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Posted on November 6, 2017 at 10:29 pm
What happened to the missing movie reviews? The LA Times did not have a review for one of the biggest movies of the year, “Thor: Ragnarock.” And in the same week, moviegoers saw something unusual on Rotten Tomatoes when they searched for a review of “Bad Moms Christmas.” For a day after tickets were available …
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Posted on November 3, 2017 at 8:00 am
“Lady Bird” stars “Brooklyn’s” Saoirse Ronan as high school senior in 2008, with Laurie Metcalf and Tracy Letts as her parents. Writer/director Greta Gerwig tells the story in pointillist fashion, small incidents along the way illuminating the jubilant dreams, crushing fears, and struggles with parents, friends, and teachers she must navigate as she gets ready …
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Posted on November 2, 2017 at 10:14 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief suggestive material |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and drunkenness |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended comic book fantasy peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 3, 2017 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
March 5, 2018 |
New Zealand director Taika Waititi is exactly what Marvel/Disney needed, a true fanboy who loves superheroes because they are fun. Away with you, brooding and tortured comic book characters! What we want to see is a superhero who gets messed with, some colorful characters, a fascinatingly deranged villain, some thrilling action and slamming special effects, …
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Posted on November 2, 2017 at 6:00 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for crude sexual content and language throughout, and some drug use |
| Profanity: |
Very strong, explicit, and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Very explicit and crude sexual references, some nudity, sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, drunkenness, substance abuse humor, drinking to deal with stress, drinking as a bonding experience, drugs, |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
Mild racism portrayed as humorous |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 3, 2017 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
February 5, 2018 |
If you think these things are hilarious, then “A Bad Moms Christmas” is your movie: 1. A young child repeatedly saying the words that go with OMFG, which she explains she heard when her daddy and his girlfriend were yelling at each other in the bedroom, and the girlfriend punched through the wall and they …
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Posted on November 1, 2017 at 12:04 pm
Rob Reiner’s new movie, “LBJ,” stars Woody Harrelson as Lyndon Johnson, focusing on the months between the tragedy of the 1963 Kennedy assassination, which catapulted him into the Presidency, and the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act in 1964. The film opens in theaters November 3, 2017 and it is an illuminating and warmly …
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