Posted on May 26, 2023 at 8:46 am
Memorial Day is more than the beginning of summer; it is a day to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. I hope you can take some time over the weekend to think of those we have lost. Some movies to pay your respects: The Outpost was on my top ten list for 2020, a …
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Posted on May 25, 2023 at 5:32 pm
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for Language, suggestive material, partial nudity |
| Profanity: | Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Comic nudity (bare tush) |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Social drinking, references to drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Comic peril and violence, pet killed and eaten |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 26, 2023 |
| Date Released to DVD: | July 31, 2023 |
Sebastian Maniscalco’s stand-up routines about his immigrant father are very funny. The transition to a narrative feature for “About My Father” is mildly amusing, with all of the highlights in the trailer. What you have not seen already seems like filler, mostly exposition and a tacked on “meet the parents,” “aren’t our cultural differences a …
Posted on May 25, 2023 at 8:00 am
Lots of great movies coming our way! Of course the usual blockbusters and sequels and a new Pixar, and, as always, what I am most looking forward to is being surprised by some new director or star or filmmaker I don’t know now but will soon be unable to imagine the world without. Some highlights …
Posted on May 23, 2023 at 2:38 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | 4th - 6th Grade |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Kiss |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Scary monster, characters in peril, tense situations |
| Diversity Issues: | A metaphorical theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 26, 2023 |
Disney’s live-action remake of the classic animated film that was a turning point marking the revitalization of Disney’s legendary animation division invites us to once again, be part of the world of mermaid Ariel (pop duet singer Halle Bailey) and Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King). As in the original film, the couple at the center are …
Posted on May 18, 2023 at 5:10 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, action, language, and some suggestive material |
| Profanity: | Strong language, including a child using the s-word |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Some suggestive material, some revealing clothes |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol and brief humorous drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended action, peril, and violence, some disturbing and grisly images, very sad death of a major character |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | May 19, 2023 |
| Date Released to DVD: | August 7, 2023 |
I’d love to talk to the person whose job is Googling or visiting some of the world’s iconic locations and then imagining how they can be trashed with car chases and explosions. Ten movies in (with apparently at least two more to go), the “Fast and Furious” series that began with a comparatively modest story …
