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Posted on November 18, 2021 at 5:00 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for violence, strong language, a sexual reference and brief drug references. |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, some crude and predatory |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drug references, alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some violence including a drive-by shooting and assaults |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
November 17, 2021 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
February 7, 2022 |
The first thing you need to know about “King Richard” is that it was produced by three of the daughters of the title character, Richard Williams, and it is an unabashed love letter to their father. And two of those daughters are tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams. Richard Williams has been a controversial character. …
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Posted on November 17, 2021 at 10:39 am
Pixar perfectly captured the inner life of a pre-teen in delightfully concrete form, making characters of the emotions fear, disgust, joy, and sadness in the brilliant Oscar-winner “Inside Out.” This trailer for its spring 2022 film “Turning Red” looks like a variation on that theme, with a confident, capable young girl finding her newly stronger …
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Posted on November 11, 2021 at 5:53 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-3 for strong language and some violence |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Peril and violence, mobs, sad death of a family member |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
September 1, 2021 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
February 28, 2022 |
“Buddy! Buddy!” A boy is outside playing with his friends when he hears his mother is calling him home for dinner. He does not think anything of it except perhaps that it’s too bad the game has to stop or that he is hungry, but it is the kind of moment he will look back …
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Posted on November 11, 2021 at 6:00 am
Veterans Day is a time for us to pay our respects to those who have served. This holiday started as a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who died in our country’s service and was originally called Armistice Day. It fell on Nov. 11 because that is the anniversary of the signing of …
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Posted on November 10, 2021 at 6:00 am
In honor of Veteran’s Day, John Holway’s extraordinary book, Bloody Ground: Black Rifles in Korea is free from November 10-12. (It’s also available on paperback for $18). In Bloody Ground, Black soldiers tell their own stories about fighting in the Korean War. Korea is “the forgotten war.” But to those who fought in it, it …
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