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Posted on July 14, 2004 at 9:15 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Some harsh language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief shower scene, nothing explicit |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense action violence, characters killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Now this is what I call a summer popcorn movie! It’s hard to say which has the sleeker profile, Will Smith (everything you could ask for in an action hero) or the Chicago skyline of 2035, as envisioned by director Alex Proyas and production designer Patrick Tatopoulos. Shot in a monochromatic pallette of gun-metal grays …
Continue reading “I, Robot”
Posted on July 12, 2004 at 6:12 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Nudity, frequent and explicit sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense scenes, suicide with grisly injuries |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
The hero of a popular radio program and movie serial of the 1930’s and 40’s was “Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy,” whose very name evokes wholesome strength and fortitude. The hero of this provocative, ambitious, and uneven movie is an all-American man also named Jack Armstrong (newcomer Anthony Mackie). He is a Wharton MBA with …
Continue reading “She Hate Me”
Posted on July 10, 2004 at 7:16 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Constant extremely strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Very explicit sexual references and situations, nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Constant substance abuse |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic violence, some graphic |
| 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 and Kumar Go to White Castle”
Posted on July 10, 2004 at 1:53 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
Mild rude words |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kissing |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic fighting, some tense scenes |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Girls will love this fresh, funny, and sweet, update of the Cinderella story, and it might win some fans among their older siblings and parents as well. High school senior Sam (Hilary Duff) lives in the San Fernando Valley with her mean stepmother, Fiona (Jennifer Coolidge) and stepsisters. After Sam’s adored father was killed in …
Continue reading “A Cinderella Story”
Posted on July 7, 2004 at 6:31 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kiss, references to "hooking up," mild sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Teens sneak into club, 14-year-old orders "Sex on the Beach" at the bar but is carded and gets soda instead |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Mild tension and peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
All characters white, theme of discrimination against overweight girl |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Fourteen-year-old girls at a sleepover party violate every rule they agreed to. They lie, cheat, vandalize, steal, sneak out of the house and into a bar, order a drink with a man they met on the internet, and sneak into a high school dance by telling the girl taking tickets she has to let them …
Continue reading “Sleepover”
