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Posted on May 10, 2005 at 1:19 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
Some rough schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sex change joke, bathroom humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic violence including characters getting hit in the crotch |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
Will Ferrell is to this movie (and pretty much any movie he is in) what the Italian ringers are to the soccer team his character coaches in the film. As long as he keeps getting the ball, he scores. Ferrell’s shtick is his imperishable innocence. Everything is always completely new to him and every response …
Continue reading “Kicking & Screaming”
Posted on May 9, 2005 at 9:45 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief nudity, same sex kiss, some sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking in bar, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extreme, intense, graphic peril and violence, many characters killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters, strong women |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
Someday, I’d like to see a thriller in which there are no “fooled you!” fakeouts, no one that the audience thinks is dead turns out to be still alive, the characters are allowed to have actual personalities instead of just plot-driving backstories, and the bad guy doesn’t stop in the middle of all the murder …
Continue reading “Mindhunters”
Posted on May 8, 2005 at 6:03 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Brutal boxing matches |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
The people behind A Beautiful Mind have re-teamed on another real-life story, but with less successfui results. It has the ingredients — evocative portrayal of an earlier time, an inspiring story of a deeply loving and supportive married couple stuggling and triumphing over overwhelming adversity, and a beautifully sincere and subtle performance by Russell Crowe. …
Continue reading “Cinderella Man”
Posted on May 8, 2005 at 3:33 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Non-explicit sexual situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Constant peril and violence, some graphic, including light-saber fights, lava, character deaths |
| Diversity Issues: |
Characters of diverse races and species |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
I admit it. My heart still starts to beat faster when I see those words: “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away….” And it beat faster still when I read the opening crawl and found not a single reference to tariffs or other mind-numbing political intrigue. This last of the second trilogy …
Continue reading “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith”
Posted on May 8, 2005 at 12:24 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and non-explicit situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic, cartoon-style violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
Jane Fonda is having such a blast being back on screen in a pull-out-all-the-stops performance that it seems a little stingy not to enjoy it more. But this latest variation on Meet the Parents and Cinderella is always a little less charming, a little less funny, and a lot less entertaining than it thinks it …
Continue reading “Monster-in-Law”
