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Posted on December 7, 2004 at 4:56 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Some bad words |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild, non-explicit sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense scenes, some peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
The movie’s irresistible tagline is “Twelve is the new eleven.” But this twelve is more like the old eleven, the first “Ocean’s 11” movie, starring Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, where the chief pleasure is in seeing how much fun the cool guys are having spoofing themselves. Unfortunately, the audience doesn’t have quite as …
Continue reading “Ocean’s Twelve”
Posted on December 2, 2004 at 7:37 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, non-sexual nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Plane crashes, serious injuries, fighting, stunts, mental illness |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
A true story that is both touching and thrilling and tons of talent on both sides of the camera are enough to make this a good movie, but not enough to make it a great one. It is in part the sheer grandness of the story of Howard Hughes, a story that could easily fill …
Continue reading “The Aviator”
Posted on November 30, 2004 at 6:32 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Extremely strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Extremely explicit sexual references and situations, strip club |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense emotional confrontations, slap |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
With an anguished wail, Larry (Clive Owen) asks where he can find intimacy. In a private room in a strip club, where the rules say that you can look, but not touch. The stripper’s ex-boyfriend is now romantically involved with Larry’s ex-wife, Anna (Julia Roberts). Does he really want intimacy or does he want revenge? …
Continue reading “Closer”
Posted on November 29, 2004 at 7:07 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, including brothel, partial nudity, attempted sexual assault |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, character gets drunk |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Constant peril and violence, some graphic, many characters killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Strong female characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
An officer about to arrest a beautiful blind dancer who works in a brothel tells her that if she can win the “Echo Game” he will let her go. She is surrounded by 100 drums. And then, in one of the most extraordinary scenes ever put on film, as the officer tosses stones at the …
Continue reading “House of Flying Daggers”
Posted on November 21, 2004 at 3:48 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Some very crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Crude schoolboy references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Fighting, boys are punished by being beaten |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
A shy teacher comes to a school for wayward boys and decides to organize a choir. This plot could be a cheesy after-school special or Sister Act 3. Or, it could be this lovely, tender, unpretentious French film, a small delight. A distinguished orchestra conductor returns to his home for his mother’s funeral. A visitor …
Continue reading “The Chorus”
