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Posted on March 30, 2023 at 5:22 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some language, fantasy action, and violence |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended fantasy action and violence, characters injured and killed, sad death of a parent |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 31, 2023 |
Hey, if the game is as fun as this movie, get me some 20-sided dice. “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” is an ebullient mix of fantasy, action, and comedy with a terrific cast, thrilling stunts and genuinely fantastic special effects. We meet two of our heroes in prison (the dungeon part of the story). …
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Posted on March 19, 2023 at 4:23 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language and violence |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended and very graphic peril and violence, many characters injured and killed, disturbing and gory images |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 24, 2023 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
June 12, 2023 |
I will begin with a quote from another Keanu Reeves movie: “Whoa.” “John Wick: Chapter 4,” almost twice as long as the original, is, like its three predecessors, non-stop action with just enough story and character to establish the stakes. And endless style. As important as the stunts, and reminder, this series was conceived by …
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Posted on March 16, 2023 at 9:28 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for sequences of action, language, violence |
| Profanity: |
Some schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Teen kiss |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended action-style fantasy/superhero peril and violence, teacher killed, continuous peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 17, 2023 |
I loved the first “Shazam” movie because it was — and this is a term you don’t hear often in connection with comic book movies — endearing. Asher Angel winningly played the young Billy Watson, searching for his lost mother and running away or being kicked out of a series of foster homes until he …
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Posted on March 16, 2023 at 5:50 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language |
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are back for the second time in two months, following “80 for Brady,” and if there is ever a Jane and Lily movie-of-the-month club I will be the first to sign up. The screenplay of “Moving On” is not up to their level, but hardly anything is. Despite the unevenness …
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Posted on March 9, 2023 at 5:30 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Champions is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for strong language and crude/sexual references |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language for a PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, some crude and non-explicit situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and drunkenness |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 10, 2023 |
I have always been impressed by the commitment of the writer/director Farrelly brothers to including performers with disabilities in their movies — and for giving their characters great roles, sometimes funny or raunchy but never treated with anything but respect. Those who skip the credits at the end of “Stuck on You” will miss a …
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