Posted on August 23, 2019 at 8:47 am
If you want a master class in acting, watch the faces of three brilliant actresses as they take a an elevator in this trailer for “Bombshell,” based on the sexual harassment scandal at FOX News. Margo Robbie plays Kayla Pospisil, Charlize Theron plays Megyn Kelly, and Nicole Kidman plays Gretchen Carlson. The powerhouse cast also …
Posted on August 23, 2019 at 6:18 am
We mourn the loss of Peter Fonda, a fine actor whose work was overshadowed by his Oscar-winning father, Henry Fonda, and sister, Jane Fonda. He will be best remembered for “Easy Rider,” a film that turned Hollywood upside down in the late 60’s with its fiercely independent spirit on and off-screen. For rogerebert.com, Matt Zoller …
Posted on August 22, 2019 at 5:42 pm
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for violence and language throughout |
| Profanity: | Constant very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended and graphic peril and violence, many characters injured and killed, chases, explosions, assassination attempt, some graphic and disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | August 24, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: | November 25, 2019 |
To recap: first the White House was attacked. Not White House Down — that was PG-13 with Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx. I’m speaking of Olympus Has Fallen, rated R, with Gerard Butler as Mike Banning and Morgan Freeman as Secretary of Defense Allan Trumbull. And then it went international with London Has Fallen, with …
Posted on August 15, 2019 at 5:36 pm
C| Lowest Recommended Age: | Adult |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for strong crude sexual content, drug and alcohol material, and language throughout - all involving tweens |
| Profanity: | Very explicit, profane, and crude language used by young adults and 6th graders |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Very explicit and crude sexual references included extensive sex toys |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drugs and alcohol use by young adults and 6th graders, drug dealing |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended peril with one gross injury, no one badly hurt |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | August 16, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: | November 11, 2019 |
If I could, I’d give “Good Boys” three different grades. I’d give it a B+ for the sweet, smart depiction of that stage of life — equally exhilarating and excruciating — when we make the thrilling, terrifying, transition from child to adult. I’d give it a B for the fun of the adventure the boys …
Posted on August 15, 2019 at 5:35 pm
A-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for thematic material and language including some ethnic slurs |
| Profanity: | Some strong language including racist terms |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Kisses |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Some peril, racist attacks |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | August 16, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: | November 18, 2019 |
If we’re lucky, some time in August, as the big blockbusters of July taper off, we get a heartwarming little indie film to brighten the end of the summer. This year we are very lucky. The film is “Blinded by the Light,” set in Thatcher-era England, where the teenage son of Pakistani immigrants heard a …
