Helping you choose the best movies for your family
Movie Title: If I Stay PG-13, 1 hour 46 minutes Grade: B- In a Nutshell: Standard chick-flick material: too cool guy falls head-over-heels in love with a shy, misunderstood girl and says all the right romantic things, risking everything for … Continued
Movie Title: The Giver [HD] PG-13, 1 hour 40 minutes Grade: B In a Nutshell: If you haven’t read the best-selling young adult novel The Giverby Lois Lowry, you’ll understand the movie well enough, but also won’t know what you’re … Continued
Movie Title: Step Up All In PG-13, 1 hour 52 minutes PG Grade: A for dancing, D for plot In a Nutshell: The Step Up franchise always brings it when it comes to amazing dancing. This 5th installment’s story line … Continued
Movie Title: Think Like A Man Too PG-13, 1 hour 46 minutes Grade: D for dumb In a Nutshell: This movie is ridiculous and not in the “ha ha” kind of way. It’s a raucous romp in Sin City while … Continued
Movie Title: The Fault in Our Stars PG-13, 2 hours 5 minutes Grade: A- In a Nutshell: I’m going to have to read this book. The movie is based on the #1 bestselling novel by John Green and … Continued
Movie Title: Blended PG-13, 1 hour 57 minutes Grade: B- In a Nutshell: Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are paired together in their third romantic comedy. She seems to make him better. Despite Adam’s … Continued
Movie Title: The Other Woman Grade: B PG-13, 1 hour 49 minutes In a Nutshell: A woman’s guilty pleasure is to see a two-timing, adulterous scumbag get what’s coming to him. It kind of gives “screwball comedy” another meaning. … Continued
Movie Title: Winter’s Tale PG-13, 2 hours 9 minutes Grade: B- In a Nutshell: Not to be confused with Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, this time-traveling tale is filled with a wonderfully talented cast: Colin Farrell (Total Recall), Jessica Brown Findlay … Continued
Movie Title: Endless Love Grade: D In a Nutshell: D for dumb. In the words of the Houston Press movie critic: “Finally, a love story for attractive white people.” Ha ha This remake of the 1981 Franco Zeffirelli film about … Continued
Movie Title: Pompeii PG-13, 1 hour 38 minutes Grade: B In a Nutshell: This disaster movie is getting terrible reviews, but I still got a kick out of the swords-and-sandal attempt at filling in the details of how things went … Continued