Helping you choose the best movies for your family
Movie Title: Mission: Impossible – Fallout Grade: A Rating: PG-13, 147 minutes In a Nutshell: This fun franchise continues to deliver. I’m such a fan. It’s cool, dramatic, funny, and filled with impossible stunts that make your jaw drop open … Continued
Movie Title: The MEG Grade: B- Rating: PG-13, 114 minutes In a Nutshell: If you’re a Sharknado fan, you’ll get a kick out of this summer’s monster movie in the water directed by Jon Turteltaub. The trailer made me think … Continued
Movie Title: Alpha Grade: B+ Rating: PG-13, 97 minutes In a Nutshell: I read somewhere that people who talk to their dogs are more intelligent than those who don’t. If you have a dog, do you talk to him/her? Of … Continued
Show Dogs Grade: D for dumb Rating: PG, 92 minutes In a Nutshell: It’s a children’s movie about dogs that compete in a competition. Young children will be amused, but it’s torture for almost everyone else. Tips for parents: One … Continued
Movie Title: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Grade: B Rating: PG-13, 129 minutes … Continued
Movie Title: Deadpool 2 Grade: B+ Rating: R, 119 minutes In a Nutshell: Marvel is on a roll. The X-Force team assembles under the guidance of the most disrespectful, irreverent superhero ever, Deadpool, played expertly by Ryan Reynolds. As … Continued
Movie Title: Traffik Grade: C- Rating: R, 1 hour 36 minutes In a Nutshell: I was in the Las Vegas airport recently and saw a sign on the bathroom door stall that gave an emergency phone number for women … Continued
Movie Title: Breaking In Grade: C- Rating: PG-13, 88 minutes In a Nutshell: Just in time for Mother’s Day, Gabrielle Union does a good job showing us what any mama bear will do to protect her cubs. Unfortunately, … Continued
Movie Title: Isle of Dogs Grade: A- Rating: PG-13, 101 minutes In a Nutshell: I went to Japan with my family last summer for the first time. It was so amazing that I know it won’t be the … Continued
Movie Title: Avengers: Infinity War Grade: A Rating: PG-13, 156 minutes (the longest Marvel film to date) In a Nutshell: Starring…well….EVERYONE! All of your favorite Marvel superheroes get spotlighted, a difficult task that the Russo brothers capably tackled. As the … Continued