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Posted on April 23, 2006 at 5:20 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language, and some intense sequences of terror and violence |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Terrorism violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
September 10, 2012 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000GH3CR0 |
Someday the events of 9/11/01 will be distant enough that we will see some meaningful and illuminating works of art inspired by it. That seems a long way off, but some filmmakers have taken the first steps in that direction. I cannot tell you whether you are ready to see a movie about the only …
Continue reading “United 93”
Posted on April 22, 2006 at 5:30 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grades |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for crude humor, innuendo and language. |
| Profanity: |
Some crude language, including b-word |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
A lot of cartoon-style comic violence; no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000GCFNZO |
Road movies are pretty easy. Whether the people on the journey have just met and are getting to know each other or who don’t like each other and have to overcome animosity, all we ask is two things. First, we want to see some entertaining adventures along the way, some challenges to be overcome with …
Continue reading “RV”
Posted on April 21, 2006 at 5:39 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some intense action violence and a scene of sensuality. |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Non-explicit sexual situation, references to adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
A lot of peril and violence, shooting, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B00023P4UQ |
What this movie gets right is the dry, cynical, slightly gallows-ish humor of people who spend their lives on constant alert, knowing that 999 out of a thousand of the “suspicious” activities they check out will be nothing. They are the guys in the corner of the picture in the paper during the President’s speech. …
Continue reading “The Sentinel”
Posted on April 18, 2006 at 6:07 pm
The Roman rulers used to distract the populace from the problems of corruption and decadence with “bread and circuses.” Today’s equivalent might be junk food and television, especially “reality” television. It plays to our fascination with both “real people” and celebrities and especially with the magical moment of transformation — the magical possibility of our …
Continue reading “American Dreamz”
Posted on April 11, 2006 at 6:16 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG |
| Profanity: |
Some mild but crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Peril and some scary moments, apparent injuries and apparent death but no one hurt, children separated from parents |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000G75AZC |
“The Wild” is more like “The Mild.” But it is pleasant enough; its the timing that’s rotten. Like last year’s suprisingly successful Madagascar, this is an animated film about zoo animals who have to learn to fend for themselves in the, um, wild. Like last month’s Ice Age: the Meltdown, it has jokes about dung …
Continue reading “The Wild”
