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Posted on August 1, 2004 at 7:02 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Frequent drug and alcohol use and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense emotional scenes, reference to suicide |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Andrew Largeman’s head seems to float in the air. Largeman (director/writer Zach Braff) has been given a shirt made from the fabric left over when his mother covered the walls, so when he wears it, his body blends in with the background. Largeman is home in New Jersey, the “Garden State,” for his mother’s funeral …
Continue reading “Garden State”
Posted on July 31, 2004 at 4:15 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, drug references |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extreme and graphic peril and violence, many characters killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
As cool as a jazz riff from a tenor sax, this stylish and powerful thriller has it all — consistently absorbing characters, twisty dialogue and an even twistier story, and action that engages the heart as it thumps a little faster. Max (Jamie Foxx) is a cab driver who begins his shift by wiping off …
Continue reading “Collateral”
Posted on July 30, 2004 at 6:38 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Extremely strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Extremely explicit and vulgar sexual references and situations, homophobic humor, gross and disgusting humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Constant substance abuse |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic violence, graphic images |
| Diversity Issues: |
Treatment of diverse characters a strength of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
This unpretentiously genial little stoner comedy has a couple of things going for it. The characters and jokes are a bit above average for a genre with admittedly low standards. And its very unambitiousness gives the film moments that almost approach charm. That said, it’s still mostly just extremely dumb and vulgar. The title sums …
Continue reading “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle”
Posted on July 29, 2004 at 7:39 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense peril, characters killed, some graphic images and scary surprises |
| Diversity Issues: |
All characters white, strong women, capable blind character, developmentally disabled character |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
The ending of this movie will infuriate some people, but for me it was a lot of fun and worked on many levels. And I thought about it all the way home. However, it’s just about impossible to say anything more about the movie without spoiling the surprises, so you might want to stop reading …
Continue reading “The Village”
Posted on July 29, 2004 at 5:33 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual references for a PG-13, vulgar humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense emotional situations |
| Diversity Issues: |
Insensitive portrayal of little people |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
This would-be romantic comedy is romance-free, comedy-free, charm-free, and apparently carb-free as well, with leading ladies Brittany Murphy and Holly Hunter looking toned but stringy and underfed. Murphy plays Stacy, a television producer whose mother thinks that the cure for all heartache is Carly Simon music and whose dream is to work for Diane Sawyer. …
Continue reading “Little Black Book”
