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Posted on March 11, 2005 at 7:55 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual references, non-explicit sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Characters smoke and abuse alcohol, teens smoke marijuana |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense confrontations, some hitting |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
Parents should know that this movie has central characters who abuse alcohol as a way of coping with — actually as a way of not coping with — their problems. They also smoke, use frequent bad language, and behave in an irresponsible manner. The movie includes teen drug use and a sexual relationship between a …
Continue reading “The Upside of Anger”
Posted on March 5, 2005 at 4:41 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
Some mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Theme of loss, some mild peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
A bag of money literally falls from the sky and lands on Damian (Alex Etel). It’s just the most recent of a series of events that call into question everything he thought he know. He has recently lost his mother, moved into a new house, started a new school, and been visited by saints. He …
Continue reading “Millions”
Posted on March 5, 2005 at 1:00 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
Brief crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Bathroom humor, mild sexual humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Cartoon-style tension and peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
Just like its endearing hero, Rodney Copperbottom (voice of Ewan McGregor), this movie is assembled from hand-me-down parts but it has so much heart that it is transformed into something irresistibly fresh and downright adorable. One of the hand-me-down parts is the country boy with a dream in the big city. There’s the classic underdog …
Continue reading “Robots”
Posted on March 3, 2005 at 4:15 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Extremely strong (but authentic) language, constant profanity and obscenity |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief but explicit sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Smoking, alcohol and drug references |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Documentary footage of war zone, nothing explicit, real-life characters in the movie later reported dead |
| Diversity Issues: |
A strength of the movie is the way diverse characters demonstrate friendship and loyalty |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
A bunch of American kids in or just out of their teens are now living and working in Baghdad’s Azimiya Palace, built by Saddam Hussein for his son Uday. They are the Army’s 2/3 Field Artillery, known as the Gunners, and they have christened their new home “Gunner Palace.” They divide their time between enjoying …
Continue reading “Gunner Palace”
Posted on March 3, 2005 at 4:03 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, including adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking, abuse of prescription drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Attempted suicides |
| Diversity Issues: |
A strength of the movie is inter-racial relationships |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
Woody Allen’s latest movie has a great premise. But while it is surer and more intriguing than the arid Anything Else and Hollywood Ending, it still fails to give us characters who connect in authentic or interesting ways to each other and therefore they never connect to us. Four friends in a deli debate whether …
Continue reading “Melinda and Melinda”
