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Posted on November 5, 2004 at 4:03 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Exolicit sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking, "magic mushrooms," character is a drug smuggler |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic fighting |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
In the first movie, Bridget Jones (Renee Zellwegger) learned that she could be loved just as she was. Now she has to figure out whether she can love herself. As the sequel begins, she has had six blissful weeks with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), the man of her dreams. But happily ever after does not …
Continue reading “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason”
Posted on October 31, 2004 at 8:13 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, including rape, gay characters |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
References to drinking, smoking, drug use, including drug overdose |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Portrayal of tragic circumstances, including rape, abuse, mental illness |
| Diversity Issues: |
Strong, loving gay characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Jonathan Caouette, “Tarnation’s” director/writer/producer/cinematographer/ composer/editor and leading man, took home movies and other family memorabilia, added some cultural flotsam and jetsam, ran them through a computer program, and made a searing and unforgettable documentary of love and loss. It is primarily the story of Caouette’s mother, Renee, a lively and beautiful young girl whose parents …
Continue reading “Tarnation”
Posted on October 30, 2004 at 11:46 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
None |
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None |
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None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Characters in peril, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters are capable and loyal |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
“Are you sure?” This is a question asked several times during this movie, based on the exquisitely lovely Chris Van Allsburg book. It is a fitting question for a story about a boy struggling with his beliefs about Christmas. It begins with a man remembering a Christmas Eve of long ago, when a boy whose …
Continue reading “The Polar Express”
Posted on October 29, 2004 at 1:09 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Graphic violence, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Posted on October 29, 2004 at 4:02 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual references and situations, adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
A great deal of drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Julia (Annette Bening) is a star who craves an audience. She thrills the paying customers in the theater night after night, but that is not enough for her anymore. Her husband, Michael(Jeremy Irons), a former actor turned manager, wasn’t paying enough attention to remember what she said the last night before bed, and he seems …
Continue reading “Being Julia”
