Posted on April 20, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Dedicated to “Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy,” this movie is both a spoof and a loving tribute to the silent classics, with good guys, bad guys, romance, adventure, slapstick, music, wonderful antique cars, and the biggest pie fight in history. The opening credits are on a series of slides like those in the earliest movies, …
Posted on April 16, 2007 at 11:44 am
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for sexual content, drug use and language. |
| Profanity: | Extremely strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Explicit and vulgar sexual references and situations, nudity, graphic childbirth scene, references to adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking, drunkenness, extensive pot smoking, hallucinogenic mushrooms |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Comic violence, very graphic childbirth scene |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2007 |
| Date Released to DVD: | 2007 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B000TZJBPQ |
Here’s the secret for making a raunchy comedy work — it has to be sweet and even a little bit romantic. What the makers of films like American Pie and The 40-Year-Old Virgin understood is that the “oh, no, they didn’t!” element and the gross-out factor work best when they are in the context of …
Posted on April 13, 2007 at 12:13 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for sexual content, thematic elements and language. |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Brief sexual situation, references to adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Teen smoking and drinking, references to drugs, references to being wasted |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Sad illness and death, brief fistfight |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2007 |
If you’ve see the ads with vulnerable cutie Adam Brody from “The O.C.” kissing willowy cutie Kristen Stewart (the kid in Panic Room and growing up very nicely), you probably think it must be a romantic comedy. That’s what they want you to think because it will sell tickets. Get that idea out of your …
Posted on April 13, 2007 at 12:10 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language and some violent content. |
| Profanity: | Some very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Non-explicit sexual situations, references to adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Social drinking, reference to getting drunk as a way to deal with bad news |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Shooting, attempted murder, suicide, some graphic images |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2007 |
| Date Released to DVD: | 2007 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B000R4SMCW |
This is not a who-dun-it. It’s a will-they-be-able-to-prove-it. As in the old Columbo television series, we know from the beginning who pulled the trigger. We see Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) shoot his wife in the head because she was having an affair. We see the police come for him. And we see hotshot prosecutor Willy …
Posted on April 11, 2007 at 12:30 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 on appeal for sequences of terror and violence, and some sensuality. |
| Profanity: | Some strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Nudity, pornography (viewed by children), references to adultery, |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Intense and graphic peril and violence, decayed bodies and some other very grisly images |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2007 |
| Date Released to DVD: | 2007 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B000RO6K9E |
This nicely nifty little thriller takes Hitchcock’s classic Rear Window and updates it to the era of cell phones and webcams. Kale (Shia LeBeouf) is under house arrest for hitting a teacher. For three months, he has to wear an ankle bracelet that will bring the police to his house in seconds if he strays …
