Trailer: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Posted on May 13, 2016 at 8:03 am
Ben Fountain’s acclaimed novel about soldiers and celebrity culture, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, has now been filmed by director Ang Lee.
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Money Monster
Posted on May 12, 2016 at 5:58 pm
Director Jodie Foster, in her most ambitious project so far, shows an impressive command of the language of film and a discerning eye for the gulf between the way we like to think of ourselves and the way we are in “Money Monster,” which begins promisingly but then pulls its punches with a disappointingly conventional …
Love & Friendship
Posted on May 12, 2016 at 5:54 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rate PG for some thematic elements |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references including adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Scuffles |
| Diversity Issues: | Class issues |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 13, 2016 |
| Date Released to DVD: | September 6, 2016 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B01HE7NTX6 |
Who better to adapt Jane Austen’s epistolary novel, Lady Susan, for the screen than our finest contemporary observer of life among the “haute bourgeoisie,” Whit Stillman? A highlight of his first film was a conversation about Austen’s Mansfield Park, and his gift for epigrammatic dialog and understanding of class and money — and female protagonists …
Last Days in the Desert
Posted on May 12, 2016 at 5:45 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for some disturbing images and brief partial nudity |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Brief nudity and sexual situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Disturbing images, sad death of a parent |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 13, 2016 |
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke tell us that after he was baptized, Jesus entered the desert and spent 40 days fasting and praying. It was only when he left the desert that he was ready to take up his ministry. We do not know much of what went on, but two of the …
A Bigger Splash
Posted on May 12, 2016 at 5:23 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Adult |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for graphic nudity, some strong sexual content, language and brief drug use |
| Profanity: | Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Very explicit nudity and sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking, smoking, drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Violence including homicide |
| Diversity Issues: | Background of race and class issues |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 13, 2016 |
Where there is Eden, there is usually a serpent. In this case, it is literal and metaphoric, as Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts) and Marianne (Tilda Swinton) are blissfully happy in a lovely home with a pool on an exquisite island near Sicily. Occasionally they are confronted by local wildlife, including a couple of snakes. But mostly …