Posted on May 24, 2006 at 3:36 pm
No zombies. No chain saws. No mutants. No aliens. No meteors hurtling toward Earth. And yet, this is the scariest movie of the year, not, as some jokes suggest, because it is a two-hour Power Point Presentation by famously un-exciting former Vice President Al Gore, but because this is real, this is happening, and we …
Posted on May 24, 2006 at 3:30 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | 4th - 6th Grades |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence, some sexual content and language. |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Some scanty attire, brief nudity, sexual situation, and mild sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Intense peril and violence, some graphic, many characters injured or killed |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: | 2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B001PPGAK8 |
A concerned father bangs on the door of the bathroom, insisting that his son open the door. Inside, his son sobs as he tries frantically to get rid of the evidence that his body is changing in a way he cannot control. It seems he is…growing wings. Like many comic book stories, the X-Men, mutants …
Posted on May 17, 2006 at 3:45 pm
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for disturbing images, violence, some nudity, thematic material, brief drug references and sexual content. |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Some sexual references, non-sexual nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drug user, drug joke |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Frequent peril and violence, including shooting, punching, slapping, graphic scenes of mortification of flesh |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie, some characters and situations that may be viewed as heretical or offensive |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: | 2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B00005JOC9 |
A character in this movie’s version of the Catholic organization Opus Dei explains that their mission is to follow doctrine very strictly. That was director Ron Howard’s secular mission as well with this adaptation of the world-wide best-seller. He and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman knew that the fans of the book would want to see every …
Posted on May 13, 2006 at 3:49 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for some rude humor and mild comic action. |
| Profanity: | Some crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | A good deal of peril and some violence, bug zapped |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse characters, but some sterotyping |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: | 2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B000H7JCK0 |
Computer technology has always had the advantage in animation when it comes to texture and three-dimensionality, and it is superb for physical properties like “shiny” and “bouncy,” but it has lagged behind hand-drawn when it came to expressions. “Over the Hedge” takes a big leap forward with computer animation that adds a delightful elasticity and …
Posted on May 10, 2006 at 4:18 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for intense prolonged sequences of disaster and peril. |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references, some crude |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Social drinking, character is inebriated |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Intense and graphic peril and violence, characters injured and killed, many dead bodies |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse characters, including gay character |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: | 2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B000R209NY |
This remake is so stripped down it doesn’t even have time for two of the three words of the original: this isn’t The Poseidon Adventure — it’s just “Poseidon.” If they remake it, it will be called “Pos.” Top-notch action director Wolfgang Peterson (Air Force One, Das Boot) gets the two most important things right …
