Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
A
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
All characters use very strong language, even children |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
References to transvestism and homosexuality, some child sex talk, children discuss adult infidelity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking, references to alcoholism, adult characters tipsy |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some family violence, police fight strikers |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie, homophobic comments |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2000 |
As two 11-year-olds walk home from school, the girl casually bounces a stick along the side of a building. The building ends and, still chatting, she keeps bouncing it along the shields held up by a line of policemen. They pay as little attention to her as she does to them. It is Thatcher-era England, …
Continue reading “Billy Elliot”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual situations, including bondage and prostitution |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
A lot of drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Scary situations including violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
Cultural differences |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2002 |
A very uneven thriller-romance is brightened by dark comedy and another magnetic performance by Nicole Kidman as the 21st century equivalent to a mail order bride. Shy bank teller John (Ben Chaplin) orders his bride from an internet company called “From Russia With Love.” He orders a brand new double bed and cleans up his …
Continue reading “Birthday Girl”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Strong language for a PG-13 |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Sword and arrow battles (characters injured and killed), beheading, fist fights |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2001 |
Martin Lawrence is a very funny guy who is usually a lot better than the movies around him, which tend to play as though half the script reads, “Martin enters and does funny things.” This time, the material comes a little closer to his talents, in a story inspired by Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee …
Continue reading “Black Knight”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
D
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drug use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Intense peril and violence |
| Diversity Issues: |
Strong black hero |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2002 |
An ordinary sequel to the first Wesly Snipes vehicle, based on the Marvel Comics superhero, this bloody punch-fest lacks the charming antagonists that livened the original movie. Wesley Snipes plays the title character, Blade, a half-vampire whose mother was bitten hours before he was born. This mixed parentage gives him superhuman virtues without the traditional …
Continue reading “Blade II”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, including one-night stand |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Character abuses alcohol, character tries to give up smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Sad death in plane crash |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2000 |
Like “Return to Me,” this is a love story that is better than its gimmick. In a variation on the “cute meet” of romantic comedies, this movie has a “buried secret that will be revealed at the worst possible time” meeting of its leads, with a final plot twist that is one of the most …
Continue reading “Bounce”
