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Posted on August 4, 2019 at 2:12 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
All Ages |
| MPAA Rating: |
G |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
April 5, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
August 5, 2019 |
“Amazing Grace” is 87 minutes of pure joy. No matter who you are, any one of any age, race, or religion, this film of a 1972 recording session in a small church in Los Angeles, will lift your spirit to the sky. Aretha Franklin, still in her 20’s and one of the top recording artists …
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Posted on August 1, 2019 at 5:30 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for prolonged sequences of action and violence, suggestive material and some strong language |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some crude humor, kiss |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extensive action-style peril and violence, chases, explosions, guns, fire, clubs, torture, some injuries and disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 2, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
November 4, 2019 |
This is the summer movie you’ve been waiting for. “Fast and Furious” spin-off “Hobbs & Shaw” takes two of the series’ most popular characters, throws a silly McGuffin and a super-motivated, super-powered bad guy at them, adds in some family members, and plays up their animosity for a big-time buddy cop action comedy full of …
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Posted on July 31, 2019 at 9:54 am
We mourn the loss of sweet-voiced, sweet-spirited Russi Taylor, who was the voice of Minnie Mouse and many other animated characters. Michael Cavna has a lovely tribute to her in the Washington Post, and to her made-for-a-movie love story with — wait for it — the guy who voiced Mickey. They met when she was …
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Posted on July 28, 2019 at 2:23 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for thematic elements and brief action |
| Profanity: |
Some schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some silly boy/girl comments |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Mild peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
May 3, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
July 22, 2019 |
I reviewed UglyDolls for rogerebert.com. An excerpt: “UglyDolls” is less a movie than an infomercial for the plush Hasbro toys designed to be “ugly” in a commercially cute, lovable way. Unfortunately, the script is not particularly cute or lovable, just a muddled story with lukewarm musical numbers that takes pieces from better films like “Toy …
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Posted on July 25, 2019 at 12:00 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language throughout, some strong graphic violence, drug use, and sexual references |
| Profanity: |
Pervasive very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and drunkenness, drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Very intense and graphic violence, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 26, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
December 9, 2019 |
Quentin Tarantino is a brilliant filmmaker who does not have anything to say. If you are looking for surface, you cannot do better. His camera placement and editing are impeccable. His attention to detail is unsurpassed. Remember the great Jack Rabbit Slim restaurant setting in “Pulp Fiction,” with wait staff dressed as 50’s celebrities? (“That’s …
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