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Posted on October 12, 2023 at 5:24 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language |
| Profanity: |
Strong language, racial epithets |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Some alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
References to violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
October 13, 2023 |
The old lawyer’s adage is: When the facts are against you, argue the law. When the law is against you, argue the facts. When the facts and the law are against you, pound the table. Willie Gary, a sharecroppers son who became one of the most successful litigators of all time, likes to do all …
Continue reading “The Burial”
Posted on September 28, 2023 at 5:39 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for violence, some bloody images and strong language |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended action, peril, and violence, some involving a child and a pregnant woman, disturbing and grisly images, very sad death of a major character |
| Diversity Issues: |
Some concerns about racial stereotypes |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
September 29, 2023 |
“The Creator” is an apocalyptic sci-fi story about a war with AI that looks great but has a storyline that is an overlong (2 1/4 hour) mash-up of better, more thought-provoking films with more skillfully constructed world-building. I wonder how many reviews will suggest that if this is the kind of project we can expect …
Continue reading “The Creator”
Posted on September 14, 2023 at 5:15 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for pervasive language, sexual material, and drug use |
| Profanity: |
Constant very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol and brief drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
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None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
September 15, 2023 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
November 13, 2023 |
Crazy times create crazy events. There has seldom been a crazier time in the United States than the early months of the pandemic and there has seldom been a crazier series of events in the modern history of investing than the time a group of small individual investors with very little capital took on some …
Continue reading “Dumb Money”
Posted on September 1, 2023 at 4:00 pm
On Labor Day pay tribute to workers, especially those who have worked for better conditions for everyone. These movies can help us understand their challenges and their contributions. This year in particular these stories have even more resonance as the very people who make the movies, the writers and performers are on strike to oppose …
Continue reading “Movies for Labor Day Weekend 2023”
Posted on September 1, 2023 at 10:00 am
Happy fall! The season of superheroes and car chases is over, and it’s time for some of the movies we will probably see at awards time. A few films, including “Dune 2,” have been delayed due to the continuing SAG-AFTRA/WAG strike. But there is still plenty to look forward to. Here are some of the …
Continue reading “What’s Next: Movies for Fall 2023”
