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The Fabelmans

The Fabelmans

Posted on November 20, 2022 at 3:16 pm

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Lowest Recommended Age: High School
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, brief violence, some strong language, and drug use
Nudity/ Sex: Teen kissing, references to adultery
Alcohol/ Drugs: alcohol, marijuana
Violence/ Scariness: Bullies
Diversity Issues: A theme of the movie
Date Released to Theaters: November 23, 2022

A small boy is about to see his first movie, and it is 1952, so it is in a big, dark theater, on a big, bright screen. His engineer father is explaining persistence of vision, the optical/neurological factors that make us think that still pictures shown to us 22 times a second are moving. “The …

Sam & Kate

Sam & Kate

Posted on November 10, 2022 at 5:01 pm

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Lowest Recommended Age: High School
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language and drug use
Profanity: Strong language
Nudity/ Sex: Non-explicit sexual situation, crude references
Alcohol/ Drugs: Marijuana and alcohol
Violence/ Scariness: Sad death
Diversity Issues: None
Date Released to Theaters: November 11, 2022

The movie is called Sam and Kate, but it is equally about Bill and Tina. And it is about the actors who play them. Bill is played by Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman. and his son Sam is played by Hoffman’s real-life son, Jake Hoffman. Tina is played by Oscar-winner Sissy Spacek, and her daughter Kate is …

Two FREE Books for Veteran’s Day

Two FREE Books for Veteran’s Day

Posted on November 10, 2022 at 12:01 am

In honor of Veteran’s Day, Miniver Press is making two books telling veterans’ own stories, available FREE from November 10-14, 2022. John Holway’s extraordinary book, Bloody Ground: Black Rifles in Korea (also available in paperback for $18). In Bloody Ground, Black soldiers tell their own stories about fighting in the Korean War. Korea is “the …

Veterans Day Movies for Families 2022

Veterans Day Movies for Families 2022

Posted on November 9, 2022 at 8:59 am

div id=”paragraph-14976″ class=”paragraph paragraph–full-text-area paragraph–default”> Veterans Day is a time for us to pay our respects to those who have served. This holiday started as a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who died in our country’s service and was originally called Armistice Day. It fell on Nov. 11 because that is the …

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Posted on November 8, 2022 at 12:20 pm

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Lowest Recommended Age: Middle School
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, action, and some language
Profanity: Some strong language
Nudity/ Sex: None
Alcohol/ Drugs: Fantasy potion
Violence/ Scariness: Extended and intense comic-book/fantasy peril and violence, very sad deaths, characters injured and killed
Diversity Issues: A theme of the movie
Date Released to Theaters: November 11, 2022
Date Released to DVD: February 6, 2023

The sequel to “Black Panther,” like the original, begins with the death of the king. We may think we were prepared for this. We have had two years to mourn Chadwick Boseman, whose instantly iconic portrayal of the title character was powerfully dignified, courageous, dedicated to his people, and yet endearingly vulnerable. Remember how overcome …