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Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Posted on July 28, 2026 at 4:43 pm

B +
Lowest Recommended Age: Middle School
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for sequences of action/violence and some language
Profanity: Some strong language
Nudity/ Sex: None
Alcohol/ Drugs: None
Violence/ Scariness: Extended comic book action and violence, characters injured and reference to sad deaths
Diversity Issues: Diverse characters
Date Released to Theaters: July 31, 2026

We’ve been warned even more than ususal not to allow any spoilers in our reviews, so this is the best I can do while leaving the best surprises in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” for you to discover. I can remind you that in the last episode, “No Way Home” Peter’s beloved Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) …

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Posted on July 15, 2026 at 12:00 pm

B +
Lowest Recommended Age: High School
Profanity: Some strong language
Nudity/ Sex: Sexual situations and references, brief nudity
Alcohol/ Drugs: Memory-erasing flowers, wine
Violence/ Scariness: Extenseive war-time peril and violence, monsters, many characters injured and killed, graphic and disturbing images
Diversity Issues: None
Date Released to Theaters: July 17, 2026

One of the foundational stories of the Western canon has a grand, sweeping, meticulously diligent new version in writer/director Christopher Nolan’s epic film, bristling with Oscar-winning talent and impressive seriousness of purpose. It is, with a few significant exceptions, true to Homer’s story dating back to 700-800 BC. But there are also vestigial reflections of …

FREE for Independence Day Weekend! Book About a French Soldier in the Revolutionary War

FREE for Independence Day Weekend! Book About a French Soldier in the Revolutionary War

Posted on July 3, 2026 at 8:33 am

A French Officer in the American Revolution is the thrilling story of a dashing and courageous French soldier who joined the Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington to fight in the American Revolutionary War. It is based on meticulous research and the journals of François-Louis de Ménonville, written by his direct descendant as if it was …