Helping you choose the best movies for your family
MOVIE TITLE: MORTAL ENGINES RATING: PG-13 LENGTH: 111 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: B- TIPS FOR PARENTS: Lots of violence and destruction. A woman blows off a man’s head, among other brutal deaths. Some blood. High … Continued
Movie Title: Deadpool 2 Grade: B+ Rating: R, 119 minutes In a Nutshell: Marvel is on a roll. The X-Force team assembles under the guidance of the most disrespectful, irreverent superhero ever, Deadpool, played expertly by Ryan Reynolds. As … Continued
Movie Title: The Zookeeper’s Wife Grade: A- Rating: PG-13, although I would give this movie an R rating due to its grim nature and two glimpses of a topless woman. 126 minutes long In a Nutshell: This sobering film … Continued
Movie Title: Life Grade: B+ Rating: R, 103 minutes In a Nutshell: This is an extremely suspenseful and entertaining film that tries to straddle both the science fiction and horror genres. It presents an interesting “what if” scenario … Continued
Movie: Strange Magic PG , 1 hour 39 minutes Grade: B- In a Nutshell: This fanciful animation features music from the past six decades in a whimsical search for true love inspired by Shakespeare’s William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer … Continued
Movie Title: Maleficent PG, 1 hour 37 minutes Grade: A- In a Nutshell: This magical Disney retelling of Sleeping Beauty (1959) begins “Let us tell an old story anew and we shall see how well you know … 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
In a Nutshell: “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”. Swallow Falls has evolved into an island inhabited of living food creatures, triggered by a machine that young scientist Flint Lockwood designed in the first movie. Flint returns to his … Continued
