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Posted on October 28, 2004 at 8:35 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Extremely explicit and graphic sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Constant drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic violence, character injured |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters, strong women |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Miles (Paul Giamatti), dips his nose deep inside the bowl of a glass of white wine and it is clear that this is where he is happiest and most at home. All of his mind, body, and spirit are focused inside that glass as he passionately, reverently, and yes, a little pretentiously unpacks all of …
Continue reading “Sideways”
Posted on October 27, 2004 at 9:00 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Strong language for a PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, including adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drug abuse, including heroin, drinking, a lot of smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Sad and tense situations, character killed, character goes through agonizing detox |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie, frank coverage of segregation era |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
An extraordinary actor plays an extraordinary person in “Ray,” the life of a brilliant musician and performer who triumphed over poverty, blindness, and racism through talent, passion, and courage. It is an almost insurmountable challenge for an actor to play someone the audience knows so well, especially someone like Ray Charles. It would have been …
Continue reading “Ray”
Posted on October 27, 2004 at 6:35 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual situation, references, inappropriate relationship with child |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Creepy and tense atmosphere, some shoving |
| Diversity Issues: |
Mild stereotyping of "family retainer" |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
In the middle of a story that lurches from unsettling to preposterous by way of sheer ookiness, there is a moment of sheer, breathtaking bravura, shared by actress and director. At her engagement party, Anna (Nicole Kidman) has just been told by a 10 year old boy that he is the reincarnation of her late …
Continue reading “Birth”
Posted on October 19, 2004 at 7:09 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language for a PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references including jokes about incest and pornography |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking, marijuana joke |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
In what is intended to be one of the most revealing and touching scenes in “Surviving Christmas,” the main character turns a lovely gesture into a crass, garish, and cringe-inducing display. Take away the revealing and touching part, and you’ve pretty much got a description of the movie itself. After an opening montage of Yuletide …
Continue reading “Surviving Christmas”
Posted on October 19, 2004 at 2:57 pm
What’s it all about, Charlie? Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyers used to be married and they used to make movies together (Baby Boom, the remakes of Father of the Bride and The Parent Trap). Now they are divorced, and they make movies separately. Hers: the very successful What Women Want and Something’s Gotta Give; his: …
Continue reading “Alfie”
