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Posted on June 14, 2005 at 1:32 pm
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some kisses |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense and sometimes graphic violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
Every so often, it’s time to re-boot Batman. Bob Kane created Batman in 1939. What made him different was that in an era of superheroes, he had no super-powers. All he had was a bat costume and a burning mission for revenge. Oh, and immeasurable wealth (which is a sort of superpower itself), and lots …
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Posted on June 13, 2005 at 7:31 pm
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language in French and English |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Frontal nudity, references to casual sex and lesbianism, voyeurism, masturbation, implied oral sex, sexual predation, sexual act performed with dismembered head |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Character drinks heavily, references to hangovers, cigarette smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Slasher-movie violence including dismemberment, extremely bloody deaths, child chased and shot, constant peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
Strong females, negative portrayal of gay character |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
This French gore-fest is two-thirds ripe and one-third rot, resulting in an initially promising but ultimately disappointing horror movie that is not for sensitive or discerning audiences of any age. Dripping with tension both violent and sexual, “High Tension” (“Haute Tension” in the original) strains to trick the horror trap of predictability and, by severing …
Continue reading “High Tension”
Posted on June 12, 2005 at 8:11 pm
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some sexual references, provocative clothes and dance moves |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
References to drugs and drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
References to gang violence, murders, other crimes |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
In West Side Story, Anita says that the boys dance like they’re trying to get rid of something. There is no trick photography in this film. It begins by advising the audience that the movie has not been sped up in any way. The people in the movie really do dance as fast as it …
Continue reading “Rize”
Posted on June 11, 2005 at 6:04 pm
A-
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Some crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, non-explicit sexual situation, some crude humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic, cartoon-style pratfall violence, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
This update of the 1960’s television series that is still running on TV Land is as cute as the magical twitch of Samantha Stephens’ nose. Director and co-writer (with her sister Delia) Nora Ephron have given us more than the usual retro-infused with a wink of irony-style updates of the television shows loved by the …
Continue reading “Bewitched”
Posted on June 9, 2005 at 2:24 pm
D
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Frequent use of the f-word |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Non-explicit sexual situation and sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Characters in peril, some injured and killed, kidnapping |
| Diversity Issues: |
Strong female character |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
There is an amateur quality to this film that might be endearing if it was not so self-righteous and almost deliberately ignorant. Though written by a former investment banker, it has been dumbed down to Hollywood’s idea about Wall Street as interpreted by 1960’s “issue” television programs. It plays like a very special episode of …
Continue reading “The Deal”
