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Posted on January 19, 2023 at 6:00 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Wine, teenage drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
References to domestic abuse |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
January 20, 2023 |
Jesse Eisenberg’s first feature film as writer and director is reminiscent of his breakthrough performance in Noah Baumbach’s “The Squid and the Whale.” They are both stories of teenagers beginning to understand themselves and their parents a little better through some of the inevitable painful discoveries of adolescence. “Stranger Things’” Finn Wolfhard plays Ziggy, a …
Continue reading “When You Finish Saving the World”
Posted on January 19, 2023 at 4:31 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for teen drinking, some strong violence, language, and thematic material |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Teen drinking and drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense peril and violence, domestic abuse, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
January 20, 2023 |
I promise, the only spoiler in this review is an answer to the question: Was the very clever 2018 missing girl mystery “Searching,” almost entirely told on the computer screen of a father trying to find his teenage daughter, just a stunt, or does it open up a new kind of storytelling? We’re told that …
Continue reading “Missing”
Posted on January 11, 2023 at 3:21 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R language and violence |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
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None |
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Constant, intense peril and violence, knives, sledgehammer, military guns and bazookas, fistfights, |
When an action movie is simply called “Plane,” you know they’re going to get right to it and keep going. Stepping into the spot usually reserved for Liam Neeson each January, with a tiny touch of Stephen Segal in “Under Siege” and Nicolas Cage in “Con Air.” Gerard Butler plays Brodie Torrance, a Scottish commercial …
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Posted on January 5, 2023 at 6:21 pm
As a long-time member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, I am proud to announce this year’s awards. AWFJ Best Of Awards (These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.) Best Film “The Banshees of Inisherin” Best Director Sarah Polley – “Women Talking Best Screenplay, Original “The Banshees of Inisherin”– Martin …
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Posted on December 31, 2022 at 8:00 am
Happy New Year! Lots of great movies to look forward to in 2023. As usual, we have more information about big blockbusters that have been in the works for a while than about smaller films that may still be in production. I always look forward to seeing more from my old favorites, but as I …
Continue reading “Happy 2023! These Movies Are Coming!”
