Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Mild |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extreme peril and gore |
| Diversity Issues: |
All white cast |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2001 |
Producer William Castle is better remembered for his outrageous marketing. schemes than for the content of the movies. He would do anything to attract attention, from taking out a million-dollar insurance policy for anyone who died of fright while viewing one of his movies to the “Coward’s Corner” set up to refund the ticket price …
Continue reading “13 Ghosts”
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, including prostitution |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
A lot of drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Very graphic violence, including nude murder victim and torture |
| Diversity Issues: |
Multi-racial cast, but whites in most major roles |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2001 |
There is an inherent hypocricy in any satire about our fascination with violence. Invariably, it tries for the best of both worlds, giving us a lot of violence and allowing us to assume moral superiority through ironic distance. Like the tabloid television show it features, “15 Minutes” gets to decry the depiction of violence by …
Continue reading “15 Minutes”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Extremely strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Very explicit sexual situations and references, no nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
A lot of drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extremely violent with prolonged and extensive and explicit gunfights |
| Diversity Issues: |
Inter-racial cast |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2001 |
Nine-tenths attitude and one-tenth gunplay, this testosterone-fueled story has a tasty premise – in the middle of an Elvis convention in Las Vegas, a team of five Elvis impersonators rob a casino. (A couple of weeks ago it was a high school cheerleaders robbing a bank – what’s next, the Teletubbies knocking over a convenience …
Continue reading “3000 Miles to Graceland”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
C
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Extremely explicit sexual situations and references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
None |
| Diversity Issues: |
All major characters are white |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2002 |
At the heart of a sex farce is someone who wants to have sex (preferably illicit) but is amusingly thwarted. This gives us the best of both worlds, as we get to vicariously enjoy the illicit possibilities and feel righteously smug about the agonies the characters go through in pursuit of their quest. The problem …
Continue reading “40 Days and 40 Nights”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
It begins as a sweet, simple love story. A flirtatious waitress named Lucy (Kate Hudson) falls for a man named Adam (Stuart Townsend). All the other men in Lucy’s life pursued her, but Adam lets her take the lead. Once she does, he is charming to her family, and a thoughtful and romantic boyfriend. She …
Continue reading “About Adam”
