Posted on July 24, 2015 at 3:46 pm
The American Film Institute has its top 100 list and the Library of Congress has its National Film Registry. But how do movie critics around the world see our films? The BBC prepared a list of the 100 greatest American films, based on the selections of international movie critics. Of course there is a lot …
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Posted on July 24, 2015 at 11:23 am
My friend and fellow critic Michael Mirasol has shared another of his brilliantly edited supercuts of movie moments, and this is one of his best. There’s nothing the movies do better than chases!
Posted on July 23, 2015 at 9:55 pm
Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart and Sofia Carson star as the teenage sons and daughters of Disney’s most infamous villains in Disney’s “Descendants,” a live-action movie premiering July 31, 2015 on the Disney Channel.
Posted on July 23, 2015 at 5:58 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language throughout, and some violence |
| Profanity: | Constant very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references and non-explicit situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking, drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Intense boxing scenes with disturbing images, gun violence, murder, suicidal behavior, child removed from her family |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: | July 25, 2105 |
| Date Released to DVD: | October 26, 2015 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B012BPM536 |
Didactic and unabashedly manipulative, “Southpaw” borrows from almost every boxing movie ever made. It telegraphs every development and then, in case we missed it, tells us what just happened. The dialogue is purplish and melodramatic. The filmmaking is self-consciously arty, with shadows and reflections — or smoke and mirrors. The storyline is so soapy it …
Posted on July 23, 2015 at 5:37 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for some language, drinking, sexuality and partial nudity -- all involving teens |
| Profanity: | Some strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references, some very crude, some sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Teen drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Dead body, references to suicide, some bullying and peril |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | July 25, 2015 |
Everyone has one. That unobtainable dream we longed for when we were first learning what it felt like to be in love. For most of us, these impossible-to-attain objects of our desire are like training wheels to keep us from wobbling as we begin to understand our feelings. Like the Garth Brooks song, “Unanswered Prayers,” …
