Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
Plot: Gregory Peck plays Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty in this true story of WWII Rome. The Vatican had diplomatic neutrality, so that no one within its borders could be arrested. O’Flaherty used the Vatican as a base of operations to save thousands of Allied POWs, in a long, elaborate, and deadly game of cat and mouse …
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
C+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Some drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | A lot of tension and peril |
| Diversity Issues: | Strong female black character |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2001 |
Movies are made for heist stories. Great robberies can be fun to watch on stage or read about in a book, but movies provide an immediacy and economy of narrative that no other form of story-telling can touch. Give us something worth a lot of money, whether it is money, jewels, or a secret formula, …
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
Some very scary looking guys are about to kill a guy who would be even scarier-looking if he wasn’t tied up. But then everyone steps back in awe of a guy who steps in looking scariest of all and as they hesitate, he cocks an eyebrow and says simply, “Boo.” That is the Rock (WWF …
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references, including rape, incest, adultery, and homosexuality |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Character gets drunk |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Some scary moments, dead bodies (one headless) |
| Diversity Issues: | All characters white |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2001 |
Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) is a huge, almost-silent lump of a man who married the first woman who spoke to him, a selfish good-time girl named Petal (Cate Blanchett). She ignores him and their daughter, Bunny. She spends most of her time out drinking, and when she comes home she brings men back with her. But …
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | Some |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Some tipsiness |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Several scary surprises, some quite grisly, creepiness |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 1999 |
This is one of the rarest of movie treats, a thinking person’s thriller that is genuinely haunting. You’re lucky if you see a movie that you are still thinking about by the time you reach your car; this one you may find yourself thinking about for days. Its ultimate conclusion is stunning but, in retrospect, …
