Posted on June 10, 2004 at 2:11 pm
Celebrate America with this glorious love letter to our wonderful country. If Norman Rockwell made a movie, this would be it. If “America the Beautiful” was a movie, this would be it. If America had a home move, this would be it. And if we ever needed a reminder of of what can be proud …
Posted on June 9, 2004 at 5:44 am
B| 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 aduletery 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 …
Posted on June 7, 2004 at 8:03 pm
C+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | A few four-letter words |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references, including forced prostitution, some groping |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Intense and graphic violence, characters in frequent peril, many killed, suicide |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse good and bad guys, strong women |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2004 |
Pitch Black was an outer space horror film about a group stranded on a planet with some very scary creatures. One member of the group was Riddick (Vin Diesel), a convict being transported to prison. His ability to see in the dark made him the group’s best hope for survival. In this vastly less ambitious …
Posted on June 6, 2004 at 7:11 pm
A| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | Some very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Explicit sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | None |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2004 |
Fair warning: five minutes into this film the critic checked out of my head and the fan took over. It may not be great art and it won’t work for everyone, but it kept me smiling all day. Nine years ago, in Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise, two young people met on a train and impetuously …
Posted on June 6, 2004 at 6:32 am
When you are hurtling through adolescence, overcome with warring emotions and desperately trying to learn a whole new set of rules for status and interaction, everything you thought you knew seems suspect and even your own body is completely unfamiliar and terrifyingly out of control. It sometimes seems that the best anchor to keep you …
