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Wild Horse Nine

Wild Horse Nine

Posted on November 6, 2026 at 12:08 pm

B +
Lowest Recommended Age: Mature High Schooler
MPAA Rating: Rated R for pervasice language, some strong language, drug use, and sexual references
Profanity: Constant very strong and profane language
Nudity/ Sex: Sexual references, some crude
Alcohol/ Drugs: Alcohol and narcotics
Violence/ Scariness: Very strong and graphic violence, characters injured and killed, references to suicide
Diversity Issues: None
Date Released to Theaters: November 6, 2026

Writer/director Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine” is his latest variation on his favorite themes around masculinity. They include male friendship and its expression in conversations that are often philosophical but elliptical, and a callousness, even casualness about extreme violence. It plays like a remix of McDonagh’s “In Bruges.” Both are about two men, one older …

A Dog’s Perfect Christmas

A Dog’s Perfect Christmas

Posted on November 4, 2026 at 6:22 pm

B +
Lowest Recommended Age: Middle School
MPAA Rating: Not rated
Profanity: Brief strong language
Nudity/ Sex: Mild sexual references
Alcohol/ Drugs: None
Violence/ Scariness: Sad offscreen death, depression and anxiety, serious illness of a parent
Diversity Issues: None
Date Released to Theaters: November 4, 2026

A puppy is abandoned by the side of the road. A mother named Juliana (Kathleen Rose Perkins) is rushed to the hospital. A father (Milo Ventimiglia as Hunter) has a tough new boss and his job is on the line. His father is a devastated widower (Dennis Quaid as Sander) who has stopped talking to …

Wicker

Wicker

Posted on October 30, 2026 at 9:22 am

B +
Lowest Recommended Age: Mature High Schooler
MPAA Rating: Rated R for sexual content, language and brief full nudity
Profanity: Strong, colorful, and profane language
Nudity/ Sex: Explicit sexual references and situations, nudity
Alcohol/ Drugs: Alcohol
Violence/ Scariness: Peril, character seriously injured
Diversity Issues: Class differences a theme of the film
Date Released to Theaters: October 30, 2026

“Wicker” is a joyously bawdy fairy tale, a cheeky remix of “Beauty and the Beast,” and a sly satire of social hierarchies, with some poignant themes of mortality. It is wildly unexpected and a ton of fun. It takes place in one of those timeless, placeless, fairy tale settings where you might spot Snow White …

Wildwood

Wildwood

Posted on October 23, 2026 at 7:36 am

A-
Lowest Recommended Age: Middle School
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for thematic material, language, brief partial nudity|Bloody Images, strong fantasy violence, suicide-related material
Profanity: Some schoolyard language
Nudity/ Sex: Reference to infertility, brief nudity
Alcohol/ Drugs: None
Violence/ Scariness: Extended peril and violence including intense battle scenes, fire, arrows, guns, sad deaths including devastating death of a child, reference to suicide
Diversity Issues: None
Date Released to Theaters: October 23, 2026

The latest from stop-motion animation studio LAIKA is one of the best films of the year. It is an astonishing achievement, spectacularly beautiful, touching, exciting, and meaningful. “Andi Mack’s” Peyton Elizabeth Lee provides the voice for Prue McNeel, the impatient, impetuous daughter of gentle-hearted hippie-ish parents (Jake Johnson and Maya Erskine), and the older sister …

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Posted on October 14, 2026 at 5:41 pm

B +
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 …