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Posted on July 12, 2018 at 5:40 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for some action and rude humor |
| Profanity: |
Some schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kisses, potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic, cartoon-style peril and violence, weapons, fire, attempted murder |
| Diversity Issues: |
A metaphorical theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 13, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
October 8, 2018 |
“You have to be carefully taught,” according to the Rodgers and Hammerstein song in “South Pacific.” Lt. Cable and Nelly Forbush sing ruefully about the prejudices drummed into them as children: “You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late/Before you are six or seven or eight/To hate all the people your relatives hate/You’ve got …
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Posted on July 12, 2018 at 3:39 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for sequences of gun violence and action, and for brief strong language |
| Profanity: |
A few bad words |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended peril and violence with some disturbing images, many characters injured and killed, children in peril, fire, explosions, chases, automatic weapons, guns, knives, fights |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 13, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
October 8, 2018 |
As generic as its title, “Skyscraper” has all the elements of a US/China production, unapologetically a lowest-common-denominator delivery system for stunts. Dwayne Johnson, who at this writing has a movie premiering on cable (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), a movie just released on DVD/Blu-Ray (Rampage), and “Skyscraper” opening in theaters, has turned into something of …
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Posted on July 12, 2018 at 3:02 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language and some sexual material |
| Profanity: |
Strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, some very graphic |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense emotional situations, sexual predation |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 13, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
October 8, 2018 |
Maybe “Eighth Grade” should come with a trigger warning. It is so viscerally authentic to the experience of being in middle school that for a moment I felt like I was standing in the lunchroom clutching my tray, desperately hoping that I would (a) be invited to sit with anyone and (b) become invisible, swallowed …
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Posted on July 12, 2018 at 10:36 am
This looks stunning, and a good reason to brush up on the history before December. Saoirse Ronin and Margot Robbie play the rival queens, Mary, Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth. In real life, they never met, some say because Elizabeth was afraid she would be unable to maintain her resolve in the presence of …
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Posted on July 11, 2018 at 7:27 pm
I love Erik Amaya‘s deep take on what we might be learning about the future of the Avengers post-Infinity War from “Ant-Man and the Wasp.” His rich and complex understanding of the MCU has some insights into the details we might have overlooked in the latest chapter, reminding us that it is not a stand-alone, …
Continue reading “Rotten Tomatoes Goes Way Deep Into the MCU: Ant-Man and the Wasp”
