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Posted on August 12, 2014 at 7:00 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for a mature thematic image and some sci-fi action/violence |
| Profanity: |
Some strong languge |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
References to adolescent "stirrings," kiss |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Citizens are required to take drugs to make them submissive |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Sci-fi-style apocalyptic violence, murder, peril, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 15, 2014 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
November 24, 2014 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B00MU2P0HO |
“Thank you for your childhood.” Are there any more fearsome words in literature than these? Lois Lowry’s The Giver is a Newbery Award-winning novel, a staple of middle school reading lists and book reports. It tells a dystopian story of a post-apocalypse society that is pleasantly courteous on its surface, but rigidly regimented and ruthlessly …
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Posted on August 11, 2014 at 9:24 pm
The loss of actor Robin Williams is almost unbearably wrenching. His boundless gifts could not help him battle depression so devastating that it prevented him from understanding how deeply he was loved or perhaps how deserving he was of love. Williams was a classically trained actor who studied at Juilliard. He was a gifted dramatic …
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Posted on August 11, 2014 at 3:57 pm
Along the lines of the marvelous Babies, the new documentary “I Am Eleven” introduces us to eleven-year-olds around the world, different cultures, but all on the brink of adolescence, that terrifying, amazing moment. It looks wonderful.
Posted on August 11, 2014 at 10:51 am
Richard Linklater‘s “Boyhood,” filmed over 12 years, is one of the best movies of the year and I have FIVE FREE PASSES to give away. Each admits two. Send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com with “Boyhood” in the subject line and tell me your favorite movie of this summer so far. I’ll pick five winners …
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Posted on August 11, 2014 at 8:00 am
Eight-year-old Arthur the aardvark has four adventures in this new DVD, available tomorrow, August 12, 2014. This is the perfect back-to-school treat, as Arthur and his friends find out that a candy bar may not be as appetizing as they thought, learn how to handle a big test without getting too stressed out, and work …
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