Posted on October 14, 2026 at 5:41 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for some thematic elements, partial nudity and brief violence |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Partial nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Duel (no one hurt) |
| Diversity Issues: |
Class issues |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
October 16, 2026 |
The new version of “Sense and Sensibility” is based on the classic Jane Austen book about two sisters, which has already inspired a beloved 1995 film starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet with Thompson’s Oscar-winning screenplay, as well as a 1971 four-part BBC miniseries, a 1981 seven-part BBC miniseries, a three-part BBC miniseries, two Hallmark …
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Posted on October 1, 2026 at 5:14 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for for sexual content, some nudity, language, violence and bloody images |
| Profanity: |
Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Nudity and sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Alcohol, vaping, pills |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Murder, peril, disturbing and violent content |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
October 2, 2026 |
I can understand why BookTok-to-besteller author Colleen Hoover wrote a book about a bestselling author. And I can understand why two of Hollywood’s most accomplished and talented actresses would want to produce and star in a book by a best-selling author with two juicy parts for women. But ooof, despite Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson …
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Posted on September 24, 2026 at 5:36 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for violence, bloody/injury images, some language, and peril |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Beer |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extreme and intense peril, graphic wounds |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
September 25, 2026 |
Two former military, both with some PTSD, camp out in the Alaska wilderness. One is James (Brad Pitt), a retired special forces soldier, and the other is a scout dog named Odin, who was injured in action and now has titanium teeth and a prosthetic leg. “The Heart of the Beast” is the term for …
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Posted on September 24, 2026 at 10:52 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for thematic elements, rude humor, language, brief tobacco Imagery, scary action, and some violence |
| Profanity: |
Some strong and crude language for a PG |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Potty humor, refernces to crotch hits |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Extended animation-style peril, action, and some violence, no one badly hurt, sad death (offscreen) of grandmother, parental abandonment |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
September 25, 2026 |
“Forgotten Island” is a colorful story about friendship and memory, inspired by Filipino folklore. Jo and Raissa meet as children in the waiting area for the principal’s office. They are very different, Jo (H.E.R.), a fierce, impulsive chaos agent and Raissa (Liza Soberano), deliberate, thoughtful, and academically-oriented. Jo lives with her beloved grandmother, Lola (Dolly …
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Posted on September 1, 2026 at 8:00 am
Fall is usually when we begin to get more dramas, biographical films, and potential award nominees. But there are some likely blockbusters, festival favorites, and long-awaited sequels/prequels, too. Note: we have two movies with almost identical names, both action movies about saving a child. Don’t confuse “The Runner” (Gal Gadot) with “Runner” (Alan Ritchson and …
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