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Posted on September 1, 2022 at 5:21 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language and some sexual content |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references including sexual abuse and predatory behavior of young people |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense emotional confrontations, some shoving |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
September 2, 2022 |
“Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul” is a rare satire with some sympathy for its characters. We first see Trinitie Childs (co-producer Regina Hall) sitting in a pew, alone in a huge mega-church, talking to someone off-camera.It is instantly clear that Trinitie is used to performing for an audience, but that she is uncomfortable and …
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Posted on August 25, 2022 at 5:44 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for some sexual content, graphic nudity, and brief violence |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and drunkenness |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 26, 2022 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
November 14, 2022 |
Like most children, I was fascinated by the power of wishes, and by the fairy tales where wishes never seemed to end with happily ever after. I was fond of a poem by Annette Wynne called “I Keep Three Wishes Ready,” which sensibly advised the readers to think ahead of time of what wishes we …
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Posted on August 23, 2022 at 9:19 am
If full-time workers are below the poverty line, then the welfare recipient is the corporation. I’m looking forward to this film from Abigail Disney about the way the company that creates magic for its audience treats its employees like the stepmother treated Cinderella.
Posted on August 18, 2022 at 5:25 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Very explicit sexual situations, nudity, group sex |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense peril, characters injured, some graphic images |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 19, 2022 |
Director Jeff Baena is developing something of a repertory company and something of a genre all his own that could be called “high concept deranged farce.” He co-wrote one of my favorite films, “I Heart Huckabee’s,” a story about a department store, some environmental activists, complex existential philosophical concepts that was hilarious and bracingly smart. …
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Posted on August 12, 2022 at 12:01 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for some thematic elements and rude humor |
| Profanity: |
Some schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kissing |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 12, 2022 |
There’s lyric in a song in the lively and tuneful “13 the Musical” that the main character and his mother sing together that pretty much sums up the most stressful parts of life. And there’s nothing more stressful in life than middle school. The mother and son sing ruefully, “It would be funny if it …
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