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Posted on May 10, 2006 at 3:55 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of frenetic violence and menace, disturbing images and some sensuality. |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Non-explicit sexual situation, sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense and graphic peril and violence, including torture, graphic injuries and death |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000HRMAPE |
At this point, the impossible mission may be finding some way to make this story work once more. That Lalo Schifrin score still jumps and in this version there is a propulsive shot of percussive adrenalin. The idea of super-spies who speak every language, are in superb condition, and know every aspect of spycraft from …
Continue reading “Mission Impossible III”
Posted on May 10, 2006 at 3:52 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grades |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content, language and a brief drug reference; Rated PG for language, sexual situations, and some thematic material including partying. |
| Profanity: |
Mild |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kissing, mild references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, scenes in bar |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense games, some injuries |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000GJ0LLI |
A soccer-mad friend sat beside me in the theater, leaning over from time to time to explain what was going on in the game on the screen or point out an in-joke about the appearance of a real-life figure from the world of what everyone outside the US calls football. People like me who need …
Continue reading “Goal!”
Posted on May 3, 2006 at 4:24 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grades |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for mild bullying and brief language. |
| Profanity: |
Mild schoolyard language, name-calling |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some peril and injuries, bully |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000GB5MH4 |
Kids take on developers to protect endangered owls in this mildly pleasant story based on the award-winning book by Carl Hiaasen. Parents will admire some of the messages — care for the environment, self-reliance, loyalty, and communication skills. But they will be less pleased with a one-sided, ends-justify-the-means approach that suggests that any action taken …
Continue reading “Hoot”
Posted on April 26, 2006 at 4:27 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some crude remarks |
| Profanity: |
Some crude language, including b-word |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild reference, including adultery, gay joke |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Characters take risks, some injuries, none serious |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
July 29, 2012 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B00005JOZC |
If the Olympics has sparked an interest in gymnastics, take a look at this fresh, fun, funny, and smart story about a teenager “sentenced” to return to the gymnastics training she thought she had left behind. It has all the sizzling attitude of a great floor routine, and all of the discipline and heart as …
Continue reading “Stick It”
Posted on April 25, 2006 at 4:30 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grades |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking, character gets tipsy |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Sad deaths |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000GYI3PY |
Mrs. Palfrey (Joan Plowright) did not think of herself as someone who would live in the shabby gentility of the Claremont, a residential hotel in London. We never learn the details of what brought her there or keeps her there, but we do not need to. We learn everything we need to know from the …
Continue reading “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont”
