Posted on March 17, 2005 at 5:15 pm
Looming shadows fall starkly across rain-slick streets. A door chain jiggles because a very bad man wants to come in and hurt someone. Hookers pull guns from garter belts. Tough, tough talk comes from bruised lips that dangle cigarettes and spit blood. The villians are unspeakably evil. The heroes are compromised and overmatched. The city …
Posted on March 17, 2005 at 3:37 pm
C+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| Profanity: | Some strong language for a PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Coming-of-age sexual references, kissing, prostitutes |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Character chain-smokes, abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, reference to marijuana, |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Sad death of parent, tense and scary scenes |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2005 |
Engaging characters and evocative period detail cannot overcome the uh-oh factors that ultimately overwhelm this coming-of-age story set in the 1970’s and written and directed by actor David Duchovney. Movies that start with voice-overs as adults recall the year when everything changed are one uh-oh factor, especially if we find out right from the beginning …
Posted on March 15, 2005 at 8:35 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | Very strong language for a PG-13 including discussion of the n-word |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Extremely strong sexual references for a PG-13 |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | References to drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: | None |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie, some mildly anti-gay humor |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2005 |
This film is less a movie than a brand extension. Speaking of which, it is as synthetic as cut-rate hair extensions and as obvious as its intrusive product placements. Beauty Shop is more deal than delight. It’s 3/4 remake, a sort of Barbershop 2.0, with Queen Latifah replacing Ice Cube, Alicia Silverstone as Troy Garrity, …
Posted on March 15, 2005 at 7:12 am
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Many comic sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking, including drinking in response to stress, characters get tipsy |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Comic scuffle |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2005 |
Karl Marx once wrote that “history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.” That must be how the earnest drama Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner got remade as this silly comedy. Nearly 40 years ago, the original version was a serious drama, a little heavy-handed, but endearingly sincere. It was considered …
Posted on March 12, 2005 at 6:29 pm
C+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Heterosexual and homosexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Comic, action-style spy story violence |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2005 |
Four top spies are staking out a meeting between a ruthless Russian assassin and the world’s most notorious international criminal mastermind. One of the spies redirects the sound equipment to eavesdrop on the conversation of a fellow spy who is breaking up with her boyfriend. The she peers down at the targets and says, “I …
