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Posted on February 26, 2006 at 12:35 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG |
| Profanity: |
Some schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Brief joke |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Cartoony peril and violence, characters shoot lightning bolts, scary skeletons, characters apparently killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000F0V0KO |
This tiresome animated quest story starts out uninspired but quickly becomes irritating. Half an hour into its 80 minute running time, the child behind me asked hopefully, “Is that the end?” If only. Has anyone behind this movie ever met a child? The story, about an evil wizard who is after three magic diamonds and …
Continue reading “Doogal”
Posted on February 25, 2006 at 12:39 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, domestic violence, sex and drug references. |
| Profanity: |
Some strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Crude humor, sexual references including prostitution and child abuse, non-explicit sexual situations, characters commit to chastity before marriage |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, references to drug abuse |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Domestic abuse, spanking, hitting |
| Diversity Issues: |
A strength of the movie is the positive portrayal of minority and religious characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
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B000F9SO0O |
As the Borg say on “Star Trek,” “Resistance is futile.” Don’t even try to get in the way of Madea, that pistol-packing, Bible-thumping, larger than life powerhouse and force for good creation of Tyler Perry, who also plays the part. Perry is something of a larger-than-life powerhouse himself, this time not just writing the film, …
Continue reading “Madea’s Family Reunion”
Posted on February 22, 2006 at 12:44 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, partial nudity and language. |
| Profanity: |
Some swearing, one f-word |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Nudity, sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, references to one character drinking a lot |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence including animal bites |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
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B000FILV1Y |
Trip (Matthew McConaughey) is a 35-year-old boat broker who happily resides in an assisted living facility where he is served fresh pancakes and bacon with warmed syrup and all of his clothes are cleaned, neatly folded, and placed on his bed. All aspects of his domestic arrangements are handled cheerfully by a devoted staff of …
Continue reading “Failure to Launch”
Posted on February 19, 2006 at 12:48 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language and sexual content. |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and explicit sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, references to drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Battle scenes, intense childbirth sequence, depiction and reference to severe injuries |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000EOTFBW |
When in the depths of winter the dregs of the cinematic year limp into theaters, some audiences long for the more cerebral fare of spring or fall. “Haven’t we seen this plot before?” becomes a common refrain and a movie like “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story” feels like a sunny spring day come …
Continue reading “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story”
Posted on February 17, 2006 at 3:13 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for continuous crude and sexual humor, including language. |
| Profanity: |
Some strong and crude language including n-word |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Crude sexual humor and comic sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence, including shooting |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters, diversity humor |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000F9RLL2 |
I counted references to 23 movies in this 80-minute film, not including Girls Gone Wild and “The Bachelor,” or about one every three and a half minutes. Throw in a couple of songs and a dozen or so celebrity shout-outs and you’d hardly notice that there is not actually a script here if the whole …
Continue reading “Date Movie”
