Posted on January 12, 2018 at 7:16 am
It was a thrill to attend the Critics Choice Awards as a voting member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. I got to tell so many of the filmmakers I love how much their work means to me. And I am very proud of our selections. The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and Broadcast Television …
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Posted on January 11, 2018 at 5:49 pm
D| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language |
| Profanity: | Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references and non-explicit situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol, cigarettes |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Poison |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | December 22, 2017 |
| Date Released to DVD: | April 10, 2018 |
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” is the story of a selfish, headstrong haute couture designer who likes to leave small, secret, embroidered messages concealed within the lining of his meticulously constructed gowns. If Anderson has left a message within the lining of this meticulously constructed, exquisitely performed, but ultimately self-indulgent and morally vacant film, it …
Posted on January 11, 2018 at 5:04 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for some action and mild rude humor |
| Profanity: | Some mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Some mild gross-out humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Mild peril, no one hurt, reference to sad death |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | January 12, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: | April 22, 2018 |
You know what we don’t see enough of in movies? Whimsy. Movies, especially movies for families, don’t trust the audience enough to step away from the dazzle and the pratfall. As entertaining as that can be, it is a relief to see Paddington 2, a movie that trusts us enough to keep its tone gentle …
Posted on January 11, 2018 at 1:56 pm
C| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for some intense action/violence, and language |
| Profanity: | Brief language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking, including drinking to deal with stress |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended peril and violence, guns, knife, fights, explosions, characters injured and killed, some disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | January 12, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: | April 16, 2018 |
Sigh. Another January, another dumb Liam Neeson action movie. This one is on a train. Liam Neeson is The Commuter, a devoted husband and father named Michael who reads every book his teenage son is assigned in school. Every day he wakes up at 6, cuddles with his wife (Elizabeth McGovern), and gets on the …
Posted on January 10, 2018 at 2:42 pm
I am beyond excited for “The Current War” with Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Holland, and Michael Shannon in the story of the fight over control of electricity. Money, ideas, power — which will win? To learn more, read Empires of Light
