Posted on October 10, 2018 at 9:34 am
SPOILER ALERT: Anyone who has not seen “A Star is Born” or any of the previous versions and does not want to know the anding should read no further. Many thanks to USA Today’s Bryan Alexander for writing about the troubling ending to “A Star is Born.” Like the previous versions of the story, it …
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Posted on October 5, 2018 at 1:09 pm
“La La Land” director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling have teamed up again for “First Man,” the story of Neil Amstrong and the 1969 Apollo 11 voyage to the moon. Get ready for space travel with these outstanding fact-based films — they are not only true stories; they are some of my very favorites: Hidden Figures …
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Posted on October 4, 2018 at 5:42 pm
A-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, some violent content, drug material and language |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Teen kissing, sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Teen drinking, drug and drug dealing references |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Intense peril and violence, teenager killed by a police officer |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | October 5, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: | January 21, 2019 |
“The Hate U Give” is one of the best and most important films of the year. Angie Thomas’ best-selling novel about a girl named Starr has become a profound and profoundly moving film. It is an of-this-moment, vitally urgent story about race, culture, and America in 2018, but it is also a deeply human, deeply …
Posted on October 3, 2018 at 5:52 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language throughout, some sexuality/nudity and substance abuse |
| Profanity: | Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references and situations, nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol and drug abuse |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Some fights, medical issues, suicide |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | October 5, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: | February 18, 2019 |
There are movies like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” that are periodically remade to reflect changing times. And then there is “A Star is Born,” with its fifth version in just under 90 years, where the difference is in the details of the characters and performances but the theme remains the same. Going back to …
Posted on September 28, 2018 at 10:37 am
The Library of Congress has announced that it has digitized hundreds of hours of motion pictures that will be freely available on the newly launched National Screening Room website. Most of the content in the National Screening Room is in the public domain. Movies that the Library believes to be in the public domain are …
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