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Posted on August 24, 2023 at 5:57 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for crude sexual content, pervasive language and some violence |
| Profanity: |
Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit and crude sexual references, non-explicit situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Graphic violence including punching, martial arts, some disturbing images, some "comic" deaths |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 25, 2023 |
“Bottoms” is a cheerfully deranged take on the classic high school underdog story and I mean that in the nicest possible way. It’s a twisted take on the classic story of teenagers who want to have sex and be popular. Usually, that story is about boys. Almost always, it is about heterosexuals. This time, in …
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Posted on August 24, 2023 at 5:13 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for intense action and some strong language |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense sequences of car races with crashes, explosions, and fire, characters injured and an of-screen death, some disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 25, 2023 |
Imagine a Cinderella story, but instead of a fairy godmother there’s a huge multi-national corporation and instead of a glass slipper there’s a race car, and instead of a prince there’s a trophy. We do love our underdog stories, and “Gran Turismo” is a doozy because, unlike Cinderella, it is based on a true story. …
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Posted on August 22, 2023 at 3:06 pm
Each August, if we’re lucky, we get to see breakthrough talent in the August movie releases, where the indie darlings and festival hits make it to theaters. This month there are two actors making sensational appearances in two different films and I can’t wait to see more of them. Here’s a glimpse of both of …
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Posted on August 17, 2023 at 11:30 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language and brief violent content |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Suicide by gun |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 18, 2023 |
Wherever you think this is going, I can guarantee you will be surprised. Based on the book by National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson, “Landscape with Invisible Hand” is a story about the aftermath of an alien invasion of Earth, but not like one we’ve seen before. This is not about evil invaders like “War …
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Posted on August 17, 2023 at 11:28 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for pervasive language, crude and sexual content, and drug use |
| Profanity: |
Constant very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Pervasive crude sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Hallucinogen, alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence, animal and human mauled |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 18, 2023 |
“Strays” is about 90 minutes long, but if you removed every f-word and reference to genitals and their various properties and functions it would be about ten minutes long, and most of the remainder would be the characters’ mushroom-inspired hallucinations resulting in the fatal mauling of a bunny. Those characters are dogs, with the voices …
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