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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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Posted on August 29, 2026 at 9:50 pm
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
High School |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not rated |
| Profanity: |
Strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Discussions of sexual abuse and predatory acts |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
References to alcohol and drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Discussion of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
July 25, 2026 |
| Date Released to DVD: |
August 29, 2026 |
One of the most unnerving twists of the year occurs about two-thirds of the way into “The Narcissist’s Playbook,” a documentary about people who are incapable of empathy and, because they do not feel love, compassion, tenderness, or joy, often inflict abuse on others to feel powerful or just to feel anything at all. It …
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Posted on August 26, 2026 at 11:50 am
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| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for cartoon violence and some language |
| Profanity: |
Some schoolyard language and potty humor |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Cartoon "violence" -- explicitly, no one hurt |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
August 27, 2026 |
“Coyote vs. Acme” like its title character, has proved to be unstoppable. This delightful tribute to the madcap and enduringly popular world of Looney Tunes was originally conceived as a humorous New Yorker essay by Ian Frazier in 1990. Frazier was a fan of the publication “American Lawyer” and decided to compose a legal complaint …
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