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Posted on July 18, 2023 at 7:15 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for suggestive references and brief language |
| Profanity: |
One bleeped strong word |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
References to genitals |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Kens drink a lot of "brewski" |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Fantasy peril, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 21, 2023 |
I came out of the “Barbie” movie feeling better about Barbie’s world and better about mine, and I think you will, too. Greta Gerwig directed the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach, and it is utterly captivating, engaging honestly with all that is enticing and all that is troubling about the world’s most …
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Posted on July 13, 2023 at 5:53 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some strong language, suggestive material, and /drug references |
| Profanity: |
Some strong anguage |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some mild references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 14, 2023 |
“Theater Camp” is a true labor of love from people who are former theater kids. They love the children who somehow know from birth that they were born to be performers, and seem to bypass the world of Raffi, JoJo, pop, and rock but know all of the songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd …
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Posted on July 11, 2023 at 4:11 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some language and suggestive material |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended and intense peril and violence with many characters injured and killed and some graphic and disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 14, 2023 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
October 30, 2023 |
The only cumbersome element of Tom Cruise’s latest is the title: “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning: Part One.” Every other bit of its almost three-hour run time is taut, limber, and a thrill ride. Really, what more do you want to know? There’s a McMuffin, of course, Alfred Hitchcock’s term for whatever it is that …
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Posted on July 6, 2023 at 5:46 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Adult |
| Profanity: |
Extremely strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Nudity and explicit sexual situations, including a threesome |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
It’s not unusual to see a “Oh, no, they didn’t” cheerfully raunchy comedies like the “Harold and Kumar” films, and Seth Rogen’s “Superbad,” “Neighbors,” and “Pineapple Express,” but it is almost unheard of to see one with women as the lead characters (though I don’t think “The Sweetest Thing” is as bad as its reputation). …
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Posted on July 4, 2023 at 7:37 am
Independence Day Will Smith, Bill Pullman, and Jeff Goldblum star in one of the all-time great popcorn pleasures. Aliens attack the earth and it takes a quirky engineer, a plucky President, and a heroic military pilot to save the day. What does that have to do with the 4th of July? Listen to the President’s …
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