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Posted on August 2, 2006 at 2:18 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language, drug references and brief comic violence. |
| Profanity: |
Very crude and vulgar language for PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit and vulgar sexual references for a PG-13 |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, character abuses drugs and alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
A strength of the movie is its portrayal of gay characters, some misogynistic portrayal of female characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000J4P9P8 |
When we’ve seen Will Ferrell run around naked, how much fun is it to see him run around in his underpants? The disappointment of this movie is not that we don’t see enough of Will Ferrell. It’s disappointing because what we do see, we’ve seen before, and better. Ferrell’s appeal comes from his whole-hearted cluelessness, …
Continue reading “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”
Posted on July 26, 2006 at 4:03 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for some mild rude humor and action. |
| Profanity: |
Some crude schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Potty humor, bare tush |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some peril, bullies |
| Diversity Issues: |
A metaphorical theme of the movie, strong female characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000ION23A |
A boy beset by bullies turns bully himself, going after the ants in his family’s back yard. But the ants shrink him down to their size and he learns something about ants, about empathy, about himself, and about how to beat a bully without becoming one himself. This Aesop-like fable is brought to life with …
Continue reading “The Ant Bully”
Posted on July 26, 2006 at 3:52 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content. |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and non-explicit situations, prostitutes |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
References to serial killers, off-camera murder and attempted murder |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000IU37SO |
Woody Allen’s recent scripts, yes, even the revered Match Point, are so lightweight the pages must just float up into the air. His latest is “Scoop,” no relation to the Evelyn Waugh comic novel about journalists, just a weak, stale, uncomfortable rehash of some of his favorite recurring themes. There is the stage magician (see …
Continue reading “Scoop”
Posted on July 25, 2006 at 4:06 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexual content. |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual references and situations, some nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Characters are drug dealers, drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extremely intense and graphic peril and violence, characters wounded and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
A strength of the movie is its portrayal of strong and loyal relationships between diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000J4QWMC |
The original “Miami Vice” was Michael Mann’s decade-defining television show. It ran from 1984-89 and everything about it was fresh, edgy, and influential. The t-shirt under the Armani jacket with photogenic beard stubble look, the best-selling techno-synth musical theme that won a Grammy, the pastel colors and quick cuts all became cultural touchstones and signifiers. …
Continue reading “Miami Vice”
Posted on July 19, 2006 at 4:09 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, crude humor, language and brief nudity. |
| Profanity: |
Some repeated crude language for comic effect |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situation, brief comic nudity, sexual harassment humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Action-style violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
Some homophobic and sexist humor |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000J4QW8Q |
Even with a face contorted with rage and vengeance and a voice echoing through the streets of New York as well as the theater, it’s difficult not to like Uma Thurman as the needy, controlling and manipulative Jenny Johnson/G-girl. The odd sensation of not disliking someone that, well, dislikable seems to stem from the movie’s …
Continue reading “My Super Ex-Girlfriend”
