Posted on October 9, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Robert Downey Jr. gives his best performance since “Chaplin” in “The Judge,” an absorbing story of family, redemption and home. Downey co-produced and stars as Hank Palmer, a Chicago criminal defense attorney known for doing whatever it takes to get his clients a “not guilty” verdict. Hank relies on his two strengths and his belief …
Posted on October 9, 2014 at 5:59 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language and drug content |
| Profanity: | Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Some scanty clothes, references to infidelity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking, including teen drinking, drug dealing |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Gangster-style violence, sad death, suicide |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: | October 10, 2014 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B00KSPL01K |
Sometimes an honest, crusading, investigative reporter uncovers corruption and deceit and the result is triumph, a Pulitzer Prize, humiliating resignations and criminal convictions of the guilty and an Oscar-winning movie starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. And sometimes, instead, the result is killing the messenger. Gary Webb was a passionate, dedicated journalist at the San …
Posted on October 9, 2014 at 5:50 pm
We’ve all had them. Some days, nothing goes right. The classic children’s book from Judith Viorst is about a little boy who wakes up with gum in his hair to a day that includes a dentist appointment, kissing on television, and losing his favorite marble down the bathtub drain has inspired a sweet and gently …
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Posted on October 9, 2014 at 4:42 pm
In a sad case of life imitating art, Robert Downey, Jr., lost his mother just before the release of “The Judge,” in which he plays a brash lawyer who must return home for his mother’s funeral. Downey’s tribute to his mother is heartfelt, devoted, honest, and deeply touching. As promotion for “The Judge” kicks off …
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Posted on October 9, 2014 at 3:21 pm
