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Posted on June 2, 2022 at 1:37 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for strong sexual content, drug use, strong nudity, language throughout |
| Profanity: |
Constant very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Very explicit nudity and sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol and drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and confrontations |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 3, 2022 |
Like a bride, “Fire Island” has something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. What’s old is the most durable of movie storylines, the romantic comedy. Borrowed: the inspiration for the storyline, the ur-narrative of the romantic comedy, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Something new: populating the story of attraction, misunderstandings, vulnerability, and romance …
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Posted on May 19, 2022 at 5:27 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for some suggestive references, language and thematic elements. |
| Profanity: |
Mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some references to affairs |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Sad death |
| Diversity Issues: |
Class issues |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
May 20, 2022 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
July 4, 2022 |
If the producers of “Downton Abbey” have become so fond of their characters after six seasons on television and a feature film that they can reunite them only for the most enticingly charming of storylines, well, that is fine with me and likely to be fine with the many, many fans who love to watch …
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Posted on May 17, 2022 at 8:00 am
The 1931 James Whale film about Dr. Frankenstein’s re-animated monster still thrills us today. In It’s Alive, a new novel with a title taken from one of the film’s most memorable lines, author Julian David Stone takes us behind the scenes as producer Carl Laemmle, Jr. struggles, negotiates, manipulates, and promises to get the film …
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Posted on May 16, 2022 at 8:00 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action and some strong languag |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol, scenes in bar |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended intense military peril and action |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
May 24, 2022 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
November 1, 2022 |
I’m happy to report that “Top Gun: Maverick” is everything a fan could hope for. It is exciting, it is endearing, it just about blows kisses at the fans, and it is guaranteed to make many new ones. You want to start right off with Kenny Loggins singing about the danger zone! You’ve got it. …
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Posted on May 9, 2022 at 8:09 am
Sixty-one years ago today, on May 9, 1961, my dad, the 35-year-old Chairman of the FCC, Newton Minow, made three significant appearances. In Washington, he gave his famous “vast wasteland” speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, telling them that while “when television is good, nothing is better,” he expected them to do more to …
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