Author: Karl Scott
Opinion
12 Years A Slave/Rated R For Sex, Nudity, Whippings, Beatings, Kidnapping and Then More Beatings.
February 19, 2014
Moviemakers trot out the subject of American slavery, and the always appalling mistreatment of one group of people by another,...
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit/Rated PG-13 for violence, sex, bad language in two languages, smoking, drug use and money laundering in two currencies.
February 12, 2014
The late Tom Clancy created the fictional character Jack Ryan, who first appeared in the 1984 novel, The Hunt for...
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The Fight For The Oscars. Contenders: Dallas Buyers Club/Rated R For Sex, Drugs, Drinking And Sick People With Self Destructive Habits. Blue Jasmine/Rated Pg-13 For Sex, Drugs, Drinking And Bad People.
February 5, 2014
The Oscar nominations have arrived. One prominent film, if for no reason other than it stars Matthew McConaughey and Jared...
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American Hustle/Rated R For Language, Sex, Nudity, Lies And Really Bad Wigs.
January 29, 2014
American Hustle is the highly touted to win lots of Oscar nominations film about conmen and conwomen. Not a “pro”...
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The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug/Rated PG-13 For Violence Including Impaling And Decapitations, Often To The Same Orcs Who Deserved It Before
January 22, 2014
Director Peter Jackson has returned with another long installment of his ongoing, never ending, here-comes-another-one, will-this-ever-end chapter in the saga...
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Big Business, The Music Box and 11 Hours of Cheap Holiday Fun/Not rated but everything herein is good for everyone.
January 15, 2014
Before they became a legendary comedy team, Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957) were already making people laugh. Prior...
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Saving Mr. Banks / Rated Pg-13 For Smoking, Drinking And Arguing. Lots And Lots Of Arguing.
January 8, 2014
Helen Lyndon Goff (1899-1996) was a well-known writer of children’s books. Under the name Pamela Lyndon Travers (P.L. Travers) she...
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire/Rated PG-13 for Violence, Garish Costuming And Some Kissing
January 1, 2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is based on part two of a trilogy of stories. Part one made enough money...
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Frozen/Rated PG For Minor Violence, Some Scary Stuff And Snow. Lots And Lots Of Snow.
December 18, 2013
Walt Disney’s latest animated feature, Frozen, is very loosely based on “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen. (Reportedly, Andersen...
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Thor: The Dark World/Rated PG-13 For Violence, Confusion Over Who Is Who, Since People Keep Turning Into Other People And Kissing, Although You Are Not Sure Who Is Kissing Whom.
December 11, 2013
Marvel Comics’ Thor is back and brawnier than ever. More and more ladies are showing up as if Jack/Leonardo DiCaprio...