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Posted on March 29, 2006 at 12:33 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity, violence, language and some drug content. |
| Profanity: |
Extremely crude, vulgar, and profane language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual references and situations (gay and heterosexual), nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking, drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense peril and graphic violence, characters murdered |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000FS9UKI |
Someone should tell Sharon Stone that you can’t step in the same river twice. Or you can’t go home again. Or that for every Godfather II there are a hundred Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloos. Anything to stop another big, boring mess like this one. A bit of credit to director Michael Caton-Jones, who knows how …
Continue reading “Basic Instinct 2”
Posted on March 25, 2006 at 2:06 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for some mild language and innuendo. |
| Profanity: |
Some crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild references to producing offspring, potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tension, peril, characters killed, references to extinction |
| Diversity Issues: |
A metaphorical theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000GUJZ00 |
Once again, as in the first Ice Age, wooly mammoth Manny (voice of Ray Romano), sloth Sid (John Leguizamo), and saber tooth tiger Diego (Denis Leary) set off on a journey. This time, they have to lead their friends out of the valley before the ice melts and it becomes flooded. Along the way, Manny …
Continue reading “Ice Age: The Meltdown”
Posted on March 24, 2006 at 3:12 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for thematic material, language and some violence. |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language including the n-word |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Non-explicit references to prostitution, attempted sexual assault |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
References to alcohol and drugs, character abuses alcohol, drug dealing |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Guns, references to murders, a father hits his son, some sad and scary moments |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000FUTVLY |
It never fails. No matter how many times rap songs win the Oscar, no matter how many years have passed since Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were at the top of the box office as they danced the Carioca and the Continental, no matter how many twists, hustles, lindys, frugs, bus stops, bumps, mashed potatoes, …
Continue reading “Take the Lead”
Posted on March 21, 2006 at 11:47 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language and some violent images. |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language including racial epithets |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, some crude |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense and scary scenes, gunfire, characters injured and shot |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters, references to racism |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000GFLKF8 |
Spike Lee’s brilliant direction and a clever and surprising script from first-timer Russell Gewirtz provide an ideal setting for four of the most watchable actors in the business in a heist film that transcends and tweaks its genre. It has brains, heart, and a sizzling fireball of sheer star power, and it is a dazzling …
Continue reading “Inside Man”
Posted on March 16, 2006 at 11:50 am
“Prestidigitation.” Akeelah (Keke Palmer) has just won her school’s spelling bee and everyone is impressed and proud. But Dr. Larrabee (Laurence Fishburne), who, like Keke, grew up in Compton, pushes her further, with this long word that means magic. “Prestidigiation.” And she knows it. The movie has its own form of prestidigitation, not only in …
Continue reading “Akeelah and the Bee”
