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Posted on April 7, 2006 at 12:09 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language, including some crude sexual references. |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language for a PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Very explicit sexual references and situations for a PG-13 |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking, character gets tipsy |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Confrontations, comic peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000FUH35U |
It occured to me as I watched this movie that this was the third time in the last few months that I was watching a large black woman bringing shock and awe to to a bunch of slender, clueless white chicks at a chi-chi spa. We had Queen Latifah in Last Holiday and Martin Lawrence …
Continue reading “Phat Girlz”
Posted on April 7, 2006 at 11:47 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for crude and suggestive humor, and for language. |
| Profanity: |
Very crude and vulgar language for PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Crude sexual humor, references to ovulation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, character gets drunk |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie, but homophobic humor |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000G0O5I2 |
Booger jokes. Potty jokes. Hit on the head jokes. Hit on the crotch jokes. And underdog characters so annoying that they have you rooting for the bullies. These guys should have stayed on the bench. On behalf of everyone who has ever been assaulted or insulted by a bully, three men take on bunch of …
Continue reading “The Benchwarmers”
Posted on April 2, 2006 at 12:21 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, drug content, and language including a sexual reference. |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
References to legal and illegal drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense and sad situations, some peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000GNOSGS |
It’s not just that an interview with a rock star while he is in the dentist’s chair having his teeth drilled is far from the weirdest thing in this movie. It’s more that the whole story is so weird that by the time you get to the interview, it seems like the most natural thing …
Continue reading “The Devil and Daniel Johnston”
Posted on April 2, 2006 at 12:15 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for strong violence, sexuality and language. |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking, references to drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extremely intense and graphic peril and violence, many characters killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters, some homophobic comments |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000FKO5QK |
Slevin (Josh Harnett) is not having a good week. He lost his job and his girlfriend. He was mugged and his wallet and suitcase were stolen. He decided to visit a friend, who seems to have disappeared. But the door was unlocked, so he lets himelf in and takes a shower. A pretty girl named …
Continue reading “Lucky Number Slevin”
Posted on March 29, 2006 at 12:44 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for drug content, language, sexual material and some violence. |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language, including the n-word |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, some crude, sexual situations, including casual sex |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Characters deal drugs, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Violence, including punching and shooting, characters steal |
| Diversity Issues: |
Economic, racial, and gender diversity a theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000FS9UL2 |
The star of this movie is first-time director Chris Robinson, who took an appealing but conventional story of five friends on the brink of adulthood and made it come alive with a vibrant, pulsing, slightly cynical but ultimately hopeful tone that perfectly matches its characters. In voice-over, Rashad (rap star T.I.) tells us that “down …
Continue reading “ATL”
