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Posted on October 12, 2017 at 5:53 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for thematic elements, some bullying, war images and brief language |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Childbirth scene (non-explicit) |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Wartime violence, post-traumatic stress |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
October 13, 2017 |
This telling of the story behind the creation of some of the world’s most beloved books for children is sincere and well-intentioned but what Pooh might call a bit of a muddle. The movie is not at all clear about whose perspective it is giving us or what story it is trying to tell. Author …
Continue reading “Goodbye Christopher Robin”
Posted on October 12, 2017 at 5:25 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, accusations of rape |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Allegations of rape and attempted murder, fights and beatings, gun |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
October 13, 2017 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
January 8, 2018 |
“It’s a real life Bigger Thomas,” says a character describing the new case assigned to a young lawyer named Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman). Bigger Thomas was the young black protagonist who could not escape the fundamental racism of American society in Richard Wright’s novel, Native Son, accused of rape and murder. In this real-life case, …
Continue reading “Marshall”
Posted on October 12, 2017 at 5:21 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for violence, language and some sexual material |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, sex used to obtain information and access |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended, graphic, intense violence including terrorist bombings, guns, fighting, disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
October 13, 2017 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
January 8, 2018 |
“The Foreigner” is in a genre I refer to as “Who is that chef?” movies. An actor with martial arts skills plays a role that has everyone else in the film saying, “Wait, how come that seemingly ordinary and unprepossessing guy has such mad special ops abilities?” It’s a bit like superhero movies, where mild-mannered …
Continue reading “The Foreigner”
Posted on October 5, 2017 at 5:48 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for a scene of sexuality, peril, injury images, and brief strong language |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Nudity, sexual situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended peril, plane crash, animal attack, characters injured and killed, disturbing scenes |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
October 6, 2017 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
December 26, 2017 |
A surgeon named Ben (Idris Elba) and a photojournalist named Alex (Kate Winslet) have to find their way home after a charter plane crashes in the Colorado Rockies. Both of them were stuck at the airport after their flight to Denver was cancelled and both had an urgent need to get to their destinations as …
Continue reading “The Mountain Between Us”
Posted on October 4, 2017 at 9:04 pm
Put your hair in a scrunchy, grab your Lisa Frank stickers, and zoom back to the TGIF ‘90’s as Hulu brings back the whole line-up: more than 800 episodes of Full House, Family Matters, Step by Step, Perfect Strangers, and Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper. The kids who grew up with these shows can now watch …
Continue reading “HULU Brings Back TGIF Family Television #TGIHULU”
