Helping you choose the best movies for your family
MOVIE TITLE: Motherless Brooklyn RATING: R LENGTH: 2 hours, 24 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: A- IN A NUTSHELL: This crime drama set in the 1950’s offers mystery, excellent performances, and New York City, the perfect formula … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Harriet RATING: PG-13 (This is a “softer” version of slave history than Hollywood has pumped out in recent years.) LENGTH: 2 hours, 5 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: B IN A NUTSHELL: There has been a … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Black and Blue RATING: R LENGTH: 1 hour, 38 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: B IN A NUTSHELL: Written by Peter A. Dowling and directed by Deon Taylor, this cat and mouse thriller addresses loyalties between being … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (That’s how the first film was translated in some languages) RATING: PG (Some say the movie should have been PG-13 considering the high body count.) LENGTH: 1 hour, 58 minutes Movie Review … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Joker RATING: R LENGTH: 2 hour, 2 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: A IN A NUTSHELL: Joaquin Phoenix deserves an Oscar nomination and win for his outstanding performance in this intense, psychological thriller. You can actually see … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Gemini Man RATING: PG-13 LENGTH: 1 hour, 57 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: A- IN A NUTSHELL: This movie spent a very long time in production…as in 20 years! Disney was going to produce it but computer … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Rambo Last Blood RATING: R (Sylvester Stallone seemed pleased when he got his “hard” R rating. Hard, indeed) LENGTH: 1 hour, 41 minutes (This is actually the shortest movie in the Rambo franchise) Movie Review Mom GRADE: B+ … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Out of Liberty RATING: PG LENGTH: 111 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: B IN A NUTSHELL: The movie begins in 1838 right after Joseph Smith and other religious leaders surrender to the Missouri Militia under threat of … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Don’t Let Go (It was formerly named “Relive”) RATING: R LENGTH: 1 hour, 43 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: C+ IN A NUTSHELL: Directed and written by Jacob Estes, this fantasy/horror/thriller actually gave me goosebumps a few … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Angel Has Fallen RATING: R LENGTH: 2 hours, 1 minute Movie Review Mom GRADE: C IN A NUTSHELL: If you love playing shooting video games, you’ll probably like this movie. If you love this “Fallen” franchise, you might … Continued