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Posted on May 19, 2025 at 11:18 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for sequences of strong violence and action, bloody images, and brief language |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended peril and violence, guns, fire, fights, chases, explosions, stunts, some graphic and disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
May 23, 2025 |
Yes, Tom Cruise runs. Very fast. Even at one point when he is in London and could probably get there faster in a cab, though for some reason there are no cars anywhere as he races across Westminster Bridge. He also does that mask thing where the disguise is so good that no one can …
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Posted on May 14, 2025 at 10:35 am
It’s time for summer movies! That means reboots, sequels, lots of Pedro Pascal, land even a few surprises. SERIES and REMAKES “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning” (May 23) Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt, with some surprises from his past and some mind-blowing stunts. “Karate Kid: Legends” (May 30) Jackie Chan, Ben Wang, and …
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Posted on May 9, 2025 at 1:33 pm
May 9, 1961, my dad, the 35-year-old Chairman of the FCC, Newton Minow, made three significant appearances. In Washington, he gave his famous “vast wasteland” speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, telling them that while “when television is good, nothing is better,” he expected them to do more to uphold their statutory obligation to …
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Posted on May 9, 2025 at 10:04 am
In honor of Mother’s Day, my book, 50 Must-See Movies: Mothers will be free from May 9-14, 2025. No relationship is more primal, more fraught, more influential, more worried over, more nourishing when good and more devastating when bad that our connection to our mothers. The first eyes to look at us with love, the first …
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Posted on May 8, 2025 at 5:33 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language, some sexual content, and nudity |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
References to sad deaths, car accident |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
May 9, 2025 |
I’m glad to say this is not yet another re-working of one of Jane Austen’s books, with a modern-day heroine being too quick to judge a moody but honorable Darcy and too slow to judge a superficially charming but immoral Wickham. Instead, it is not Elizabeth Bennett Agathe (Camille Rutherford) despairs of becoming; it is …
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