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Posted on June 13, 2014 at 10:16 pm
Writer/director M. Knight Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable,” “The Last Airbender,” “After Earth”), appeared at the National Press Club this week to talk about his side project, an intensive assessment of American schools and proposals for reform, as described in his book, I Got Schooled: The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned …
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Posted on June 13, 2014 at 7:00 am
Writer/director Dean DeBlois is one of my favorite people to interview and it was delightful to talk to him about the wonderful “How to Train Your Dragon 2.” Just give me the basics just to set the stage. Tell me how much time has gone by since the first film and where we start off. …
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Posted on June 13, 2014 at 5:00 am
In honor of Father’s Day, my eBook, 50 Must-See Movies: Fathers is FREE through Monday, June 16, 2014. What do “Wall Street” and the “Star Wars” saga and, seemingly, about half the movies ever made have in common? They are about fathers. In “Wall Street,” Charlie Sheen plays the ambitious Bud, who respects the integrity of …
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Posted on June 12, 2014 at 5:55 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language throughout, sexual content, drug material, brief nudity and some violence |
| Profanity: |
Constant very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Crude sexual references and humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, drunkenness, drugs and drug dealing |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic action-style law enforcement violence, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 13, 2014 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
November 18, 2014 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B00KPYT9PS |
It can be treacherous to go meta in a sequel, especially in the sequel to movie based on a television series that was already pretty meta, with a climax that included appearances by Johnny Depp and some of the other stars of the 1980’s show about young-looking undercover cops. Meta can be smart and funny …
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Posted on June 12, 2014 at 5:55 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some suggestive material and drug references |
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Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, infidelity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and drunkenness, brief references to cocaine |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense confrontations, some medical images |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
June 13, 2014 |
This utterly beguiling, comfort-food remake of the French-Canadian film La Grande Seduction is about adorable residents of an impoverished fishing harbor in Canada who come up with a plan to bring a recycling factory and all of its jobs to their town. The men in the community lost more than their jobs when the fishing industry collapsed. …
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