From the
August 2012 newsletter:
Peacemovies.com
by John Thielking
August 2012
Vol. 1 No. 8
August 6th and August 9th mark the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan that marked the end of WWII. Most of the events planned to mark this occasion have already happened as of the date of this publication. Fear not, however. There is still an opportunity to protest against nukes and to contribute to the cause. Coalition Against Nukes (CAN) is having three days of protest in Washington DC, from September 20-22, 2012.
MESSAGE FROM PRISCILLA STAR, FOUNDER OF THE COALITION AGAINST NUKES, ABOUT THE UPCOMING RALLY FOR A NUCLEAR FREE FUTURE IN DC SEPTEMBER 20-22: SLO MOTHERS FOR PEACE IS AN ENDORSER OF THE RALLY!!!
As founder of Coalition Against Nukes, I'm asking all US members to consider offering any financial assistance possible to help defray costs for our Rally for a Nuclear Free Future. We plan an ambitious three days of actions in DC Sept. 20-22nd to bring our message to our elected officials and hearts and minds of the American people. We only have a few weeks left to raise funds for banners, posters, signs, web design, PR, photographers/videographers, audio visual equipment, stage and sound rentals, site fees and travel expenses for some of our guest speakers. If you CAN HELP, please mail your donation to: Coalition Against Nukes, c/o Priscilla Star, 51 Startop Drive, Montauk, NY 11954. For tax-deductible donations over $250, please make check payable to NIRS and put C.A.N in the memo line and send to: Nuclear Information and Resource Service, 6930 Carroll Avenue #340, Takona Park, MD 20912. THANKS!!
In related news, an 82 year old Nun was one of three people arrested in a nonviolent civil disobedience action that temporarily shut down the Oak Ridge, TN Uranium processing facility, the only facility in the US that handles weapons grade Uranium. This happened on Wednesday, August 1, 2012. For more information on that, go to http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/03/82-year-old-anti-nuke-nun-temporarily-shuts-down-u-s-nuclear-facility/#.UB880WURcc0.facebook
Peacemovies.com promotes the viewing of relatively nonviolent movies in an effort to bring about the creation of a more just and peaceful world. While it may be true that long term trends suggest that violence worldwide is decreasing (See Winning The War Against War by Joshua S. Goldstein and The Better Angels Of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker) it is still true that viewing violent movies and video games has been documented to increase the tendencies for individuals to commit acts of violence. Also, the US is tending to buck the worldwide trend in decreasing levels of violence with among other things the fact that more African Americans are today serving as indentured servants in US prisons than served as slaves in 1850.
Below you will find movies on DVD and in theaters categorized into 4 classes: Little or No Violence, Nonviolent, Iffy and Too Violent. Hopefully this will make you a better informed consumer of movies and enable you to enjoy movies that are largely free of violence. Happy reading!
| Violence Ratings And Reviews Of New Release DVDs
(released from May 1, 2012 to August 28, 2012)
General release dates are in (parentheses). Release dates
for Netflix DVDs by mail are in [brackets]. |
| Little or no Violence (2 or less violent scenes, or just a few off screen violent stories and few deaths if any.) |
| Think
Like A Man PG-13 Romantic Comedy (8-28-12) [8-28-12] Life Happens R Comedy (8-28-12) Blue Like Jazz PG-13 Drama (8-7-12) [8-7-12] Friends With Kids R Romantic Comedy (7-17-12) [7-17-12] The Vow PG-13 Drama/Romance (5-8-12) [5-8-12] |
| Non-Violent (10 or less violent scenes per 90 minutes, with few if any dead bodies.) |
| Monsieur
Lazhar PG-13 Drama (8-28-12) [8-28-12] Darling Companion PG-13 Drama (8-28-12) [8-28-12] Chimpanzee G Documentary (8-21-12) [8-21-12] A Separation PG-13 Drama (8-21-12) [8-21-12] Bernie PG-13 Drama/Comedy (8-21-12) [8-21-12] Bel Ami R Romantic Comedy (8-7-12) [8-7-12] Marley NR Documentary (8-7-12) [8-7-12] The Deep Blue Sea R Romance/Drama (7-24-12) [7-24-12] Footnote PG Drama/Comedy (7-24-12) [7-24-12] American Reunion R Comedy (7-10-12) A Thousand Words PG-13 Comedy (6-26-12) [6-26-12] Jeff Who Lives At Home R Comedy/Drama (6-19-12) [6-19-12] Big Miracle PG Drama/Adventure (6-19-12) Thin Ice R Dark Comedy/Drama (6-12-12) Tyler Perry's Good Deeds PG-13 Drama/Romance (6-12-12) [6-12-12] The Secret World Of Arrietty G Animation/Fantasy (5-22-12) [5-22-12] Albert Nobbs R Drama (5-15-12) [5-15-12] W.E. R Drama (Caution: Though this movie has few violent scenes, some of them are bloody.) (5-1-12) [5-1-12] New Year's Eve PG-13 Drama/Comedy (5-1-12) [5-1-12] |
| Iffy (11-20 scenes of mild violence) |
| Being
Flynn R Comedy/Drama (7-10-12) |
| Too Violent (way more than 10 violent scenes and/or many dead bodies and/or an orgy of violence at any point) |
|
Battleship PG-13
Action/Sci-Fi (8-28-12) The Lucky One PG-13 Drama
(8-28-12) The Pirates! Band Of Misfits
PG Animation (8-28-12) [8-28-12] Headhunters R Thriller (8-28-12) [8-28-12] The Dictator R Comedy
(8-21-12) [8-21-12] Freelancers R
Action/Adventure (8-21-12) One In The Chamber NR
Action/Adventure (8-21-12) [8-21-12] The Hunger Games PG-13
Action/Sci-Fi (8-18-12) [8-18-12] The Raid Redemption NR Drama
(8-14-12) [8-14-12] Kill List NR Thriller (8-14-12)
[8-14-12] The Snowtown Murders (8-14-12)
[8-14-12] Breathless R (8-14-12) [8-14-12] Hick R Drama (8-14-12) [8-14-12] Dr Suess' The Lorax PG Animation
(8-7-12) Warriors Of The Rainbow NR Drama
(8-7-12) [8-7-12] Fortress PG-13 War/Drama (7-31-12) Hatfields And McCoys NR Drama
(7-31-12) [7-31-12] ATM R Thriller/Horror (7-31-12)
[7-31-12] Treasure Island NR
Action/Adventure (7-24-12) Meeting Evil R Drama (7-24-12)
[7-24-12] Age Of The Dragons PG-13
Action/Adventure (7-24-12) Brake R Drama (7-24-12) [7-24-12] Silent House R Horror (7-24-12) The Three Stooges PG Comedy
(7-17-12) Lockout PG-13 Sci-Fi (7-17-12)
[7-17-12] Casa De Mi Padre R Comedy
(7-17-12) [7-17-12] Get The Gringo R Drama (7-17-12) Intruders R Horror (7-17-12) The Flowers Of War R Drama
(7-10-12) The Hunter R Drama (7-3-12) [7-3-12] God Bless America R Comedy (7-3-12) [7-3-12] Project X R Comedy/Drama (6-19-12) Wanderlust R Comedy (6-19-12) Seeking Justice R Drama (6-19-12) [6-19-12] The FP R Drama (6-19-12) [6-19-12] Cat Run R Drama (6-19-12) The Legend Of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy Drama (6-19-12) [6-19-12] Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows R Drama (6-12-12) Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance PG-13 Horror (6-12-12) [6-13-12] In Darkness R Drama (6-12-12) [6-12-12] Kill Speed R Drama (6-12-12) Monster Brawl NR Horror (6-12-12) Safe House R Thriller (6-5-12) Journey 2: Mysterious Island PG Adventure (6-5-12) John Carter PG-13 Action/Adventure (6-5-12) [6-5-12] Act Of Valor R Action (6-5-12) Machine Gun Preacher R Drama (6-5-12) Bad Ass R Drama (6-5-12) [6-5-12] Goon R Drama (5-29-12) [5-29-12] 96 Minutes Drama (5-29-12) [5-29-12] Coriolanus Drama (5-29-12) We Need To Talk About Kevin R Drama (5-29-12) [5-29-12] Gone PG-13 Thriller (5-29-12) [5-29-12] Man On A Ledge PG-13 Thriller/Drama (5-29-12) [5-29-12] This Means War PG-13 Comedy/Action (5-22-12) The Woman In Black PG-13 Horror (5-22-12) [5-22-12] Kinyarwanda R Drama (5-15-12) [5-15-12] Rampart R Thriller (5-15-12) [5-15-12] One For The Money PG-13 Drama (5-15-12) [5-15-12] The Grey R Action/Adventure (5-15-12) The Devil Inside R Horror (5-15-12) [5-15-12] Chronicle PG-13 Adventure/Fantasy (5-15-12) The Front Line R War (5-8-12) [5-8-12] Humans Vs. Zombies NR Horror (5-8-12) Playback R Horror (5-8-12) [5-8-12] Underworld: Awakening R Horror (5-8-12) [5-8-12] Haywire R Action (5-1-12) [5-1-12] |
| Not yet reviewed |
|
Footnotes: * = there is smoking in this movie. # = there is no smoking in this movie. |
| Little or no Violence (2 or less violent scenes, or just a few off screen violent stories and few deaths if any.) |
| Sleepwalk
With Me NR Drama # The Oogieloves In The Big Balloon Adventure G Adventure/Musical # Robot & Frank PG-13 Comedy/Drama # 2 Days In New York R Romance* Celeste And Jesse Forever R Comedy/Drama* 360 R Drama* Hope Springs PG-13 Romantic Comedy # Ruby Sparks R Fantasy/Romance # The Queen Of Versailles PG Documentary # Katy Perry: Part Of Me PG Documentary # The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PG-13 Romantic Comedy # To The Arctic G Documentary # |
| Non-Violent (10 or less violent scenes per 90 minutes, with few if any dead bodies.) |
| The
Ambassador NR Documentary* Late Bloomers NR Romance/Comedy/Drama* Joker NR Fantasy/Adventure # Searching For Sugar Man PG-13 Documentary # Beloved (Les Bien-Aimes) NR Musical* The Odd Life Of Timothy Green PG Fantasy/Comedy # 2016: Obama's America PG Documentary/Comedy/Fantasy # Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry R Documentary* The Well Digger's Daughter NR Romance* Girlfriend Boyfriend NR Romantic Comedy* The Intouchables R Comedy/Drama* Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum NR Comedy # Step Up Revolution PG-13 Drama/Romance # Farewell, My Queen R Drama # Neil Young: Journeys PG Documentary # To Rome With Love R Romantic Comedy # Bernie PG-13 Comedy # |
| Iffy (11-20 scenes of mild violence) |
| The
Campaign R Comedy # Moonrise Kingdom PG-13 Drama/Romance* Born To Be Wild G Documentary Comedy Sportz NR Live Improv Comedy # |
| Too Violent (way more than 10 violent scenes and/or many dead bodies and/or an orgy of violence at any point) |
| Red Hook Summer R
Drama/Romance Compliance R Drama The Possession PG-13 Horror Julayi NR Comedy/Action Lawless R Crime Drama The Bullet Vanishes NR Thriller/Mystery High Noon PG Western The Apparition PG-13 Suspense Premium Rush PG-13 Thriller/Action Cosmopolis R Drama Hit And Run R Comedy/Action Jaws PG Horror Sparkle PG-13 Musical* Paranorman PG Animation Hara-Kiri: Death Of A Samurai NR Drama The Awakening R Horror The Expendables 2 R Action/Adventure Karnan NR Drama/Action/War Unforgivable NR Romance # The Healing NR Horror The Bourne Legacy PG-13 Thriller/Action Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D PG-13 Comedy Killer Joe NC-17 Drama Karnan NR Action/War Diary Of A Wimpy Kid PG Comedy Assassin's Bullet R Drama Total Recall PG-13 Sci-Fi/Action Trishna R Drama/Romance* (One murder scene, by stabbing, disqualifies this movie.) The Watch R Comedy/Sci-Fi Cocktail PG-13 Romantic Comedy # (One fight scene disqualifies this movie.) The Dark Knight Rises PG-13 Action/Adventure Ice Age: Continental Drift PG Animated Comedy Beasts Of The Southern Wild PG-13 Drama # (One house burning down disqualifies this movie.) Savages R Drama The Amazing Spiderman PG-13 Action/Adventure Magic Mike R Comedy/Drama # (One brawl disqualifies this movie.) Ted R Comedy* Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter R Horror/Thriller Brave PG Comedy/Animated Prometheus R Horror/Sci-Fi Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted PG Comedy/Animated Snow White And The Huntsman PG-13 Drama (Snow White joins a gang and is packing heat this summer.) Men In Black 3 PG-13 Comedy/Sci Fi Marvel's The Avengers PG-13 Sci-Fi/Action The Pirates! Band Of Misfits PG Adventure/Animated The Hunger Games PG-13 Action/Family |
| Not yet reviewed |
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