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Posted on December 20, 2005 at 2:59 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for brief language, some sexual humor and occasional humorous drug references. |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and non-explicit situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, character abuses alcohol, drug reference |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000E8N8H0 |
The first “Fun with Dick and Jane” was the popular reader that millions of first graders used to sound out words like “Oh” and “Run!” Dick and Jane were perfect suburban children in an idealized world of smiling parents, sunny lawns, and purring kittens. The second Fun with Dick and Jane was a satire that …
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Posted on December 15, 2005 at 4:05 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for sexual humor and references. |
| Profanity: |
Crude language for a PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Crude sexual humor for a PG-13 |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic violence and peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie but sexist and homophobic humor |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000BMY2LU |
The 1968 version of The Producers was a brilliantly funny commercial flop about an outrageously offensive and atrociously appealing play that became a hit. The screenplay won an Oscar for director/writer Mel Brooks. It was fall-out-of-your-chair-gasping hilarious and a cherished cult classic. Then, in 2001, the little, low-budget film about crooked producers who think a …
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Posted on December 15, 2005 at 3:54 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for sexuality, nudity, language and some violence. |
| Profanity: |
Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit gay and heterosexual sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking, character drinks too much, marijuana, chewing tobacco |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Brief graphic violence, character killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B00005JOFQ |
Director Ang Lee is a master of repressed love whether between young Taiwanese men in The Wedding Banquet, Jane Austen’s class-conscious Brits in Sense & Sensibility, duty-bound warriors in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, or even monsters and scientists in The Hulk. Lee’s delicate touch and poetic cinematography take Annie Proulx’s 30-page story about cowboys who …
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Posted on December 13, 2005 at 12:43 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for frightening adventure violence and some disturbing images. |
| Profanity: |
Brief crude language and swearing |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kisses |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Very intense and graphic violence, many characters injured or killed, reference to suicide |
| Diversity Issues: |
Strong female and minority characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B001KZVQJI |
This is not just one of the most thrilling action movies ever made – it is more like five or six of the most thrilling action movies ever made. It is not quite twice as long as the usual movie, but it is packed with enough edge-of-your-seat/did-I-just-see-that/goose-bumpy popcorn pleasure for a year’s worth of blockbusters. …
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Posted on December 12, 2005 at 12:49 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for some crude humor and mild language. |
| Profanity: |
Brief crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Very mild (woman goes into labor, sweet kiss on cheek, some cleavage). potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic, cartoon-style peril and violence, including fire, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
Brief anti-gay humor |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
2006 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: |
B000EHSVFU |
As synthetically generic as a “Happy Holidays” card from your realtor, this by-the-numbers pratfall-fest is, at least, a teensy bit better than the 2004 original. I’ll explain why in a moment. But first, I want to say something about montages. Montages are the music-video-style interludes in movies. One you see quite often is the falling-in-love …
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