Posted on May 19, 2017 at 6:43 pm
Opening credits tell you what world you are in. Saul Bass, the all-time great, created brilliant animated opening credits for films like “Anatomy of a Murder,” “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World,” and “Psycho.” This month’s release of “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2” inspired IndieWire to ask critics about their own favorite opening …
Posted on May 19, 2017 at 1:11 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Not rated |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Peril, some characters injured, one severely |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 19, 2017 |
Israel’s biggest box-office hit of 2016, “The Women’s Balcony,” is a warm-hearted film about a close-knit Orthodox community living in blissful harmony until their synagogue literally collapses in the middle of a bar mitzvah. The rabbi’s wife is critically injured and the rabbi becomes depressed and foggy-minded. The men of the congregation are grateful when …
Posted on May 19, 2017 at 8:00 am
“Max 2: White House Hero” star Francesca Capaldi has a very extensive resume for someone born in 2004, including three seasons on the popular series “Dog with a Blog” and the voice of the little red-haired girl in “The Charlie Brown Movie.” It was a lot of fun to talk to the charming and remarkably …
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Posted on May 18, 2017 at 5:57 pm
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and brief sensuality |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Non-explicit sexual situation, kissing |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Medication |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Theme of potentially deadly illness, reference to sad death, domestic abuse |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 19, 2017 |
“Everything, Everything,” based on the novel by Nicola Yoon, is an updated fairy tale about a princess trapped in a castle and the prince who does not exactly rescue her but gives her a reason to rescue herself. It’s not an enchantment or a curse that keeps her inside. It’s an illness that means any …
Posted on May 18, 2017 at 5:15 pm
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for some rude humor |
| Profanity: | Schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Gross-out bodily function humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended comic peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 19, 2017 |
| Date Released to DVD: | August 7, 2017 |
Ah, the family car trip. Often excruciating, frequently tedious, always unforgettable. For this third in the “Wimpy Kid” movie series, based on the wildly popular books by Jeff Kinney, the story moves from the schoolyard to the highway as Greg and the Heffley family leave home for his great-grandmother’s birthday party. The kid actors from …
