Helping you choose the best movies for your family
Movie Title: Zoolander No.2 Grade: C+ Rating: PG-13, 1 hour 40 minutes In a Nutshell: Blue steel is back! If you loved the first Zoolander movie, like I did, you’ll generally get a kick out of this sequel. If you … Continued
Movie Title: The Forest [Blu-ray] Grade: C- Rating: PG-13, 1 hour 35 minutes In a Nutshell: This is the classic “January Junk” horror movie. This will be a movie your teens will have playing in the background while they do … Continued
Movie Title: Norm of the North Grade: D Rating: PG, 1 hour 26 minutes In a Nutshell: This animation from Lionsgate is another tired environmental lecture about how animals are superior and humans are evil. This is NOT one … Continued
Movie Title: Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Grade: B- Rating: PG-13, 1 hour 40 minutes In a Nutshell: Why? I guess writer and director Burr Steers thought “why not?” Who exactly is the target market for this film: fans … Continued
Movie Title: The Boy Grade: C Rating: PG-13, 1 hour 37 minutes In a Nutshell: Creepy. Directed by William Brent Bell, this suspense horror could have gone in a much more interesting direction. Oh well. Uplifting theme: Ummm…..don’t be a nanny … Continued
Movie Title: Kung Fu Panda 3 Grade: A- Rating: PG, 1 hour 40 minutes In a Nutshell: I loved the first one and don’t even remember what happened in the second one, but this new addition in the Kung … Continued
Movie Title: Ride Along 2 Grade: D for Dumb Rating: PG-13, 1 hour 42 minutes In a Nutshell: If you liked the first one, you’ll laugh again. If you thought the first Ride Along was lame and annoying, then … Continued
Movie Title: THE 5th WAVE 5th Wave, The Grade: C Rating: PG-13, 1 hour 52 minutes In a Nutshell: I think this is the 5th wave of teen dystopian movies. Unfortunately, it’s nothing you haven’t seen already with elements from … Continued
Are you ready for some football? The Superbowl is coming up soon, so I thought I’d review a football movie you may have missed when it hit theaters a few months ago. Movie Title: Woodlawn Grade: A- Rating: … Continued
Movie Title: Suffragette Grade: B+ Rating: PG-13, 1 hour 46 minutes In a Nutshell: I teach a Politics class at a local college, so I was especially excited to see how Focus Features would handle this period piece in film. … Continued