Helping you choose the best movies for your family
Movie Title: Non-Stop PG-13, 1 hour 50 minutes Grade: B In a Nutshell: First of all, that’s a great title for an action movie on an airplane flight. Second, who doesn’t love Liam Neeson? They even featured his butt-kicking awesomeness … 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
If you’re a Hunger Games fan, then you’ve probably already seen this, but if you haven’t, it’s now in stores on DVD for rental or purchase! Movie Title: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Grade: A In a Nutshell: This movie … Continued
Movie Title: The Legend of Hercules Grade: C In a Nutshell: I used to get a kick out of the old Kevin Sorbo TV show Hercules: The Legendary Journey. Well, this is nothing like that. You know that awesome Disney … Continued
Movie Title: 47 Ronin Grade: B In a Nutshell: It’s as if this long movie couldn’t decide which one it wanted to be: epic war history or CGI action fantasy. I love Keanu Reeves and wanted this movie to be … Continued
Movie Title: Ride Along PG-13, 1 hour 40 minutes Grade: C In a Nutshell: Ride Along should really just be a drive-thru, maybe later, after it’s out on DVD or in the dollar bin at Wal-Mart. One F-bomb short of … Continued
Movie Title: Thor: The Dark World In a Nutshell: More Thor. More Chris Hemsworth. More muscles and awesome abs. More beautiful Natalie Portman. Thor has to save Earth and the Nine Realms from another evil enemy who looks like … Continued
Movie Title: Captain Phillips In a Nutshell: This intense docudrama of the Maersk Alabama hijacking keeps you on the edge of your seat, an especially impressive feat, considering the movie is over two hours long. I kept imagining myself in … Continued
Movie Title: Gravity In a Nutshell: Wow. How did they film that? Gorgeous. Simply stunning. A feast for the eyes. Things I liked: I loved it when Sandra Bullock (SPOILER ALERT) finally gets back into the capsule, strips … Continued
