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Posted on April 9, 2004 at 6:08 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual references and situations including repeated rape |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Savage violence, including rape and murder |
| Diversity Issues: |
Treatment of outsiders a metaphorical theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
“Dogville” will inspire passionate responses, partly because it is deliberately provocative but more because it
Posted on April 8, 2004 at 10:29 am
There is only one reason to see “The Alamo,” and it is Billy Bob Thornton. His portrayal of Davy Crockett is magnificently vibrant, fully imagined, and so breathtakingly evocative of the essence of the American hero that it may be worth seeing the film just to spend some time with him. As he quietly asks …
Continue reading “The Alamo”
Posted on April 8, 2004 at 6:17 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Implied nudity, sexual situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking, including comic intoxication |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Characters are hitmen; fighting, gunplay, characters killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
Could it BE any more atrocious? This stupifyingly appalling mess of a movie takes the definition of “not funny” to a new low. The gravitational pull of its massive lack of humor is so strong that if you listen carefully you may be able to hear it sucking comedy out of actual funny movies right …
Continue reading “The Whole Ten Yards”
Posted on April 6, 2004 at 6:44 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
Some crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief crude humor, ogre butt crack, romantic kiss |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking, character abuses alcohol, comic tipsyness |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Characters in peril; no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
In keeping with the fairy tale theme, I will begin this review with a warning: If you want to experience the real pleasures this movie has to offer, do not expect a faithful re-creation of the book. The plot, the characters, even the tone are very different, and the fans of the marvelous book, who …
Continue reading “Ella Enchanted”
Posted on April 5, 2004 at 2:05 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Brief language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Kiss |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Cigar smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
A lot of comic book-style action violence, characters killed |
| Diversity Issues: |
Tolerance of individual differences is a theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2004 |
In the “it was a dark and stormy night” genre of graphic novels (that’s comic books with literary aspirations), we are guaranteed to find a Sam Spade-inspired anti-hero with a wicked sense of humor and a weakness for a dangerous dame. Frank Miller’s “Sin City” series is among the most impressive of the type. Comic …
Continue reading “Hellboy”
