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Posted on August 12, 2004 at 4:01 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kisses. mild sexual reference |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Another sweet lollipop of a movie, “Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” picks up five years later than the first and, though missing some of the original’s spark and humor, it’s a pleasant romp for girls of all ages. It’s the movie equivalent of a sticker scrapbook filled with rainbows and unicorns — it features not …
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Posted on August 12, 2004 at 3:26 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
Some schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Reference to wine spritzers |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Constant cartoon violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
Only girl in the movie is the only one who cries and is scared |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
When a movie begins by telling you that “Eternity does not last forever,” it is clear that no one behind it is paying much attention to whether the script makes sense, so you’d better not worry about it, either. Oh, well, it’s less a movie than an infomercial, anyway. As in the television show, this …
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Posted on August 5, 2004 at 7:56 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong languge |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Cross-dressing character, prostitution, child molestation (off-screen) |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extreme and graphic violence, death of parents, suicide portrayed as honorable |
| Diversity Issues: |
Tolerance of cross-dressing character, strong female character, strong blind character |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
There is a tap-dancing scene in the samurai film, “Zatoichi”. For fans of the genre, using the words “samurai” and “tap-dancing” in the same sentence should capture both the eye and the quintessential weirdness that can be Japanese cinema for US audiences. But if tap-dancing is not enough to register a raised eyebrow, then perhaps …
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Posted on August 4, 2004 at 7:05 pm
D
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Strong language for a PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Strong sexual references and situations for a PG-13 |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, marijuana |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence, a lot of shooting |
| Diversity Issues: |
Homophobic humor, misogynistic humor |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
“Without a Paddle” is also without talent, originality, anything to laugh at, or a reason to buy a ticket. The opening moments of faux home movies showing four boys up to all kinds of faux hi-jinks, and then we then meet up with only three of them as adults, so we know where this is …
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Posted on August 1, 2004 at 10:20 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual situations and references including molestation and adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some graphic violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
Vibrant portrayal of aspects of Indian culture |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2001 |
This bittersweet fairy tale centers on Xen (Rehaan Engineer), the owner of an upscale Bombay beauty shop, who can read the minds of his clients when he cuts their hair. The source of this power is a devastating loss. His parents were killed in a fire in a recording studio when he was a child …
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