
Strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and drunkenness, drugs, references to addiction |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Injury, references to |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 30, 2019 |
The title of this film, “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” is not really a spoiler. Yes, it is an inspiring story of a young woman named Brittany (Jillian Bell, outstanding in her first lead role) who has a sobering visit with a doctor, an equally sobering visit with an expensive gym. She decides that since running …
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