Resistance movie review by Movie Review Mom

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MOVIE TITLE:    Resistance RATING:  R LENGTH:  2 hours Movie Review Mom GRADE:   B   IN A NUTSHELL: Set in World War II, this is the true story of famous pantomime performer Marcel Marceau during the French Resistance and how … Continued

Midway movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:       Midway RATING:     PG-13 LENGTH: 2 hours, 18 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE:  B+   IN A NUTSHELL: Directed by Roland Emmerich and timed perfectly for Veterans Day in America, this military drama presents an energetic … Continued

JoJo Rabbit movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:        JoJo Rabbit RATING:  PG-13   (Just because this movie is PG-13 doesn’t necessarily mean your children should watch it.) LENGTH:  1 hour, 48 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE:  B+   IN A NUTSHELL: This is a very ambitious and … Continued

The Aftermath movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:   The Aftermath (2019)              On Disc & Streaming June 25, 2019 RATING:  R  LENGTH: 1 hour, 48 minutes  Movie Review Mom GRADE:  B-   IN A NUTSHELL:  In the aftermath of World War … 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

Darkest Hour will probably win Gary Oldman an Oscar

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Movie Title:   DARKEST HOUR based on the book: Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink Grade:  A- Rating: PG-13, 2 hours 5 minutes In a Nutshell:   With a fascinating protagonist like Winston Churchill, you can hardly … Continued

Dunkirk immerses you in war from the first scene to the last

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  Movie Title:  Dunkirk Grade:  A- Rating:   PG-13, 107 minutes In a Nutshell:  I write marketing reports for movie theaters and have felt terrible for Dunkirk the past few months, because their trailers almost always elicited ZERO response from the … Continued

The Zookeeper’s Wife is a sobering true story of WWII drama and heart

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  Movie Title:  The Zookeeper’s Wife Grade: A- Rating: PG-13, although I would give this movie an R rating due to its grim nature and two glimpses of a topless woman.   126 minutes long In a Nutshell:  This sobering film … Continued

Monuments Men movie gets me Googling for more

Movie Title:  The Monuments Men Grade:  B+ PG-13, 1 hour 52 minutes In a Nutshell:  This inspiring movie is based on a true story about us all of us.  I admit that I’m curious to learn more about what really … Continued