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Posted on November 20, 2023 at 7:06 am
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| 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 …
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Posted on November 16, 2023 at 5:45 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for largely bloodless child death and disturbing content |
| Profanity: |
Mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some kisses |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Some alcohol, drunkenness |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended and graphic peril and violence including teens murdering teens. Characters are shot, impaled, poisoned, bitten by snakes, and hung. |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 17, 2023 |
The Hunger Games prequel is a villain origin story. The popular trilogy centered on rebel Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), in a dystopic world ruled by Coriolanus Snow (Donald Sutherland). Author Suzanne Collins was flipping channels one night and saw both sports events and news footage of the Iraq War. This inspired her idea of a …
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Posted on November 13, 2023 at 12:50 pm
I am so honored to be a voting member of the Critics Choice Documentary Awards committee, though the choices are all so outstanding it is difficult to choose between them. Last night, the awards went to many of my favorites from this year, including “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” which won best feature, best …
Continue reading ““Still,” “American Symphony,” “1619,” Ross McElwee Winners at Critics Choice Documentary Awards”
Posted on November 9, 2023 at 5:44 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some strong language and crude material |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
References to body parts |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and drunkenness |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Reference to very sad death of a child, comic vehicular injury |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 10, 2023 |
Two coaches are fired for dismal performance at the beginning of “Next Goal Wins,” the fact-based story of the worst professional soccer team in the world, based on the 2014 documentary of the same name. The team that not only never won a game but never scored a goal is on the tiny US territory …
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Posted on November 9, 2023 at 5:24 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for action violence and brief language |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended comic book/action-style violence, references to genocide |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 10, 2023 |
“The Marvels” is not your father’s superhero movie. If you don’t want to see superheroes cry or apologize, skip this one. If you’re looking for grand-scale, innovative action sequences with wow-inspiring special effects, maybe wait for “Dead Reckoning; Part 2.’ In other words, “The Marvels” is not what many ticket-buyers and comic book fans look …
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