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Posted on September 24, 2006 at 12:56 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action/peril, brief strong language and some sensuality. |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and non-explicit situations, references to casual sex |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, scenes in bars |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense peril and violence, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2007 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000KF0GWW |
“Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed the passage with you?” Like Walt Whitman, we love to remember our toughest teachers, and we love to see …
Continue reading “The Guardian”
Posted on September 22, 2006 at 2:34 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for extremely crude and dangerous stunts throughout, sexual content, nudity and language. |
| Profanity: |
Extremely strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Graphic nudity, extreme real-life abuse that includes insertion of various substances into various body parts. |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Beer |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Explicit and disgusting real-life self-inflicted violence and injuries including snake bites |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2007 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000JLTRJK |
Anyone unfamiliar with the Jackass collection (a prior feature-length “movie” -– really a collection of skits –- and a series on MTV) will definitely not want to go into the boys’ second film, “Jackass: Number Two” (get it?), without first consulting these past works to ensure they’re mentally prepared. Being physically prepared wouldn’t be a …
Continue reading “Jackass: Number Two”
Posted on September 22, 2006 at 2:31 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language, drug use, sexual content and some violence. |
| Profanity: |
Strong language including racial epithets and sexist terms |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and explicit situations, some nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and extensive drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Violence and suspense, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B004SMDJ9U |
Director Frank E. Flowers’ full-length debut, “Haven,” is a study in sin. Set mostly in the Cayman Islands, the film’s characters live in a world where the stakes are high and the people are higher. It could be written off as an amateur experiment with an erratic plotline and drama as conflicted as some of …
Continue reading “Haven”
Posted on September 22, 2006 at 1:39 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language, some sexual content and nudity. |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Mild peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2007 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000M4RG7E |
Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal of The Motorcycle Diaries) lives across the hall from Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), though for some reason he goes to elaborate lengths to have her think he lives on the other side of town. They share more than their names and location. Both are multi-lingual, not just speaking more than one language …
Continue reading “The Science of Sleep”
Posted on September 20, 2006 at 2:38 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for violence and martial arts action throughout. |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, scenes in bar |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense and graphic violence, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2007 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000K2UW06 |
It does not have the ravishing images of Hero but it does not have the cheesy plot of Cradle 2 the Grave, either. For his last action film, Jet Li has decided to give us a reverential biopic about Huo Yuanjia, hero of the Chinese people and founder of a school of martial arts. Action …
Continue reading “Jet Li’s Fearless”
