The Black Phone (2021) is the rare kid-centered movie that is Rated R for terrific scenes of terror – bloody broken kids, nose candy, incidents with drunks wielding belts, an ax to the head, a broken neck, and a schoolyard fight worthy of an MMA cage.
Movie Review – ‘Glasshouse’ is quiet, brooding horror with a forgetful twist
Glasshouse (2021) is unrated, and there certainly aren’t any swears to mention, but call it an R for sexytimes, people getting shot in the head, a festering leg wound, dismemberments, human bones, and tea parties with corpses.
Curtain Raiser – ‘Smile’
Once you see it, it’s too late. Check out the poster and creepy new trailer for the new horror movie, Smile opening in theaters September 30, 2022.
Movie Review – ‘Lightyear’
Lightyear (2022) is rated PG for man-eating, tentacle-like vines, flying insects the size of Border Collies, the cold vastness of empty space, grief, loss, and menacing robots. Be advised, some flashing light sequences or patterns may affect photosensitive viewers. Please use discretion.
Your Jurassic Park Definitive Movie Rating Guide
When Jurassic Park debuted in the early 1990’s, it caused dino-fever throughout the world. Each film debuted with CGI stronger than the last and bringing new life to each and every on-screen dinosaur. To those that have never spent time watching any of the films, the Jurassic Park movies are simply films about dinosaurs, but to those that have invested …
Movie Review – ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ is its own extinction-level event
Jurassic World: Dominion is rated PG-13 for swears, people getting shot, dinosaurs getting shot, high speed chases with dinosaurs, flying with dinosaurs, a dead fox (*gasp*), a dead deer (*meh*), people getting eaten by dinosaurs (but not enough), and dinosaurs fighting each other.
Disney+ Preview – ‘Ms. Marvel’ has a lot to prove
Ms. Marvel is exclusively on Disney+ and is rated TV-PG for kids jumping out of second-floor windows, sneaking out of the house, staying out past curfew and getting in trouble. There are two sequences where kids fall from greater heights, but it’s Disney+ and they are not knocking off kids, yet.
Curtain Raiser – ‘Nope’
In a movie that is only being described as an “expansive horror epic”, Jordan Peele presents the final trailer to what could be the next popcorn movie summer blockbuster, NOPE),
Movie Review – ‘Crimes of the Future’ is organs in search of a misdemeanor
Crimes of the Future (2022) is Rated R for swears, nudity, facial mutilation, sexy stabbings, a man covered in ears, suffocation, the constant sound of choking, drills to the brain, childhood pica, and subdermal body modifications we thought were edgy in 1994.
Movie Review – ‘Friend of the World’ is an absurdist apocalyptic head-scratcher
Friend of the World (2022) is rated TV-MA for people getting shot, flatulence, a full-grown man born from a butt, a cranial explosion, and bodily osmosis.
Movie Review – ‘The Bob’s Burgers Movie’ is wholesome chaotic fun with sexy zombies
The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022) is rated PG-13 for swears, underpants, decomposing skeletons, petty larceny, high-speed (bumper) car chases, and sexy zombies.
Movie Review – ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ is a bit dry, even for English tastes
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) is rated PG and there’s nothing to be worried about. No one gets naked, the swears are mild, and there is exactly one person of color – who’s a jazz singer.