September 29, 2008
Righteous Kill
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Starring: Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent, Carla Gugino, John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg
Rated: R for violence, pervasive language, some sexuality and brief drug use.
Parental Notes: This is a pretty solid R rating. Not for youngsters, though teens and mature preteens may be fine.
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June 08, 2008
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
Starring: Adam Sandler, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rob Schneider, John Turturro
Rated: PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language and nudity.
Parental Notes: There's little in the way of graphic nudity or violence here, the entire movie is very cartoonish. It is, however, very, very vulgar.
May 19, 2008
Speed Racer
Directed by: Larry and Andy Wachowski
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon
Rated: PG for sequences of action, some violence and language.
Parental Notes: This is a movie aimed squarely at kids. The racing scenes may be a bit intense for very young kids, but kids old enough to watch Saturday morning cartoons should be fine.
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April 03, 2008
21
Directed by: Robert Luketic
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Laurence Fishbourne
Rated: PG-13 for some violence, and sexual content including partial nudity.
Parental Notes: This is a solid PG-13 film. There's some beating of card sharks by Vegas security goons and a sex scene, but neither is as graphic as you'd find in an R-rated film.
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March 24, 2008
The Bank Job
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Richard Lintern
Rated: R
Parental Notes: This is not a kids movie (plenty of nudity/sensuality and a bit of violence and kinkiness for good measure) though teens may enjoy it.
January 28, 2008
Untraceable
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, Joseph Cross
Rated: R for grisly violence and torture, and some language.
Parental Notes: The R rating is well-deserved. The deaths in this film are protracted and gruesome, making the film not for impressionable youngsters.
January 14, 2008
The Bucket List
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, Rob Morrow
Rated: PG-13 for language, including a sexual reference.
Parental Notes: In terms of violence and sexuality, this is a very low-key film. It does have some gentle deaths in it and the whole terminal-illness thing, plus some language, but that's about it.
October 08, 2007
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Directed by: David L. Cunningham
Starring: Alexander Ludwig, Frances Conroy, Ian McShane
Rated: PG for fantasy action and some scary images.
Parental Notes: This film is safe for just about all kids, though those who are passionate fans of the books may want to skip it.
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September 10, 2007
Balls of Fury
Directed by: Ben Garant
Starring: Dan Fogler, George Lopez, Christopher Walken, Maggie Q, James Hong
Rated: PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, and for language.
Parental Notes: This is a fairly standard PG-13 comedy full of crude humor. Nothing unusually awful by Hollywood standards, but certainly not intellectual fare.
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September 04, 2007
War
Directed by: Philip G. Atwell
Starring: Jason Statham, Jet Li, Devon Aoki
Rated: R for sequences of strong bloody violence, sexuality/nudity and language.
Parental Notes: This mediocre film is very violent, with nudity and sexuality sprinkled throughout. Not one for the kiddies.
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January 15, 2007
Arthur and the Invisibles
Directed by: Luc Besson
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Jimmy Fallon, Mia Farrow
Rated: PG
Parental Notes: This is a fairly innocuous kids movie. It has some flaws and very little character development, but should be entertaining for kids who just want to see a new fantasy Adults may want to skip it.
December 18, 2006
Eragon
Directed by: Stefan Fangmeier
Starring: Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Sienna Guilory, Robert Carlyle
Rated: PG for fantasy violence, intense battle sequences and some frightening images.
Parental Notes: This is a fairly standard PG movie -- the violence is not very graphic and there is no language or nudity. The battle sequences may be a bit intense for the very young.
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October 16, 2006
Man of the Year
Written and Directed by: Barry Levinson
Starring: Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum
Rated: PG-13 for language including some crude sexual references, drug related material, and brief violence.
Parental Notes: This is a fairly innocuous film for teens and mature preteens, but youngsters may be frightened by the thriller plot line.
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August 14, 2006
Pulse
Directed by: Jim Sonzero
Starring: Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, Jonathan Tucker,
Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi terror, disturbing images, language, sensuality and thematic material.
Parental Notes: This is probably too spooky a film for youngsters, but teens and mature preteens will likely get a kick out of it if they like scary movies.
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