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Posted on February 7, 2006 at 3:50 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some intense sequences of violence, and for some language. |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Some social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense peril and violence, shooting |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000F8DV1M |
What can you do if you want to rob a bank and hotshot Harrison Ford has designed a foolproof security system? Well, firewalls may be unbreakable, but people are not. So, you tell him that if he doesn’t break into his own system, his family is dead. Ford plays Jack Stanfield, computer security ace and …
Continue reading “Firewall”
Posted on February 6, 2006 at 3:53 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for intense terror, violence and some language. |
| Profanity: |
Breif strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
General sexuality including teenage couples kissing and references to kissing another girl’s boyfriend |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Underage teens refer to drinking; character boasts about a “tequila problem†|
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Constant peril, children threatened, characters killed, references to bloody off-screen deaths and to murder of children |
| Diversity Issues: |
Minority characters in supporting roles, brave girl |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000F6IOAM |
“He is calling from within the house.” What a line! Since the original version of When a Stranger Calls came out in 1979, that sentence — packed with impending terror –has resonated with babysitters and played on their fears as they sit isolated in unfamiliar houses, responsible for their sleeping charges. The original never lived …
Continue reading “When a Stranger Calls”
Posted on February 5, 2006 at 3:56 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language and some sexual content. |
| Profanity: |
Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
A theme of the movie |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000H0MKOC |
Michael Kinsley famously said that the crime in campaign finance is not what’s illegal — it’s what’s legal. That also applies to campaign finance’s even sleazier cousin, lobbying. Lobbyists are paid by groups, mostly business groups, to prevent legislators from writing laws that they perceive as harmful to their interests and encourage them to pass …
Continue reading “Thank You for Smoking”
Posted on February 3, 2006 at 4:00 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grades |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for some peril and brief mild language. |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kiss |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Brief social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense peril, characters injured |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000F4PDF8 |
The dogs rescue the humans, but will the humans rescue the dogs? Can they? A scientist (Bruce Greenwood) arrives at a National Science Foundation base in Antarctica, in search of a rare meteor. Vehicles are too heavy to take over the thin ice, so Gerry (Paul Walker) takes him on a sled pulled by eight …
Continue reading “Eight Below”
Posted on January 28, 2006 at 4:02 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for some language and sexual material. |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Gay and straight sexual references and non-explicit situations, pornography |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense emotional scenes |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2006 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000F7CEBG |
Love at first sight can be thrilling, but it can very very inconvenient when it happens to a bride who is walking down the aisle at the time. Especially if the loved-at-first-sight object of affection is another woman. Rachel (Piper Perabo) is about to get married to Heck (Matthew Goode). But then she sees Luce …
Continue reading “Imagine Me & You”
