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Posted on January 18, 2018 at 11:22 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for war violence and language throughout |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Portrayal of misogynistic regime |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended wartime violence, characters injured and killed, some disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
January 19, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
April 30, 2018 |
If it was fiction, you’d dismiss 12 Strong as too far-fetched. But this recently declassified military mission following 9/11, with a tiny Special Forces group, just twelve men, led by an officer who had never been in combat, were sent to Afghanistan to take out a Taliban outpost. They were vastly overmatched in terms of …
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Posted on January 18, 2018 at 4:06 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language and some sexual references |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Mild |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense confrontations, reference to sad death |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
January 26, 2018 |
“The Clapper” is an unpretentious little indie from writer/director Dito Montiel, adapting his own novel. It has actors who are familiar from studio movies and television playing quirky characters with a bit of social satire some family dysfunction, and a love story. The screenplay is uneven, but the exceptionally strong cast makes it watchable. Ed …
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Posted on January 18, 2018 at 2:41 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for strong violence, and language |
| Profanity: |
Some very strong and racist language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Rapes |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extensive and very graphic violence, many characters injured and killed, rapes |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
January 19, 2018 |
“Hostiles” is more in conversation with movies about the settlement of the West than it is about or in conversation with the brutal history of the West itself. For decades there were simple stories of brave cowboys and soldiers fighting racist caricatures of Native Americans. White men were heroes and Indians were savages. Then there …
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Posted on January 18, 2018 at 12:39 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for thematic elements including drinking, and for language |
| Profanity: |
Some mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
References to groupies, pregnancy |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and alcohol abuse, reference to drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Sad death, scene in hospital, child in peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
January 19, 2018 |
Well, there is a brief song by Travis Tritt. And actor Alex Roe is personable and engaging even in the preposterously imagined role of Liam Page, a country singer whose every moment is obsessed over by zillions of fans and all of the magazines sold at grocery store checkout counters. But that can’t make up …
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Posted on January 13, 2018 at 4:44 pm
Mira Singer has an exceptionally thoughtful essay on the theme of failure in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” NOTE: To be read after seeing the films as there are spoilers. Master Yoda, the wisest character in the Star Wars universe, says, “The greatest teacher, failure is.” The film doesn’t …
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