The Hunger Games

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Based on Suzanne Collins’ bestseller, “The Hunger Games” tells the captivating and truly riveting tale of a futuristic North America where a yearly reality show randomly selects 24 contestants between the ages of 12 to 18 to fight to the death.

Jennifer Lawrence delivers a strong performance as Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old who volunteers to take her younger sister’s place in the deadly competition.
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Even though the violence is toned down to keep a PG-13 rating…this movie is not for young children.

Rated PG-13
2 hr. 22 min.

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21 Jump Street

☆☆☆1/2

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Channing Tatum (“The Vow”) and the always-endearing Jonah Hill deliver the comedy in the laugh-out-loud story (co-written by Hill) of two new police academy graduates who get assigned to a special project that takes them back to high school to bring down the local drug supplier.
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One scene goes too far…and is just gross.
Keep the young ones at home.

Rated R
1 hr. 49 min.

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The Lorax

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Rich in color and fun for the young ones…“The Lorax,” based on Dr. Seuss' classic children’s book, is the environmentally themed story of the Onceler who devastated the forest and it’s creatures by cutting down all of the truffula trees in spite of the Lorax’s protests.
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Be ready for a theater full of children…this one is for them.
The “adult-crossover” isn’t as strong as expected.

Rated PG
1 hr. 34 min.

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We Need to Talk About Kevin

☆☆☆☆

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Based on Lionel Shriver's novel, “Let’s…Kevin” is a gripping psychological thriller starring Tilda Swinton in a mesmerizing performance as Eva…a mother struggling to understand and love her enigmatic son Kevin (Ezra Miller) who repeatedly says and does vicious things.
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It’s difficult to believe that family and friends didn’t eventually see what Eva saw...the sociopathic side of Kevin.

Rated R
1 hr. 52 min.

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The Flowers of War

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“The Flowers of War” tells the moving and compelling story of John Miller (Christian Bale) a mortician who finds himself in a cathedral trying to protect a group of schoolgirls and a group of courtesans while the Japanese Army invades Nanking (China’s capital city) outside of the walls of the church.

Outstanding Cinematography
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Violence (Battle Scenes and Rape)
Could use more character development.
Subtitled…over half of the movie is in Japanese and Mandarin.

Rated R
2 hr. 26 min.

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