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Posted on December 24, 2014 at 5:55 pm
This is not a Disney movie. Oh, well, yes, it is a Disney movie in the sense that it is produced by Disney, which is the only possible explanation for the PG rating (and the slightly sweetened storyline), but this is not the happily ever after fairy tale story time we are used to from …
Continue reading “Into the Woods”
Posted on December 24, 2014 at 5:49 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and for brief language |
| Profanity: |
Some strong and offensive/abusive language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense wartime peril and violence, characters injured, abused, and killed, some disturbing images, parent strikes a child with a belt |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
December 25, 2014 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
March 23, 2015 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B00HLTDC9O |
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie breaks into the top ranks of American directors with “Unbroken,” showing an exceptional understanding not just of actors, but of tone, scale, and letting the camera tell the story. Working with the magnificent cinematography of Roger Deakins (“True Grit,” “Skyfall”), she adopts a classical style well-suited to the WWII setting, but …
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Posted on December 24, 2014 at 5:14 pm
In Woody Allen’s 1973 film “Sleeper,” set in a decadent future, Diane Keaton plays a superficial socialite who tries to think of the highest compliment she can give to an amateurish painting. “Oh, it’s Keane! It’s pure Keane!” she exclaims. Audiences of that time would recognize that reference to Walter Keane, responsible for the wildly …
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Posted on December 24, 2014 at 3:26 pm
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