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Posted on May 19, 2005 at 3:53 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Strong language for a PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, groupies |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking, drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Punches and wipe-outs, sad illness and (offscreen) death |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
In the late 1970’s, a group of kids in Venice, California who loved to surf invented a new kind of skateboarding and a new kind of cool. Three ingredients came together. The first was technology. Skateboards were a fad that had pretty much gone the way of the hula hoop. The clay wheels broke easily. …
Continue reading “Lords of Dogtown”
Posted on May 15, 2005 at 5:25 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Extremely strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual references and brief situations, some nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Scenes in bars, references to drunk driving |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
References to violent accidents and injuries, very violent sport |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
You know those thousands of heartwarming, triumph of the human spirit, disease-of-the-week movies? With heroes and heroines who suffer through every possible medical catastrophe and become better people and learn the meaning of life? I know they are supposed to be all reassuring and inspiring and all that, but they don’t come close to being …
Continue reading “Murderball”
Posted on May 12, 2005 at 6:12 am
A young man sees someone he would like to meet, but he is shy and unsure of how to approach him. His father pushes him, saying, “Tell them who you are.” What he means is, “Tell them you’re my son.” The father, two-time Oscar winner for cinematography, leftist political activist and high-maintenance pain in the …
Continue reading “Tell Them Who You Are”
Posted on May 12, 2005 at 5:52 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
The title of the movie suggests faded characters fussing over antimacassars and sipping tea. But the beauty of this film is that it shows us that the feelings of these women are anything but simple and their scope is as broad as the ocean outside their home. Janet (Maggie Smith) and Ursula (Judi Dench) are …
Continue reading “Ladies in Lavender”
Posted on May 10, 2005 at 7:45 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief non-sexual nudity, sexual situations and references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extreme, intense, exceptionally graphic violence, many characters injured or killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters, including strong disabled character |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
A series of ugly, brutal fight sequences surround a sweet story of healing in an uneasy combination — or perhaps in view of the content of this movie, collision. But it is what the movie does not show that, for better or worse, takes it out of the category of the typical action movie. It …
Continue reading “Unleashed”
