Posted on December 9, 2024 at 2:52 pm
The Golden Globe nominations are out! Continuing the weirdness of their line between drama and comedy/musical, somehow the body horror film “The Substance” and the not-funny and not-musical “Challengers” ended up in the comedy category this year. “Emilia Perez” and “The Brutalist” are showing up a lot as front-runners on these early awards lists. “Anora,” …
Posted on December 9, 2024 at 8:07 am
I love the Christmas classic movies and watch as many as I can every year. But there are many great Christmas films that don’t get mentioned as often and I like to remind families that these are worth making time for as well. 1. The Nativity Story This sincere and respectful story is a good …
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Posted on November 26, 2024 at 6:37 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for action/peril |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Brief crude humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Toxic darts |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended fantasy peril and violence, scary monsters |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | November 27, 2024 |
“Moana 2” is colorful and exciting, often beautiful to watch, with some catchy songs. But the storyline is overcomplicated and it does not have the heart (or the Lin-Manuel Miranda bangers) of the first film. It is episodic, with a complicated array of different places, characters, and stakes, evidence of its original version as a …
Posted on November 25, 2024 at 10:01 pm
There are some great Thanksgiving movies for adults. And here are some for the whole family to share. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving This is the one with the famous episode about Charlie Brown trying to kick the football Lucy keeps snatching away from him. And Peppermint Patty invites herself to Charlie Brown’s house for Thanksgiving …
Posted on November 21, 2024 at 12:35 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for some scary action, brief suggestive material, and thematic material |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Adultery and child fathered through an affair |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Fantasy peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | November 22, 2024 |
I feel confident that “Wicked,” this movie musical set in Oz is going to be POP-ular. It is, of course, adapted from the long-running, award-winning Broadway play, which was adapted from the book by Gregory Maguire, which was itself inspired by The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and the family classic MGM movie …
