Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Preschool |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
G-rated scenes of violence and peril |
| Diversity Issues: |
Native American character, female characters rather passive |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2000 |
The beloved PBS series about the little blue train and his friends moves to the big screen with a story that will please its many fans, though they might find it a little hard to follow. Even adults may scratch their heads at the plot, which has to do with the train and human characters …
Continue reading “Thomas and the Magic Railroad”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
Part Woody Allen-style mid-life crisis movie, part old-fashioned, door-slamming bedroom farce, part “let’s laugh as rich folks mess everything up while we enjoy looking at their beautiful homes and clothes,” and possibly part therapy session for leading man Warren Beatty, this movie is ultimately mystifying. Beatty plays architect Porter Stoddard, who seems to have it …
Continue reading “Town and Country”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Explicit sexual situations, including teen prostitution |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Extensive -- the theme of the movie (includes teen drug use) |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Very violent -- shoot-outs and explosions, overdose, torture, characters murdered |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2000 |
A hard-line judge is selected as the President’s new general in the war on drugs. Front-line cops in Mexico and the US go after the small-time distributors and try to make cases against the sources of the drugs. A pampered wife, pregnant with her second child, finds out that her husband’s legitimate businesses are just …
Continue reading “Traffic”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Extremely strong language including the n-word |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, brief nudity, attempted rape |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drug use and drug dealers, drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Very violent, intense peril, characters murdered |
| Diversity Issues: |
Multi-racial cast, anti-gay slurs |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2001 |
Denzel Washington has a coiled, controlled energy that puts tremendous power behind his coolness and grace. That quality works well for him when he plays good guys, adding complexity and ambiguity to his portrayal of heroes from the Washington Post reporter in “The Pelican Brief” to the lawyer in “Philadelphia” and real-life figures Hurricane Carter …
Continue reading “Training Day”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
U-571, a fictional story inspired by several different WWII incidents, follows a group of sailors who are trying to capture the German’s Engima code machine, so that they can find out where the U-boats are headed in time to prevent them from sinking the Allies’ supply ships. Minute for minute, it is one of the …
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