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Posted on December 7, 2006 at 12:44 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grades |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for mild rude humor and language. |
| Profanity: |
Mild schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief kiss |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Brief references to alcohol, hangover |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2007 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000QXDEG8 |
In “Unaccompanied Minors,” a group of young travelers are stranded in Chicago’s fictional Hoover Airport on Christmas Eve. Lead to a room full of other children but decidedly empty of Christmas spirit, five break away from the chaotic “rec room,” holding pen, prompting an airport-wide chase that fuels the rest of the film. The kids …
Continue reading “Unaccompanied Minors”
Posted on December 6, 2006 at 12:47 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for strong violence and language. |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language, some racial epithets |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking, drugs, including illegal drugs given to children |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense and graphic violence with many injuries and deaths, including mutilation of children |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2007 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000MZHW40 |
December brings us the thinking person’s thrillers — all of the explosions and shooting and close calls of a summer movie, but with a more serious purpose and a more distinguished pedigree. Like Syriana and Traffic, this is the story of deeply entrenched corruption on a global scale, corruption that permeates all levels of society …
Continue reading “Blood Diamond”
Posted on December 5, 2006 at 3:46 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for emotional thematic material, a crash scene, and mild language. |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Revealing native attire, sexual references, childbirth, rape |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extremely graphic and intense peril and violence, many characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2007 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B00005JPBO |
At least in movies, sports are almost always about redemption, community, and triumph. Sports — like movies — provide a controlled world with boundaries within which we can work through issues that seem insurmountably complex outside the chalk lines on the field or the edges of the movie sceen. In this movie, based on a …
Continue reading “We Are Marshall”
Posted on December 5, 2006 at 1:09 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for sequences of graphic violence and disturbing images |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Revealing native attire, sexual references, childbirth, rape |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extremely graphic and intense peril and violence, many characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2007 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000NOKFHQ |
There are at least three movies here and two of them are great. There is the classic adventure saga of the hero who is trying to get home and save his family. Mel Gibson, as director, has created brilliant action sequences that make the best possible use of the settings and the loyalty he inspires …
Continue reading “Apocalypto”
Posted on December 5, 2006 at 12:52 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language, violence and some sexual content. |
| Profanity: |
Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and explicit situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Characters in peril, injured, and killed, references to Holocaust |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2007 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000OY8NBK |
Director Steven Soderbergh has created a loving tribute to the films of the 1940’s that is more accomplished than effective. It is such a meticulous re-creation of the techniques and technology of the era that it seems jarring to see contemporary faces and hear four-letter words. From the very first moment, where the film seems …
Continue reading “The Good German”
