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Posted on June 23, 2016 at 5:22 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including violent content, and for some language |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drug reference |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended action-style peril and violence, some injuries |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 24, 2016 |
Writer-director Taika Waititi brings the same wild imagination and subversive wit to “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” that he did to the vampire comedy “What We Do in the Shadows.” Based on the book by New Zealand favorite Barry Crump, it is the story of “a real bad egg,” a boy named Ricky (Julian Dennison) who …
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Posted on June 23, 2016 at 3:34 pm
The new film about group who refused to fight for the Confederacy and established a free community in Civil War-era Mississippi is based on a true story. Matthew McConaughey stars as Newton Knight, a nurse in the Confederate Army who deserted because he did not want to fight for slavery or for wealthy plantation owners. …
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Posted on June 22, 2016 at 3:55 pm
Morgan Neville is the man behind some of my favorite documentaries including “20 Feet from Stardom” and “Best of Enemies.” His latest film, “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble,” is about cellist Yo-Yo Man bringing together international musicians to share their sounds and traditions in a group called The Silk …
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Posted on June 21, 2016 at 3:08 pm
Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, and Andrew Scott (“Sherlock’s” Moriarty) star in “Denial,” based on the true story of a libel lawsuit filed by Holocaust denier David Irving against Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, over her book Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory.
Posted on June 21, 2016 at 8:00 am
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the American Folklife Center and its congressional mandate to “preserve and present American folklife,” the American Folklife Center is inviting people to share photos of their own folklife traditions. Do you prepare a family recipe that goes back for generations? Do you sing, dance, tell stories, sew, quilt, craft, …
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