Posted on January 30, 2023 at 10:38 am
The biggest surprise among the acting Oscar nominations this year was Andrea Riseborough as Best Actress. There were three reasons awards-predictors did not expect to hear her name. First, the movie she starred in, “To Leslie,” was made for under one million dollars and made about $30,000. Very few people saw it. This is the …
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Posted on January 26, 2023 at 5:33 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language throughout, some sexual material and drug content. |
| Profanity: | Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Skimpy costumes, strip club, sexual references and non-explicit situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking and drugs including cocaine |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Comic peril, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | January 27, 2023 |
Amira, a Muslim Black stylist and costume designer (Lauren London) and Ezra, a Jewish white guy with a boring job in finance who would rather be a podcaster (Jonah Hill) fall in love in “You People,” a comic contest between two equally offensive sets of parents. Her parents (Nia Long and Eddie Murphy as Fatima …
Posted on January 26, 2023 at 5:13 pm
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language and some violence/bloody images |
| Profanity: | Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Non-explicit sexual situation, sexual references, skimpy attire |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended terrorism peril and violence, guns, knives, grenades, characters injured and killed, some graphic images |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | January 27, 2023 |
Keep this in mind as you evaluate my comments — I do not even try to resist the allure of Jennifer Lopez. So if you can, you may not be willing to surrender to the ridiculousness of this action romantic comedy about a destination wedding interrupted by violent pirates. Let me put it this way: …
Posted on January 25, 2023 at 12:23 pm
What kind of song do you get for a movie starring four of the biggest stars in Hollywood: Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Rita Moreno, and Lily Tomlin? You get a song from equally brilliant Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Gloria Estefan, and Debbie Harry, written by perennial Oscar nominee Diane Warren.
Posted on January 23, 2023 at 10:00 am
Leading the pack of cinematic mongrels with 8 nominations for the 43rd Annual Razzie® Awards is Blonde, which movie-goers liked even less than critics did. Called a “biopic that’s not a biopic,” by its makers, it “explores” the exploitation of Marilyn Monroe…by continuing to exploit her posthumously. In addition to Worst Picture, it’s up for …
