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Posted on July 18, 2024 at 5:48 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for strong bloody violence, language, sexual content, nudity, and some drug use |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual situations, nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, drugs |
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Very sad death, reference to war |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 19, 2024 |
I never knew that the legendary Veuve Cliquot champagne was named for the woman who created it in the late 18th century. Veuve means widow. Haley Bennett, who also produced, plays Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, devastated by the death of the husband she adored when she was still in her 20s. In flashbacks (too many) throughout …
Continue reading “Widow Clicquot”
Posted on July 18, 2024 at 5:14 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for violence/action, some strong language, suggestive references, teen drinking, and a nude sculpture |
| Profanity: |
Strong language for a PG-13, f-word, s-word |
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Very explicit genitals on a male statue, references to tongue kissing and first kisses for teens, spin the bottle |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Some alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended action-style violence, chases, explosions, guns, knives, punches, near-drowning, torture, attempted murder |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 19, 2024 |
Four years ago, the original “My Spy” was a familiar but mildly entertaining story about a cute 9-year-old teaming up with a gruff fighting machine, five tours in special forces CIA field agent. I questioned at the time why a movie about a 4th grader would be rated PG-13 for violence. That is an even …
Continue reading “My Spy: Eternal City”
Posted on July 17, 2024 at 1:33 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for intense action and peril, some language and injury images |
| Profanity: |
Some strong la |
24 years ago, a cow flew across the screen and “Twister” became an instant summer movie classic. “Twister” had the magical combination of romance and action with then-state-of-the-art special effects, a human storyline just hefty enough to add urgency without disrupting the real reason we’re there (see above: flying cows), and two future Oscar-winners, Helen …
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Posted on July 11, 2024 at 12:12 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some strong language and smoking |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol and smoking |
| Diversity Issues: |
Issues of perception, expectations, and treatment of women |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 12, 2024 |
Unless you care more about historical accuracy than a rollicking good story, I think you will really enjoy this movie, one of the most purely entertaining films of the year. And some of it is even true. There are many places to get the real story of the moon landing. This has some of the …
Continue reading “Fly Me to the Moon”
Posted on July 4, 2024 at 6:10 am
Don’t miss the fireworks over the Capitol Building in Washington DC tonight on PBS! A Returning host Alfonso Ribeiro will be accompanied by an all-star lineup of broadway, pop, R&B and classical performances, with Smokey Robinson celebrating Motown’s 65th anniversary, the U.S. Army Chorus performing a Salute to American Heroes Past and Present, and The Color …
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