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(B) Agent Cody Banks
I took four young teenagers to this movie and they loved it. But I was not as impressed. The idea is a cute one -- but it was cuter when...
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Posted on Sunday March 9, 2003
(B) Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Frankie Muniz returns as junior secret agent Cody Banks in a moderately cute action comedy that will satisfy its target audience of 8-14-year-olds. Cody is the superstar of the secret...
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Posted on Saturday March 6, 2004
(B) The Alamo
There is only one reason to see "The Alamo," and it is Billy Bob Thornton. His portrayal of Davy Crockett is magnificently vibrant, fully imagined, and so breathtakingly evocative of...
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Posted on Thursday April 8, 2004
(B) Alfie
What's it all about, Charlie? Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyers used to be married and they used to make movies together (Baby Boom, the remakes of Father of the Bride...
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Posted on Tuesday October 19, 2004
(B) American Dreamz
The Roman rulers used to distract the populace from the problems of corruption and decadence with "bread and circuses." Today's equivalent might be junk food and television, especially "reality" television....
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Posted on Tuesday April 18, 2006
(B) American Pie
This is a movie about teenagers who promise each other that they will have sex before the night of the prom, and then do whatever they can to make it...
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Posted on Friday December 13, 2002
(B) American Wedding
Okay, I admit it -- I laughed. A lot. Even more surprising, I smiled. I was even a little sorry that this is the last of the American Pie trilogy....
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Posted on Tuesday July 29, 2003
(B) An Unfinished Life
A bear is wandering through farms looking for something to eat. An angry and abusive man is following the woman who left him because he wants her to come back,...
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Posted on Monday September 5, 2005
(B) Anchorman
Remember the old "Spanky and Our Gang" episodes where the boys wouldn't let Darla into the treehouse? Imagine that plot set in the all-white-guys world of 1970's television news, when...
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Posted on Wednesday July 7, 2004
(B) Arctic Tale
The people behind "March of the Penguins" have put together another endearing story of life in the coldest place on earth. This time, it is the story of two newborns,...
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Posted on Monday December 3, 2007
(B) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
This movie may be about one of the most famous outlaws in the days of the Wild West, but it is not a bang-bang shoot-em-up Western. It is a broody...
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Posted on Tuesday February 5, 2008
(B) Away From Her
Parents should know that this is a very sad movie with themes that may be disturbing to some audience members. Characters use brief strong language. Families who see this movie...
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Posted on Friday March 16, 2007
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