| Overall: | C- |
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| Violence: | D |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | B- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
If any family members see The Mummy, try comparing it to the original 1932 release and look at how technology has changed Hollywood’s approach to filmmaking. How is the writing different? Is there more dialogue now, or then? What devices (sound, special effects, music) are utilized to generate fear and horror and how have those devices changed?
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
