Our parent movie reviews let you know which new releases to take your kids to and which ones you may want to hold off on.
1) Review of Bless Me, Ultima
Rating: PG-13
‘Bless Me, Ultima’ is a more serious movie than you would normally expect as a family-viewing experience, but its themes about religion, nature, and the purpose of life are subtle and engaging. It’s not a perfect adaptation of the original novel, but for children wondering about their faith, it may hit home... Read More
2) Review of Snitch
Rating: PG-13
‘Snitch’ is essentially an extra-long public service announcement about both the evils of drugs and the corrupt pettiness of U.S. drug policy. But it’s so rigidly, frustratingly patriarchal in its suggestion that only fathers can save their families, and its action-movie ending is so slapdash, that the film’s interesting moral stance gets lost…Read More
3) Review of Dark Skies
Rating: PG-13
What happened if E.T. actually wanted to kill you? Sci-fi horror flick ‘Dark Skies’ tries to turn all of our understandings about friendly aliens into freaky, terrifying stuff, but while it has some creepy ideas, too much of the film feels stolen from other classics of the genre.…Read More
Read reviews of previously released movies on our Popcorn Parent blog.
