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Documentary Directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine Rated PG-13 for some thematic material involving descriptions of war atrocities 1 hour 47 minutes 2007 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature Imagine yourself as a child living in the war zone of Northern Uganda.  You have watched as your parents were taken away and murdered and your home was [...]

Documentary Directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski Rated R for language and adult themes 1 hour 23 minutes #18 on the International Documentary Association’s Top 25 List Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary of 2004 A photographer goes into the red light district of Calcutta, India to capture its essence and finds that many of [...]

Documentary Directed by Barbara Kopple Not rated, but likely PG-13 or R for language 1 hour 43 minutes #5 on the International Documentary Association’s All-time List #13 on IMDb’s Top 50 Documentaries by average vote You’ve probably heard that coal mining is a pretty difficult job, but have you ever really seen  it?  This movie [...]

Starring Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, and Hal Holbrook Directed by Sean Penn Rated R for language and some (gratuitous) nudity 2 hours, 28 minutes Have you ever just wanted to get away from it all – I mean REALLY get away from it all?  This movie tells the [...]

Documentary featuring Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Milton Friedman, and many others Directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott Not Rated, but likely PG-13 for some language and disturbing images 2 hours 25 minutes #27 on IMDb’s Top 50 Movies by Average Vote In America, the laws of our country have been applied such that corporations [...]

Documentary featuring the Apollo astronauts Directed by David Sington Rated PG for mild language, brief violent images and incidental smoking 1 hour 50 minutes #33 on IMDb’s Top Documentaries by vote For a lot of us, our knowledge of the Apollo space missions of the late 60s and early 70s doesn’t go too far beyond [...]

Starring Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, and Joe Anderson Directed by Julie Taymor (Frida) Rated PG-13 for some drug content, nudity, sexuality, violence, and language 2 hours 3 minutes It seems to be popular these days to take the songs of classic artists and weave a story around them to make a musical (Mamma Mia [...]

Starring Steve Carrell, Juliette Binoche, and Dane Cook Directed by Peter Hedges Rated PG-13 for some innuendo 1 hour 38 minutes In this romantic comedy Carrell plays Dan, a widower father of three girls struggling to win over his daughters and get his life together.  On a family trip to visit his parents, siblings, and their families, [...]

Starring Matthew MacFayden, Keely Hawes, and Andy Nyman Directed by Frank Oz (Little Shop of Horrors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, What About Bob?) Rated R for language and drug content 1 hour 30 minutes Aaah, British comedy.  Do you think the following are funny: tipping over a casket, strange effects from taking the wrong drug, naked [...]

Animated Directed by Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) Production/Distribution: Pixar/Disney Rated G 1 hour 43 minutes To say that my expectations were high for this, the newest release from Pixar, would be an understatement.  The movies they have produced read like an all-time list of family favorites: Toy Story, Toy Story II, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, and [...]