Posted on February 8, 2005 at 8:02 pm
There are three reasons to see this movie. First: the dazzling martial arts moves of Tony Jaa, whose lightning reflexes and breathtaking gymnastics are both impressive and entertaining. Second is the authenticity. As the tagline says, this film has “no safety nets, no computer graphics, and no strings.” This is not the kind of movie …
Posted on February 5, 2005 at 2:42 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | Preschool |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Mild peril |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2005 |
Small children will enjoy this gentle story of making friends. Their families will be grateful for the fact that there is a suitable movie for younger kids and they might enjoy the pretty water-color backgrounds and a couple of funny moments. And if they take advantage of the the well-under-90-minute running time for a bit …
Posted on February 4, 2005 at 8:53 pm
D| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references, brief nudity, non-explicit bathtub scene |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Characters drink to celebrate and to escape, references to drunkenness |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Near constant peril, reference to child abandonment, children threatened, adults abducted violently, death or disappearance of several characters, creepy dream/imagined sequences, supernatural threats |
| Diversity Issues: | Wise female character |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2005 |
With a storyline thinner than the protagonist’s stereotyped rich girlfriend and enough lead-heavy dialogue to sink a movie of twice the caliber, “Boogeyman” is a bloated 86 minutes of overzealous spookiness, to be admired primarily by aspiring sound-effects specialists. Eight-year old Tim Jenson is scarred for life before the title sequence rolls. He went to …
Posted on February 1, 2005 at 6:58 pm
C+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Explicit sexual references and non-explicit sexual situations -- strong for a PG-13 |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | A lot of drinking (characters tipsy and hung over) and some smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Tense emotional scenes, some comic scuffling |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2005 |
All the romantic comedy gloss in the world can’t save a script as stale as last week’s wedding cake. Despite a promising set-up and talented performers, it leaks air like a tire that ran over a tack. Debra Messing (“Will and Grace”) is one of television’s all-time funniest women with impeccable timing, brilliant with both …
Posted on January 28, 2005 at 3:56 am
D| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | Some very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Explicit sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | A lot of drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Characters in peril, some killed, graphic violence |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2005 |
Lust. Betrayal. Revenge. Greed. Murder. Somehow, all of these things become dull in the preposterous and yet decidedly un-fascinating “Fascination,” a movie that plays as though the script was being made up on the spot. By aliens not quite familiar with human beings or the English language but who had seen a couple of Ed …
