Posted on September 16, 2016 at 8:38 am
Brett Dalton (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), Anjelah Johnson-Reyes (Bon Qui Qui), Neil Flynn (“The Middle” and “Scrubs”), WWE’s Shawn Michaels, and D.B. Sweeney (“The Cutting Edge”) star in “The Resurrection of Gavin Stone,” a faith-based film about a former child star whose court-ordered community service brings him to a church. It opens in theaters nationwide on …
Posted on September 15, 2016 at 5:51 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language and some sexuality/nudity |
| Profanity: | Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual situation, some nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Tension and peril |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | September 16, 2016 |
Who better to take on the story of Edward Snowden than cinema-of-paranoia director Oliver Stone? Well, Laura Poitras, who directed the documentary about Snowden, “Citizenfour,” and who is portrayed in this film by Melissa Leo. As is usually the case, the documentary is the better film. But Stone’s narrative version, “Snowden,” is an absorbing version …
Posted on September 15, 2016 at 5:18 pm
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Not rated |
| Profanity: | Mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Some peril |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | September 16, 2016 |
One of the most deeply moving, inspiring, and just plain thrilling experiences of my life was visiting the legendary Altamira cave, where the earliest humans created art that is stunningly beautiful. It is the earliest work we have that tells us something about the spirit, sophistication, understanding, and aesthetics of our ancestors who lived four …
Posted on September 15, 2016 at 5:15 pm
I really don’t like saying this. But Bridget Jones has the same problem as Adam Sandler and the rest of those Apatow-ish man-boys. They haven’t figured out that cluelessness and mistakes that are endearing in a 20-something are annoying and then just exhausting when they get older. Bridget, again played by Renee Zellweger though without …
Posted on September 15, 2016 at 5:01 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for thematic elements |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | References to out of wedlock pregnancies |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol and alcohol abuse, smoking, prescription drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Illness and very sad deaths |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the film |
| Date Released to Theaters: | September 16, 2016 |
| Date Released to DVD: | October 24, 2016 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B01JTQ3QTC |
Eddie Murphy gives a thoughtful, nuanced, sensitive performance in a film that suffers from a too-predictable script and suffers even more from very bad timing. Director Bruce Beresford picked the right time for the similarly themed “Driving Miss Daisy,” released in 1989, the story of a friendship between an illiterate black chauffeur and a cranky …
