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Posted on February 25, 2018 at 10:01 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not rated |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
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Brief archival footage has some violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
February 26, 2018 |
It’s the climax of the film. The hero and heroine finally kiss. The power of the moment comes from the emotion built up by the story, by the acting talent and screen charisma of the performers, by the heart-tugging swell of the music — and by the sound of the kiss itself, probably so subtle …
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Posted on February 25, 2018 at 2:20 pm
“Black Panther” is now more than a blockbuster, record-smashing superhero movie. It is a genuine cultural phenomenon, with thought-provoking and remarkably nuanced issues of identity, race, gender, and politics, and it has inspired some fascinating commentary. Slate goes behind the scenes in an interview with Beth McGuire, director of speech and dialects at Yale and …
Continue reading “Black Panther: The Accents, The Villain, The Women”
Posted on February 22, 2018 at 10:54 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language, sexual references and some violence |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, some crude, fertility issues |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol, drug references |
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Extended comic peril and violence, characters injured and killed, guns, knives, chases |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
February 23, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
May 21, 2018 |
“Game Night” is yet another raunchy action comedy about (mostly) white suburbanites who accidentally get in over their heads with criminals and manage to work through their personal issues as they win out over the bad guys with a combination of luck, plot contrivances, and learning opportunities. Thanks to winning performances from the always-reliable Jason …
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Posted on February 22, 2018 at 5:12 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
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Rated R for violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
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Extended peril and violence with many characters injured and killed, many grisly and disturbing images, animal attacks, guns, explosives, suicide |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
February 23, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
May 28, 2018 |
“Annihilation” is based on the Nebula Award-winning first volume of Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, adapted by director Alex Garland (“Ex Machina”). Natalie Portman plays Lena, a biologist and Army veteran, who joins a group of woman investigating an ominous anomaly the government is calling the shimmer. It looks like an rainbow prismed oil spill …
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Posted on February 20, 2018 at 8:25 pm
I was lucky enough to be able to interview “Black Panther” co-writer/director Ryan Coogler for rogerebert.com. The movie places an African and an African-American in opposition. “I’m an African-American male born in the 1980’s in Oakland,” he said, “and there’s a dynamic between being African and African-American that’s very interesting.” This is a key element …
Continue reading “Black Panther: Behind the Scenes”
