Check out this week’s parent movie reviews for “The 5th Wave” and “The Lady in the Van.” Find out which movies to take your kids to and which are best for the adults in the house.

1) Family Review of The 5th Wave

Rating: PG-13

‘The 5th Wave’ is more ‘Twilight’ than ‘Hunger Games,’ with a bland protagonist, a completely nonsensical story, and another teen love triangle. It’s simultaneously boring and cringingly overwrought................……Read More

   

  

 

 

 

2) Family Review of The Lady in the Van

Rating: PG-13

‘The Lady in the Van’ follows a fairly typical old-people-are-more-than-they-seem storyline. Although the film will work for multigenerational viewing, the bizarreness of this true story is underplayed.................……Read More

     

 

Interested in another previously released film? Read our reviews of films already showing in your local theater.