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Posted on February 13, 2019 at 8:28 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for language, some sexual material, and a brief drug reference |
| Profanity: |
Strong language, some bleeped but still evident |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, crude humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drug dealer, drinking to deal with stress, joke about getting drunk |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril, mugging, injury |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
February 14, 2019 |
As they say, it’s not a bug; it’s a feature. Yes, romantic comedies keep relying on the same elements. All the Jessicas and Jennifers who star, all the quippy best friends, all the cute apartments and makeover montages, all the strolls through the farmers markets, looking through the mounds of fruit, coming home with grocery …
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Posted on February 13, 2019 at 8:00 am
“Wonder” is now one of the first major films to be translated into American Sign Language. It is especially fitting that this beautiful film about kindness and acceptance is accessible to the Deaf community in their own language. Lionsgate announced its partnership with the mobile application Actiview and Deaf activist and actor Nyle DiMarco to …
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Posted on February 12, 2019 at 8:02 pm
I totally binged “Russian Doll,” the new Netflix series starring Natasha Lyonne, who also co-wrote, co-produced, and directed the last episode. And when I was done watching the story of a 37-year-old New Yorker who dies repeatedly only to find herself resetting back to her birthday party at a friend’s apartment, I wanted to understand …
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Posted on February 12, 2019 at 7:13 pm
If I may paraphrase John Lennon: Imagine there’s no Beatles. Richard Curtis, who made the greatest movie love letter to pop/rock and roll of all time, “Pirate Radio” as well as classics like “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill,” and “Love Actually” has written a new film called “Yesterday,” directed by Danny Boyle (“Slumdog …
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Posted on February 7, 2019 at 5:45 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for strong violence, drug material, and some language including sexual references |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drugs and drug dealing, alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended criminal peril and violence, many characters injured and killed, disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
February 8, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
May 13, 2019 |
The setting of “Cold Pursuit” is white, not just the endless expanses of deep snow in the (fictional) ski resort town of Kehoe, Colorado. A frozen whiteness shimmers throughout the film, but the grim humor of the story is very, very dark. Liam Neeson has been reliably providing us with annual winter action movies for …
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