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Posted on March 24, 2022 at 5:49 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for violence and some bloody images, suggestive material, partial nudity and language |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, non-sexual nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended peril and violence, leeches, chases, explosions, guns, many characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 25, 2022 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
July 25, 2022 |
Let’s get the obvious question out of the way first thing. Yes, “The Lost City” is a lot like “Romancing the Stone,” the 1984 action/comedy/romance movie starring Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, and Danny DeVito. Both movies are opposites-don’t-attract-and-then-do stories about shy, bookish-but-beautiful stay-at-home romance novelists who end up on wild jungle adventures with handsome men …
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Posted on March 17, 2022 at 12:46 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for some bloody violence, and language throughout |
| Profanity: |
Pervasive strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Crime-related peril and violence, characters injured and killed, guns, knives fire, disturbing graphic images |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 18, 2022 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
May 2, 2022 |
The title of “The Outfit” has a double meaning, like most of the other details in the movie. It refers to the occupation of Leonard (Mark Rylance), who makes bespoke men’s suits in post WWII Chicago. His store, with a workshop in the back, is where the entire film takes place. Don’t call Leonard a …
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Posted on March 17, 2022 at 12:30 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol, vaping marijuana |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense confrontations, oblique reference to suicide |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 18, 2022 |
Newcomer Joey Ally takes on the challenge of writing, directing, and starring in her first film, “The Hater,” the story of a far-left political speechwriter who ends up running in a Republican primary in her a right-wing community. She is better as a writer than a director and better as a director than an actor, …
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Posted on March 3, 2022 at 5:25 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for thematic material, suggestive content and language |
| Profanity: |
Schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
References to puberty |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Fantasy violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
March 4, 2022 |
Maybe think of this as “Outside In.” Pixar’s latest is like a bookend to one of its all-time best, “Inside Out.” That was a brilliant exploration of the inner life of a girl as she is beginning to feel the conflicted, intensified emotions of the middle school years, by creating characters representing her inner feelings …
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Posted on February 17, 2022 at 5:28 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for violence/action and language |
| Profanity: |
Strong language, several s-words |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol, scenes in a bar |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended action/video-game style violence, many characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
February 18, 2022 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
May 9, 2022 |
“Uncharted” is most likely exactly as good as you hope it will be, and I say that as someone who hoped it was going to be a chases and stunts movie that was fun to watch. It achieves the primary goal of based-on-a-video-game movies, which is that the non-stunts parts like storyline and character don’t …
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