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Posted on June 15, 2025 at 12:42 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for brief sexual material and language |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations including reference to sexual assault |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 13, 2025 |
Writer/director Celine Song has followed up her auspicious debut film, “Past Lives,” with another story about a woman torn between two men, with one who represents her past. In “Past Lives,” the other was her present; in “Materialists” the other represents a future she imagines for herself. This film is less successful because it never …
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Posted on June 15, 2025 at 12:24 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Apocalyptic themes, sad off-screen deaths including parents and grandparents, references to suicide |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 13, 2025 |
When a movie begins with “Act Three,” it is an invitation to open our minds to something unusual. “The Life of Chuck” is based on a story by Stephen King, and it reflects his more mystical side. While it includes dark and tragic themes, it is a story of profound humanity, ultimately spirit-expanding. It begins …
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Posted on June 13, 2025 at 5:33 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for sexual content and language |
| Profanity: |
Very strong, explicit, and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, predatory sexual abuse, explicit discussion of nonconsensual and consensual sexual acts |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Sexual abuse |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 13, 2025 |
Eva Victor makes an extraordinary debut as writer, director, and star of indie festival favorite “Sorry, Baby,” a story that includes profound trauma told with delicacy and even humor. Victor plays Agnes, a young college professor of literature when we first see her, a grad student in flashbacks that over the course of the film …
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Posted on June 5, 2025 at 1:04 pm
Last night I attended a reception for “The American Miracle” at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center. The movie is based on a book by Michael Medved called The American Miracle: Divine Providence in the Rise of the Republic. It was a lot of fun to talk to some of the participants in the film, including the …
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Posted on June 5, 2025 at 12:50 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for strong/bloody violence throughout, and language |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
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Extended very graphic peril and violence, including two fathers shot in front of their young daughters, many disturbing images, guns, knives, martial arts, grenades, flame throwers, car, much more |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 6, 2025 |
Yes, the stunts are always spectacular, but what makes the John Wick movies enthralling is the world, a parallel universe where rival international groups of assassins operate in ultra-elegant hotels and nightclubs without any interference from law enforcement or, well, reality. No matter. We’re not there to clock the believability. We’re there to enjoy the …
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