Posted on December 1, 2023 at 1:00 am
December is a time for families and celebrating and time off from school and work. It is also a time that the movie studios like to release films they hope will win Oscars and other awards. So there will be great movies in theaters and on streaming for families to share over the holidays. Here’s …
Posted on November 30, 2023 at 5:32 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | 4th - 6th Grade |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for language throughout and some suggestive references |
| Profanity: | Some schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Mild references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Comic/fantasy peril |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: | December 1, 2023 |
Chris (Eddie Murphy) loves Christmas so much his children are named Nick (Thaddeus J. Mixson), Joy (Genneya Walton), and Holly (Madison Thomas). Possibly, it’s not a coincidence that his wife is named Carol (Tracee Ellis Ross). The family lives in the Southern California town of El Segundo, on a street called Candy Cane Lane that …
Posted on November 21, 2023 at 5:40 pm
A-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for thematic elements and mild action |
| Profanity: | NOne |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Fantasy-style peril and some violence |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: | November 22, 2023 |
The animators at Disney, now celebrating their 100th anniversary, have had a lot of time to think about wishing. From Disney’s first feature film, “Snow White,” which had a heroine warbling about the day her prince would come to their second feature film, with the greatest wishing song of all time, the one we still …
Posted on November 20, 2023 at 9:07 am
There are some great Thanksgiving movies for adults. And here are some for the whole family to share. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving This is the one with the famous episode about Charlie Brown trying to kick the football Lucy keeps snatching away from him. And Peppermint Patty invites herself to Charlie Brown’s house for Thanksgiving …
Posted on November 20, 2023 at 7:06 am
C| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for strong violence, some grisly images, sexual content and brief language |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Explicit sex scenes and sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Very graphic and disturbing images in scenes of battle |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | November 22, 2023 |
Napoleon Bonaparte is one of history’s most consequential figures but you will not understand him or his influence any better after watching Ridley Scott’s almost-three-hour epic. Joaquin Phoenix plays the general-turned emperor-turned exile-turned emperor again and then again turned exile, and Vanessa Kirby plays his wife, Josephine, to whom he wrote sizzling love letters, some …
