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Posted on March 8, 2018 at 5:38 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for thematic elements and some peril |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended peril and some violence, some scary images |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 9, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
June 5, 2018 |
Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time is one of my all-time favorite books. I loved it when I was 11, read it aloud to our children, and went on to read all of the sequels and most of her other books as well. So it was with a lot of anticipation, excitement, and not a …
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Posted on March 8, 2018 at 12:39 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language throughout, violence and sexual content |
| Profanity: |
Constant very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drugs and drug dealing, alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Constant peril and violence with many graphic and disturbing images, characters injured and killed, guns, car chases and crashes, torture, kidnapping |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 9, 2018 |
“Gringo” is the story of a hapless dupe named Harold (David Oyelowo, showing deft comic timing) who gets stuck in the middle of a lot of bad people and bad decisions. Harold is an immigrant from Nigeria, married to Bonnie (Thandie Newton, criminally underused), and in financial trouble. “Are you saying I’m cash poor?” Harold …
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Posted on March 5, 2018 at 8:15 am
The 90th anniversary Oscar broadcast was one of the best in many years and not a minute too long. Look, with the Oscars you know what you’re signing up for. You may not be interested in the awards for Best Sound Editing or Best Sound Mixing, but I respect the Oscars for recognizing the dozens …
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Posted on March 4, 2018 at 9:24 am
Tonight is the event my family refers to as “Mom’s Super Bowl.” I don’t take the Oscars that seriously as arbiters of quality. It’s the industry awarding itself. Still, I would never miss it and this year will be especially interesting given the younger and more diverse voters and the #metoo and #timesup and now …
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Posted on March 3, 2018 at 10:12 pm
I never miss an episode of Slate’s Spoiler Specials, the discussions of movies for those who have already seen them, so there is no need to avoid spoilers of plot twists or surprise endings. There couldn’t be a better choice of movie for a spoiler-filled discussion than Annihilation or a better trio to discuss it …
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