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Posted on July 31, 2015 at 3:05 pm
“Vacation” is a gross, dumb disappointment. If you want to see Ed Helms in a much better raunchy comedy, try the neglected gem Cedar Rapids. Helms plays a mild-mannered, small town insurance guy who is tapped at the last minute to go to the “big city” trade conference in Cedar Rapids, where he is exposed …
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Posted on July 31, 2015 at 8:00 am
DC Super Heroes Origami: 46 Folding Projects for Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and More! is filled with great craft projects that incorporate some sneaky math lessons into origami versions of iconic superheroes.
Posted on July 30, 2015 at 5:54 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, and brief partial nudity |
| Profanity: |
Mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief partial nudity |
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None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Constant action-style violence, guns, chases, explosions, knives |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 31, 2015 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
December 14, 2015 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B012XYP82U |
You think you’ve seen it before? Well, it is a familiar situation. Hitchcock had an assassin waiting in a concert hall for the right moment to shoot and our hero trying to stop it — twice, in the original “Man Who Knew Too Much” and the endlessly repeating “Que Sera Sera” remake. There was something …
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Posted on July 30, 2015 at 5:23 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not rated |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, homophobic slur |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Archival footage of 1968 protests |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 31, 2015 |
Once upon a time, network television news was dignified, objective, and delivered in stentorian, voice-of-God tones by white, vaguely Protestant men, in half-hour increments at the dinner hour. And then, in 1968, third-ranked network ABC, unable to compete with CBS and NBC in gavel-to-gavel coverage of the political conventions delivered by universally respected news teams, …
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Posted on July 30, 2015 at 4:57 pm
Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism is now a film starring Dominic Monaghan (“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”), Lesley Manville (“Maleficent”), Emily Watson (“The Theory of Everything”) and Joan Collins (ABC’s “Dynasty”) and Raffey Cassidy, the breakthrough star of “Tomorrowland.” It will be available in theaters, on VOD, and iTunes …
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