Breakthrough movie review

posted in: Children, Drama, Religious, Teen, True story | 1

MOVIE TITLE:  Breakthrough  RATING:  PG  LENGTH:  90 minutes  Movie Review Mom GRADE:  B+   IN A NUTSHELL:  Based on a true story, Breakthrough is an uplifting movie that has been mostly dismissed as another one of those “preachy” Christian films.  … Continued

A Dog’s Journey movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:   A Dog’s Journey  RATING: PG  LENGTH: 1 hour 48 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE:  C+   IN A NUTSHELL: We just had a dog movie, right?  Yep.  That one was called A Dog’s Way Home.  This one is … Continued

The Hustle movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:   The Hustle (2019)  RATING:  PG-13.  The movie was originally rated R, but Rebel Wilson fought for a PG-13 rating, contending that it wasn’t any raunchier than a lot of other PG-13 movies.  She won the argument, which proves … Continued

Hotel Mumbai movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:  Hotel Mumbai  RATING:  R  LENGTH:  2 hours, 3 minutes  Movie Review Mom GRADE:  B     IN A NUTSHELL:  Based on the chilling true story of the 2008 attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel by a group … Continued

Little movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:  Little RATING: PG-13 LENGTH: 1 hour, 49 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE:  C+   IN A NUTSHELL:   This is kind of a reverse, African-American version of the Tom Hanks’ 1988 hit movie Big. I love that movie.  It … Continued

Tolkien movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:   TOLKIEN  RATING:  PG-13 LENGTH: 1 hour, 52 minutes  Movie Review Mom GRADE:  B   IN A NUTSHELL:  I was excited to learn more about J.R.R. Tolkien and really hoped this movie would be good.   As an author of … Continued

The Professor and the Madman movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:  The Professor and the Madman  RATING:  Not Rated (yet) LENGTH:  2 hours, 4 minutes  Movie Review Mom GRADE:  A-   IN A NUTSHELL:  Words are powerful.  This biopic is based on the book by Simon Winchester called The … Continued

Avengers Endgame movie review

MOVIE TITLE:  Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame  RATING: PG-13  LENGTH: 3 hours, 1 minute Movie Review Mom GRADE:  A  (It would be a crime to give it anything less, right?) IN A NUTSHELL:  #ThanosDemandsYourSilence has been requested by the Russo brothers, … Continued

Hellboy (2019) movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:  Hellboy RATING: R LENGTH: 2 hours Movie Review Mom GRADE:  D-     IN A NUTSHELL:  This is not a sequel, but a disappointing reboot.  I loved the first two Hellboy movies in the franchise, so I was … Continued

After movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:  After  RATING: PG-13  LENGTH: 1 hour, 46 minutes  Movie Review Mom GRADE:  C   IN A NUTSHELL:  This movie was originally a fan fiction posted on Wattpad based on members of the hugely popular boy band One Direction.  … Continued