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Posted on April 3, 2019 at 5:19 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action, language, and suggestive material |
| Profanity: |
Some schoolyard language and a few bad words |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Teen sneaks into a strip club (nothing shown) |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Teens try to buy beer, character with some substance abuse issues |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended action/comic book peril and violence |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
April 5, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
July 15, 2019 |
Here’s a word you don’t hear very often in reviews of superhero movies: “Shazam!” is adorable. Oh, yes, it’s exciting and has great fights and special effects and a good bad guy and all that. But it is also wildly entertaining, downright delightful, and, yes, adorable. This is an especially welcome development from DC Comic …
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Posted on April 3, 2019 at 11:50 am
One of the 20th century’s greatest and — yes — most versatile performers is Doris Day, who celebrates her 97th birthday today. Born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff in Cincinnati, Ohio, her first dream was to be a dancer, until she was injured in an automobile accident. So, she became a singer, and her version of …
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Posted on April 2, 2019 at 11:51 am
Washington DC’s Jewish Film Festival and Jewish Music Festival are joining forces to become JxJ, a multi-disciplinary cultural event encompassing the performing and visual arts that will take place from May 8-26, 2019 in the Nation’s Capital. The Jewish Film Festival, now in its 29th year, has a great line-up of international films, with premieres, …
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Posted on March 28, 2019 at 5:45 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language, some violence and drug content |
| Profanity: |
Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drug dealing and drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Peril and violence, animal abuse, discussion of domestic abuse |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 29, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
June 10, 2019 |
Prisoner Roman Coleman (Matthias Schoenaerts) uncomfortable in his orange Department of Corrections jumpsuit, uncomfortable in a room with another person, uncomfortable in his own skin, does not answer when the other person, Connie Britton as a counselor, asks him a hypothetical question about how he would respond to seeing a woman he loved kissing someone …
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Posted on March 21, 2019 at 5:43 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not rated |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and insults |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended, intense terrorism violence with many characters injured and killed, disturbing and graphic images |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 22, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
June 17, 2019 |
“Look for the helpers.” That’s what Mr. Rogers told children to do when scary and terrible things happen. “You will always find people who are helping.” “Hotel Mumbai” is the story of the unspeakably sad and scary 2008 terrorist attack that lasted for four days in Mumbai, India, including a three-day attack at the luxurious …
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