Posted on June 11, 2018 at 9:55 am
This is how a lifelong game of tag helps the “tag brothers” literally stay in touch. The taggers first got national attention in a Wall Street Journal story (though the reporter was a man, not a beautiful blonde as in the movie). You can read the formal legal agreement signed by the real-life taggers. The …
Posted on June 10, 2018 at 11:45 am
2017 was a good year for women in film, with “Wonder Woman” directed by Patty Jenkins and “Beauty and the Beast” in the top 10 for box office. 2018 looks even better, with “Oceans 8” doing better than its male-led predecessors with a very strong $41 million opening weekend. Also worth noting: The Washington Post’s …
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Posted on June 7, 2018 at 5:50 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for language, drug use, and some suggestive content |
| Profanity: | Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual situation, non-explicit but a bit kinky |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Marijuana, alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Some peril |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: | June 8, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: | September 10, 2018 |
Heist films are irresistible, especially when they are as twisty and stylish as “Oceans 8.” First, there is the practicality of the puzzle part. I always love the way they set it up to show us how impossible it is, so we can fully appreciate the cleverness of the characters in coming up with plans …
Posted on June 7, 2018 at 5:23 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Not rated, some thematic elements and language |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | References to homosexuality and prejudice against gay people, brief humorous shot of a bare bottom |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Discussion of difficult topics including assassinations, terrorism, prejudice, disability, loss |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | June 8, 2018 |
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is about Mr. Rogers, a kind, gentle star of PBS children’s programming who liked us us just the way we were and was the neighbor we would all love to have next door. His story is told in a documentary that matches its subject. It is candid but respectful, utterly …
Posted on June 7, 2018 at 5:12 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for some drug references and brief language |
| Profanity: | Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Teen sex (non-explicit) |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol, references to drug use, scenes in a bar |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Family and economic struggles, absent parent |
| Diversity Issues: | Divers characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: | June 8, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: | September 10, 2018 |
Isn’t it nice that we get to go live in Brett Haley World every now and then? The gifted young writer-director of “I’ll See You in My Dreams” and “Hero” always gives us characters who might be flawed, who might not be where they expected or wanted or deserved to be, but who are marvelously …
