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Posted on July 3, 2024 at 9:00 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving child abuse, some violence, language and brief suggestive material |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
References to sexual abuse of children |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
References to addiction and forcing a child to smoke and drink |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
References to child abuse, depiction of spousal abuse, offscreen gunshots |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 4, 2024 |
The members of a church in a tiny Texas town called Possum Trot (population around 700) decided they would adopt every child available for adoption in the local foster care system. Led by Bishop W.C. Martin and his wife, Donna, known as the First Lady, 22 families adopted 77 children. The story was featured in …
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Posted on July 3, 2024 at 7:40 am
“Hamilton” is LIn-Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster Broadway musical about Alexander Hamilton has the original Broadway cast. Independence Day Will Smith, Bill Pullman, and Jeff Goldblum star in one of the all-time great popcorn pleasures. Aliens attack the earth and it takes a quirky engineer, a plucky President, and a heroic military pilot to save the day. …
Continue reading “Movies for July 4 2024!”
Posted on July 2, 2024 at 7:44 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for some action sequences and some rude humor |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Fantasy/comic peril and violence, no one badly hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 3, 2024 |
The latest entry in the DCU (Despicable Cinematic Universe), which includes the Minions movies, continues the saga of the once-despicable Gru (Steve Carell) with the same level of visual invention and endearing characters, plus action that strikes a kid-friendly balance between exciting and silly. Gru is now a loving father to his three adopted daughters …
Continue reading “Despicable Me 4”
Posted on June 27, 2024 at 5:15 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Adult |
| Profanity: |
Constant very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Very explicit nudity and sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking, characters drugged for abuse |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Explicit, disturbing violence including self-mutilation, suicide, and rape, very graphic and shocking images |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 28, 2024 |
Director Yorgos Lanthimos is more interested in shock and sensation than story or character. He reunites with his “Poor Things” stars Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe and his “The Lobster,” “Dogtooth,” and “Killing of a Sacred Deer” co-screenwriter Efthymis Filippou for “Kinds of Kindness,” which is not about kindness at all but about obsession, dominance, …
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Posted on June 20, 2024 at 9:34 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for language |
| Profanity: |
Strong language for a PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 21, 2024 |
It is a joy to watch “Thelma,” inspired by the love writer/director Josh Margolin has for his own Thelma, his now-103-year-old grandmother we get a glimpse of over the closing credits. And it is a joy to watch 95-year-old June Squibb, the best thing in too many movies, in a first-time lead role, and a …
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