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Posted on November 9, 2026 at 2:49 pm
One of my favorite activities each year is serving on the Critics Choice Association Documentary Committee. The big winner this year was the Elizabeth Holmes documentary from Nathan Fielder, but every one of the films on this list is well worth watching. BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE“14th” (Netflix)“Everest: The Other Side” (National Geographic Documentary Films)“Everybody to Kenmure …
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Posted on November 6, 2026 at 12:08 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
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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 …
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Posted on November 4, 2026 at 6:22 pm
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| 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 …
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Posted on October 30, 2026 at 9:22 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
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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 …
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Posted on October 23, 2026 at 7:36 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
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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 …
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