Rated R Rated R for violence, language and sexuality/nudity.Directed by Harold Ramis (Caddyshack, Vacation, Groundhog Day, Analyze This…)Starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Oliver Platt, Randy Quaid…Take a quick peek at the fine print next to the R-rating. Let me warn you…they forgot to add the word “extreme” before “sexuality/nudity.”Believe me… I was disappointed. I love other...
Rated PG for battle sequences and frightening moments.Directed by Andrew Adamson (Shrek)Starring Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, and the voice of Liam NeesonC.S. Lewis would be pleased.Since I was a child I’ve been waiting to see The Chronicles of Narnia hit the big screen. If you are my age, you may...
Rated PG-13 For frightening sequences of sci-fi violence and disturbing images.Directed by Steven Spielberg (JAWS, E.T., Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park…)Starring Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins…E.T. is back… and boy is he pissed!Yes, this is another tale from Spielberg about extra terrestrials. But don’t expect Elliott’s little friend looking for a phone booth…War of the Worlds is much...
Rated PG for thematic elements, some sensuality and language.Directed by Ken Kwapis (Dunston Checks In, TV: The Office…)Starring Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively…This film has some very great individual scenes…but as a whole it didn’t do it for me.The movie is based on the young adult book, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Anne Brashares....
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content including some dialogueDirected by Roger Kumble (The Sweetest Thing, Cruel Intentions)Starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Amy Smart…In the spirit of Something About Mary or Meet the Fockers… here’s Just Friends, Roger Kumble’s (the director) first attempt at a film with less than an R rating.The story starts in 1995 New Jersey in Chris’...
Rated PG for some mild crude humor Directed by Raja Gosnell (Scooby-Doo, Never Been Kissed, Big Mamma’s House)Starring Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Sean Faris…Scoot over Cheaper by the Dozen… you just got outnumbered!This is the story…of a man named Frank Beardsley (Quaid), an orderly, anal retentive, Coast Guard Admiral whose wife died years ago and is left to raise...
Rated PG-13 for some language, thematic material and depiction of drug dependency.Directed by James Mangold (Identity, Kate and Leopold, Girl Interrupted and Cop Land.)Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Patrick…Just before his death in 2003, a 70 plus year-old Johnny Cash made an award winning music video to his song Hurt that captured the emotion and the respect of...