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Posted on May 5, 2016 at 5:18 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for brief drug content |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense family confrontations |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
May 6, 2016 |
No one matters more to us than Mom and there is no one we can at the same time want everything and nothing from. We need their unconditional love and approval. We need them to always be glad to see us, always comfort us when we hurt. But we also need to feel that we …
Continue reading “Mothers and Daughters”
Posted on May 5, 2016 at 3:20 pm
Posted on May 5, 2016 at 9:36 am
Many thanks to my friend John Hanlon for including me in his round-up of some of the harshest reviews of the awful “Mother’s Day.”
Posted on May 4, 2016 at 8:00 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for extended sequences of violence, action and mayhem |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended superhero/action violence with chases, crashes, and explosions, characters injured and killed. |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
May 6, 2016 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
September 13, 2016 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B01D9EUNB4 |
The most important element of any superhero movie is the villain. He (or she) has to pose a credible threat to humanity and challenge particular strengths and vulnerabilities of someone with extraordinary powers. In “Captain America: Winter Soldier” there was a paranoiac Pogo-esque “we have met the enemy and he is us” theme that is …
Continue reading “Captain America: Civil War”
Posted on May 4, 2016 at 3:55 pm
The Smithsonian has paid tribute to Star Trek, one of the most beloved and influential television series of all time with an excerpt from a series a series of oral history interviews conducted over 30 years. The first volume of the oral history, will be published next month: The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized …
Continue reading “Star Trek: An Oral History”
