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Posted on March 31, 2016 at 5:58 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some violence and action |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Peril and violence including guns, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
April 1, 2016 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
June 20, 2016 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B01F5ZY4G0 |
What would happen if someone appeared with strange special powers? What if the person with special powers was an eight year old boy? Would a religious group consider him an angel or maybe a savior? Would the government consider him a threat? How would his parents protect him and teach him what he needed to …
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Posted on March 31, 2016 at 5:10 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Preschool |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language throughout, sexual content, drug use and some nudity |
| Profanity: |
Constant very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Many sexual references, some crude, and some sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
April 1, 2016 |
“Everybody Wants Some!!,” the “spiritual sequel” to Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, is so much fun that it is easy to overlook how sweet it is and how smart it is. Those who are hoping for the same combination of slightly smug nostalgia, outrageous partying, smart, self-aware characters including at least one who is older …
Continue reading “Everybody Wants Some!!”
Posted on March 31, 2016 at 8:00 am
The attractive young cast of Richard Linklater’s new film, “Everybody Wants Some!!” includes two actors who come from Hollywood families. Wyatt Russell, best known for “22 Jump Street,” plays a transfer student. He is the son of Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. And Zoey Deutch, who plays a drama student, is the daughter of Lea …
Continue reading “The Movie-Making Families of Two Stars of “Everybody Wants Some!!””
Posted on March 31, 2016 at 8:00 am
This week, in honor of Women’s History Month, on rogerebert.com women critics write about film. One featured essay is my appreciation of Nora Ephron, which notes that “Nora Ephron has been portrayed on screen by Diane Keaton, Sandra Dee, Meryl Streep, and Streep’s daughter, Grace Gummer. And that’s just the characters based on her life; …
Continue reading “Rogerebert.com’s Women’s History Month Tribute”
Posted on March 30, 2016 at 2:49 pm
Thanks very much to Chris Brake for inviting me on his show! It was a lot of fun. Here’s what he said about our conversation. Movie Mom talks Nora Ephron, the WFOD Hollywood Fantasy League, why Batman vs Superman and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 are bad Fantasy League picks, Movie Mom’s 3 reasons …
Continue reading “Movie Mom on the Chris Brake Show!”
