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Posted on June 15, 2004 at 2:58 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
References to adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Smoking, drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense and violent scenes |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Why would such a murky movie be called “The Clearing?” Robert Redford plays Wayne, a very successful businessman who lives in a beautiful house with Eileen, his loving if somewhat reserved wife (Helen Mirren). When he does not show up for a dinner with friends he did not particularly want to see, at first she …
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Posted on June 15, 2004 at 2:15 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual references and situations for a PG-13 |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Characters drink and smoke |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense emotional confrontations, brief battle violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
Class differences |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
I was really hoping for this year’s Bridges of Madison County, a big-budget production that turned a mediocre weepie book into a better-than-mediocre weepie movie. I held my handkerchief in my hand, but no tears came. Instead, the full-scale Hollywood treatment just emphasizes the inadequacy of the source material. Exquisite cinematography, appealing themes, and some …
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Posted on June 11, 2004 at 10:50 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Strong language for a PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual situation for a PG-13, sexual references, including adultery and prostitution |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking, prescription drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
The women’s movement of the 1970’s was one of the most seismic social movements in U.S. history because it affected every single household. It was about more than equal pay for equal work; it was about re-thinking every asumption about the family structure. There was a lot of talk about consciousness-raising and the personal being …
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Posted on June 11, 2004 at 8:10 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Brief mild words |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
References to adultery |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking, reference to drug smuggling |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tense scenes |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
One of the most enduring themes in fiction is the journey. From The Odyssey and the search for the holy grail to to The Wizard of Oz, The African Queen, and Finding Nemo, the story of heroes who have to go somewhere gives us a chance to see their journeys as symbolic of their learning …
Continue reading “The Terminal”
Posted on June 10, 2004 at 8:00 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
A few mild words |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some kissing, reference to polygamy |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, comic drunkenness, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic peril and action, no one serioously hurt, many crotch injuries |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
This movie may take its title from the Jules Verne classic adventure about the man who circled the globe in 80 days to win a bet, but it is really just a Jackie Chan movie, and a below-average one at that. Chan, who also produced, plays Lau Xing, valet to inventor Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan). …
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