A Gracious Concession: James Cameron Congratulates Marvel on Being #1
Posted on May 10, 2019 at 8:08 am
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Trailer: Leto (The Summer)
Posted on May 10, 2019 at 6:44 am
“Leto” is set in Leningrad’s underground rock scene in the early 1980’s. It premiered at Cannes, where it won the soundtrack award, and it features music from Kino and other Russian bands as well as T-Rex, David Bowie and The Velvet Underground. In the Village Voice, critic Bilge Ebiri called it an “explosive pop musical” …
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Posted on May 9, 2019 at 5:51 pm
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for action/peril, some rude and suggestive humor, and thematic elements |
| Profanity: | Some schoolyard language, potty references, mild words (jeez, hell, etc.) |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Some potty humor and mild crude references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Fantasy "drug," caffeine, brief drug humor |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended fantasy/cartoon-style violence, parental loss |
| Diversity Issues: | Stereotype of disabled villain |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 10, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: | August 5, 2019 |
People around me were gasping, hooting, and laughing at various details that passed right by me during “Pokémon Detective Pikachu,” so if you are already a fan of the Pokémon franchise, the cards, the series, the games, you will be better off reading a review from someone as deeply enmeshed as you are. If you …
Tolkien
Posted on May 9, 2019 at 5:30 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for some sequences of war violence |
| Profanity: | Some mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Kisses |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Some drinking and drunkenness |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Scenes of WWI battles with disturbing images, characters injured and killed, sad death of a parent |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 10, 2019 |
If I had a time machine and an invisibility cloak, I would love to listen in on the conversations between two members of Oxford’s Inklings literary society, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, as they discussed the importance of myth and fantasy and shared the beginnings of their great tales of adventure, darling, and the fight …
58 Years Ago Today: Newton Minow and the Vast Wasteland Speech
Posted on May 9, 2019 at 12:01 am
On May 9, 1961, my father, Newton Minow, delivered a speech that continues to inspire the conversation about media. He was President Kennedy’s new Chairman of the FCC, just 35 years old, and in his first major address he told the National Association of Broadcasters that while there was much to admire on television, too …
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