Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
Malcolm Sayer, a shy neurologist (Robin Williams), is assigned to work with patients for the first time after his research funding is cut off. His patients, all but catatonic, are in a ward called “the garden,” because their only treatment consists of “watering and feeding.” Ever since an epidemic of encephalitis (“sleeping sickness”) decades before, …
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
A+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Some crude references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Tense scenes, including shoot-out, child in peril, domestic violence |
| Diversity Issues: | Tolerance of individual differences |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2001 |
A man sees what no one else can, and we call him a genius. A man sees what no one else does, and we call him crazy. This Oscar-winner for Best Picture is a movie about a man who was both, the true story of genius John Forbes Nash, Jr., who revolutionized mathematics and then …
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
There’s no better way to start off the Christmas season than this holiday classic, now celebrating its 25th anniversary and so popular that Turner Classic Movies runs it for 24 hours each year. Millions of fans can recite its lines from memory and some are so passionate they visit the Christmas Story house and attend …
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
One of the greatest musicals of all time has a gorgeous new Criterion edition in honor of its 50th anniversary. The documentary style of this movie masks its tight construction, clever script, and sublime anarchy second only to the Marx brothers. A surrealistic day in the life of the most overwhelmingly popular rock group of …
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Mild sexual situation, brief non-sexual nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Lots of jousting and sword-fighting violence, not too graphic |
| Diversity Issues: | Class differences are a theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | 2001 |
If the idea of a medieval jousting movie set to classic rock songs like “We Will Rock You,” “Low Rider,” and “The Boys are Back in Town” bothers you, forget this movie and rent “Ivanhoe” instead. But if the idea appeals to you, get some popcorn and get ready for a ravishingly good time. This …
