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Posted on September 6, 2004 at 1:25 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Strong, explicit sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense emotional scenes, slapping |
| Diversity Issues: |
Class issues a theme of the movie, strong minority and disabled characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Fourteen-year-old Henri (Addie Land) and her mother Kate (Cara Seymour) never quite make it. They are moving — again — this time to live with Kate’s mother. We don’t need details; it is clear from their tired eyes that Kate and Henri hardly hope for anything anymore. Henri (short for Henrietta) starts high school and …
Continue reading “Evergreen”
Posted on September 5, 2004 at 6:24 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Many battles, swords, arrows, characters killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
The narrator tells us that mastery of the sword is connected to mastery of calligraphy. This movie shows that mastery of film-making is as well. The elegant precision of the ravishing images gives each scene a timeless beauty. “The ultimate ideal is for a warrior to lay down his sword,” but of course we don’t …
Continue reading “Hero”
Posted on September 5, 2004 at 4:57 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Extremely strong and graphic language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Extremely explicit sexual references and situations including variations and fetishes, nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Somehow I don’t see this movie following Hairspray to become a Tony-award-winning Broadway musical for the whole family. Too bad, because those would be some musical numbers. Once again, John Waters has made a Baltimore-based movie about people outside of conventional society who are far happier and more loving than the people who like to …
Continue reading “A Dirty Shame”
Posted on September 3, 2004 at 12:50 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language and double entendres |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Marijuana, alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic violence, gun |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie, but many stereotypes |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
It’s too bad that a fresh, smart, and courageous look at the conflicts African-Americans feel about racist stereotypes that sometimes feel more real to them then they would like to admit gets lost in a a tired and lazy script littered with poop jokes and dope jokes and clueless whitey jokes in “The Cookout.” It’s …
Continue reading “The Cookout”
Posted on September 3, 2004 at 9:07 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Mild |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Non-explicit sexual situation, sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense scenes and mild peril, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
We get one of these every few months whether we need one or not, so “Danny Deckchair” is this season’s quirky-characters-with-accents comedy. Unlike its main character, it never quite achives lift-off, but it is a pleasant little diversion with some very sweet moments. Rhys Ifans (best remembered as the goofy roommate in Notting Hill) plays …
Continue reading “Danny Deckchair”
