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Posted on November 16, 2017 at 5:46 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for thematic elements including bullying, and some mild language |
| Profanity: |
Some schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some bullying and peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 17, 2017 |
Wonder is more than a book — it is a movement. R.J. Palacio’s book, Wonder, and its follow-ups, including Auggie & Me, have become hugely popular with middle schoolers and their teachers. That is because it is not a story about disability, even though its hero is a 10-year-old with craniofacial deformity who is starting …
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Posted on November 16, 2017 at 5:16 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for sexual material and references |
| Profanity: |
Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual references and situations, non-explicit childbirth scene |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 17, 2017 |
Take one “British Baking Show” and add a cup of Christopher Guest improvised mockumentary, a lot of processed food products, a gallon of ambition, romantic complications, sibling rivalry, and a muffin-head-wearing mascot, and let it marinate for a decade and you’ve got “Cook-Off,” a very funny movie made ten years ago but just now being …
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Posted on November 14, 2017 at 5:40 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for some thematic elements |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Peril and some violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 17, 2017 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
February 6, 2018 |
Sometimes a little part of a big story helps us see the big story more clearly. And so in “The Star,” we get to witness the Nativity through the eyes of a little donkey named Bo (Steven Yeun), and the friends he meets along the way as he helps Mary (Gina Rodriguez) and Joseph (Zachary …
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Posted on November 13, 2017 at 5:26 pm
R.J. Palacio’s book Wonder is more than a best-seller — it is a movement. Middle-schoolers and their families love the story of Auggie, a 10-year-old with facial deformity who for the first time attends school in 5th grade. It is not a story about triumphing over disability; Auggie has more than triumphed when the movie …
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Posted on November 11, 2017 at 6:00 am
Win a copy of “Jonah: The Musical” on DVD! This is the adventure of a man who ends up in the belly of a giant fish and has to find his way home, with some lessons about forgiveness, grace, and mercy. Send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com with Jonah in the subject line and tell me …
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