Helping you choose the best movies for your family
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
Grade: C PG-13, 1 hour 41 minutes In a Half-shell: You’re about to get shell-shocked. OK, first of all…I have 2 water turtles. So there’s that. Secondly, I raised 4 sons who were obsessed with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles … Continued
Movie Title: Guardians of the Galaxy Grade: A PG-13, 2 hours 1 minute In a Nutshell: FAN-Friggin-Tastic! This movie is everything you want a summer popcorn blockbuster to be. By now, everyone has heard of Captain America: The First Avenger, … Continued
Movie Title: Lucy Grade: B+ PG-13 in the U.S.A. or R in Europe In a Nutshell: The evolutionary Big Bang theory meets Bang Bang. As long as you remember that this is a summer popcorn movie and not a documentary, … Continued
Movie Title: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes PG-13, 2 hours 10 minutes Grade: B+/A- In a Nutshell: When I was young I went to a Planet Of The Apes Movie Marathon with my friends. We got a … Continued
Movie Title: Earth To Echo PG, 1 hour 29 minutes Grade: C In a Nutshell: This tween flick feels like an attempt at remaking E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial or even Super 8 with The Goonies (1985), but not as magical and … Continued
Movie Title: Transformers: Age of Extinction Grade: B PG-13, 2 hours 37 minutes In a Nutshell: Lots and lots of flying, crashing, exploding metal. I thought it was funny when an old man at the beginning of the movie sells … Continued
Movie Title: Edge of Tomorrow PG-13, 1 hour 53 minutes Grade: A- In a Nutshell: This is Groundhog Day on steroids! (I love that Bill Murray classic.) Add the uber-intense Tom Cruise and the beautiful Emily Blunt, along with flawed, … Continued
Movie Title: X-Men: Days of Future Past PG-13, 2 hours 11 minutes Grade: B+ In a Nutshell: Some are saying this new edition of the beloved X-Menfranchise is the best one yet. Some of the … Continued
Movie Title: Godzilla [HD] PG-13, 2 hour 3 minutes Grade: A- In a Nutshell: I love it when a movie trailer doesn’t reveal major plot points in an upcoming movie so that you’re pleasantly surprised. Godzilla … Continued