Helping you choose the best movies for your family
MOVIE TITLE: The Fighting Preacher RATING: PG LENGTH: 101 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: B+ IN A NUTSHELL: Remember films presents a family-friendly movie based on the true story of Williard & Rebecca Bean who served a 24-year … Continued
I live in Las Vegas, so people ask me my opinion on gambling movies all the time. When I taught classes at the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary College here in Las Vegas, one of my students actually won $100,000 gambling … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Skin RATING: R LENGTH: 2 hours Movie Review Mom GRADE: A- IN A NUTSHELL: Based on a true story, this dramatic movie written and directed by Guy Nattiv offers a powerful look at insane ignorance, ugly racism, … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith RATING: PG-13 LENGTH: 1 hour, 50 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: A IN A NUTSHELL: Brought to you by BYU TV and Kolipoki Pictures, this Two Roads film … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Rocketman RATING: R LENGTH: 2 hours, 1 minute Movie Review Mom GRADE: A IN A NUTSHELL: “My name is Elton Hercules John.” This musical biopic is skillfully guided by actor-turned-director Dexter Fletcher who also worked on … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Breakthrough RATING: PG LENGTH: 90 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: B+ IN A NUTSHELL: Based on a true story, Breakthrough is an uplifting movie that has been mostly dismissed as another one of those “preachy” Christian films. … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Hotel Mumbai RATING: R LENGTH: 2 hours, 3 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: B IN A NUTSHELL: Based on the chilling true story of the 2008 attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel by a group … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Apollo 11 (2019) [Blu-ray] RATING: G LENGTH: 1 hour, 33 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: A- IN A NUTSHELL: This is a fascinating documentary that features real footage of the legendary 1969 mission to the moon with … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: TOLKIEN RATING: PG-13 LENGTH: 1 hour, 52 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: B IN A NUTSHELL: I was excited to learn more about J.R.R. Tolkien and really hoped this movie would be good. As an author of … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: The Professor and the Madman RATING: Not Rated (yet) LENGTH: 2 hours, 4 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: A- IN A NUTSHELL: Words are powerful. This biopic is based on the book by Simon Winchester called The … Continued