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Posted on May 23, 2004 at 8:04 am
B-
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking, smoking, drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Mental illness, car crash, war injury |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Good intentions and passionate feelings are sometimes the enemy of vivid and coherent storytelling, as this movie, based on the real-life experiences of its writer/director, demonstrates. Sometimes the person who lived through it is just too close to realize what makes a life a story. The story here is about the redemptive romance between a …
Continue reading “Stateside”
Posted on May 14, 2004 at 5:44 pm
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Strong sexual references and situations for a PG-13 |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Characters drink and smoke |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic scuffle |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Bright stars can’t save this over-plotted and under-directed romantic comedy. Jamie Foxx plays Quincy, a magazine editor who is about to propose to his girlfriend when she dumps him. So he writes a book about how to break up with a girlfriend, based on research he had to do for his boss about employee termination, …
Continue reading “Breakin’ All the Rules”
Posted on May 13, 2004 at 7:20 pm
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
Some mild naughty words |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some crude potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Brief drug joke, scenes in tavern |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Comic violence, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
A metaphorical theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Oh, stop reading now and just go to the movie. All you need to know from me is that “Shrek 2” is pure enjoyment, with stunningly brilliant technology and hilarious performances. And (here is the most important part) it has a script that is filled with wit, wisdom, heart, and so-funny-you’ll-have-to-see-it-twice comedy, with nonstop humor …
Continue reading “Shrek 2”
Posted on May 11, 2004 at 8:45 am
B
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations including threesome, reference to rape, nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Characters drink wine |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extreme, intense, and graphic battle violence with swords, knives, spears, and fire, many characters brutally killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
The Iliad begins, “Sing, O goddess, of the anger of Achilles.” It is a story about love, honor, betrayal, fate, ambition, and of course, hubris. And it is the adventure of the best warrior there ever was or will be. This movie is the watered-down, greatest hits, Classic Comics version. It’s mostly about the fighting. …
Continue reading “Troy”
Posted on May 4, 2004 at 7:29 pm
A-
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Brief mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Non-explicit sexual situation, brief mild references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Non-stop intense comic-book-style peril and violence, grotesque images |
| Diversity Issues: |
Very strong female character |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Forgive me, I have to say it. This is one vampire movie with bite. And it’s the first real popcorn pleasure of the year, a deliciously entertaining thrill ride that pleasurably tweaks new thrills from old stories. It starts with a bang, even the movie studio’s logo a part of a glorious black-and-white intro that …
Continue reading “Van Helsing”
