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Underworld: Evolution

Posted on January 20, 2006 at 12:12 pm

F+
Lowest Recommended Age: High School
MPAA Rating: Rated R for pervasive strong violence and gore, some sexuality/nudity and language.
Profanity: Some strong language
Nudity/ Sex: Nudity, explicit sexual situations
Alcohol/ Drugs: Wine
Violence/ Scariness: Extremely intense and graphic peril and violence, many characters killed
Diversity Issues: A metaphorical theme of the movie
Date Released to Theaters: 2006
Date Released to DVD: 2006
Amazon.com ASIN: B000F6IOBG

“Is that the same guy that was just sucking the blood out of the dead horse?” That was my question to the critic sitting next to me in the middle of the movie. I liked the first Underworld. I thought it was comic-book fun and enjoyed its punk-gothic attitude and flashy design. But this sequel …

The New World

Posted on January 18, 2006 at 12:14 pm

B-
Lowest Recommended Age: Middle School
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some intense battle sequences.
Profanity: None
Nudity/ Sex: Sexual references
Alcohol/ Drugs: Drinking
Violence/ Scariness: Some Violence
Diversity Issues: A theme of the movie
Date Released to Theaters: 2006
Date Released to DVD: 2006
Amazon.com ASIN: B001BNFRB2

It is beautiful to look at. Director Terrence Malick knows how to create images of stunning beauty and power. Those images are especially compelling in this story of Captain John Smith and the because they show us what it was like to come Q’Orianka Kilcher Parents should know that the movie includes some violence and …

End of the Spear

Posted on January 11, 2006 at 12:18 pm

B-
Lowest Recommended Age: Middle School
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence.
Profanity: None
Nudity/ Sex: Revealing native attire
Alcohol/ Drugs: None
Violence/ Scariness: Graphic and gory battle violence with spears and arrows, many deaths
Diversity Issues: A theme of the movie
Date Released to Theaters: 2006
Date Released to DVD: 2006
Amazon.com ASIN: B000EXDS4I

Can you forgive the unforgiveable? Fifty years ago, five American missionaries were killed by members of the most violent culture ever studied by anthropologists, the Waodani tribe in Ecuador. The homicide rate was 60 percent. The widows and children and one sister of the murdered men reached out to the Waodanis, helped care for their …

Hoodwinked!

Posted on January 10, 2006 at 12:26 pm

Adorable Little Red Riding Hood opens the door to Granny’s charming cottage in the woods and walks into the bedroom with her basket of goodies. But Granny looks a little different. It is the wolf, in disguise. He lunges toward Red, who, instead of screaming and running away, says, “You again? What do I have …

Glory Road

Posted on January 10, 2006 at 12:23 pm

B+
Lowest Recommended Age: Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
MPAA Rating: Rated PG for racial issues including violence and epithets, and momentary language.
Profanity: Some mild language, racist epithets
Nudity/ Sex: Mild
Alcohol/ Drugs: Drinking
Violence/ Scariness: Tense and emotional scenes, racist vandalism
Diversity Issues: A theme of the movie
Date Released to Theaters: 2006
Date Released to DVD: 2006
Amazon.com ASIN: B000EXZFCQ

A man who coaches high school girls’ basketball gets a job at a small Texas school and not only takes them to the nationals, where they defeat the long-time champions in a stunning upset, he changes the course of college sports history by being the first coach to have five black players in his starting …