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Posted on May 11, 2023 at 3:14 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language throughout |
| Profanity: |
Constant very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense confrontations |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
May 12, 2023 |
We used to get movies about knights, cowboys, soldiers, usually with a lot of highly simplified clarity about the good guys and the bad guys. These were exciting in and of themselves, but they were also origin stories, those foundational, profound, and defining sagas that tell us who we are: the descendants of courageous people …
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Posted on May 11, 2023 at 8:44 am
The movies have given us warm, loving, mothers, evil, abusive mothers, even alien mothers. Some of my favorites are featured in my book, 50 Must-See Movies: Mothers, including these. The book will be free on Amazon all weekend. Claudia Before they went on to co-star in the luminous romance, “The Enchanted Cottage,” Dorothy McGuire and Robert …
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Posted on May 3, 2023 at 11:56 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for some language. |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol, drunkenness |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended sci-fi/action/comic book-style peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
May 5, 2023 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
July 31, 2023 |
I guess it makes sense. Not the movie. Not even close. But the form = content notion that “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” the third in the series, is, like its characters a mess but a lovable and entertaining mess. By now it feels like it’s our mess. So, even though I couldn’t help …
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Posted on April 27, 2023 at 5:52 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for strong language, violence, sexual material, and some partial nudity |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Character is drugged |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended martial arts action-style violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
April 28, 2023 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
June 19, 2023 |
“Polite Society” is a delicious breath of fresh air, smart, funny, exciting, and utterly delectable, expertly blended by Nida Manzoor of the equally adorable “We Are Lady Parts.” Priya Kansara plays Ria, a British teenager of Pakistani heritage who lives in London. Her parents are affectionate but worried about their daughters. Ria’s older sister Lena …
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Posted on April 27, 2023 at 5:35 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
References to puberty, curiosity about adolescence and sexuality, teen kissing |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Family stress |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters, tension over religious differences |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
April 28, 2023 |
Judy Blume revolutionized what we now call YA literature with good stories and appealing characters. Most important, though, was she told the truth, simply and openly, about subjects adults too often make it hard for kids to ask about. It is not just that kids worry about the challenges of puberty, for example. The tougher …
Continue reading “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret”
