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Posted on July 25, 2004 at 3:16 pm
B
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual situations and references, gay and straight |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drugs, cigarettes, and alchohol, including drug use by child and teens |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Character killed in accident, other characters die, sad and tense scenes |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
The Hours author Michael Cunningham has adapted his earlier novel for the screen and the result is admirable, respectable, but not completely successful. The book is the internal musings of the four main characters. What made it work was the beauty of Cunningham’s language. It is touching and illuminating, and even poetic, but that does …
Continue reading “A Home at the End of the World”
Posted on July 24, 2004 at 2:36 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
A couple of "damns" and a crude word |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild boy-girl references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Characters in constant peril but not too intense, no shooting |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse good and bad guys |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
There are two kinds of people in the world, the people who know the 1960’s British television show “Thunderbirds” well enough to hum the theme song and those who say “who?” The show was enormously popular with children and something of a guilty camp pleasure for older fans, who could not resist the combination of …
Continue reading “Thunderbirds”
Posted on July 23, 2004 at 12:18 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Mild |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Lots of sexuality, implied sex, reference to adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Characters drink, beauty product is addictive |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic book/action violence, Peril, robbery, psychological spousal abuse, murder |
| Diversity Issues: |
Strong minority and women characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
“Catwoman” is kitty litter. Awkward and clumsy as a cat in high heels, this version of the comic book character Catwoman does not have enough to sustain one life, much less nine. Written in the comic books as Batman’s female foil, Catwoman is a creature of the night, living on the edge as an accomplished …
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Posted on July 21, 2004 at 7:09 pm
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, character drinks to excess |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense and graphic violence including fights, guns, and explosions, characters killed, suicide |
| Diversity Issues: |
Strong female character |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
This is a smooth thriller for grown-ups. That means it has lots of chase scenes and action scenes but the mood is dark, even grim. The dialogue is smart but not smart-alecky. No one wears a dinner jacket and there are no nuclear scientists trapped in the body of a swimsuit model. Instead of flashy …
Continue reading “The Bourne Supremacy”
Posted on July 17, 2004 at 7:20 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Mild; brief indication of Oedipal connection |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense and graphic violence, battle violence, charcters in peril, several murders, lab animals mistreated |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
This sleek and supple thriller features powerhouse performances but never quite persuades us that it has anything to add to the cold war classic starring Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury. As in the first film, the focus is on soldier Ben Marco (Denzel Washington in the Frank Sinatra role), whose nightmares about his time in …
Continue reading “The Manchurian Candidate”
