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Fantasy Life

Fantasy Life

Posted on March 26, 2026 at 5:09 pm

B-
Lowest Recommended Age: Mature High Schooler
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language, some sexual references and brief drug use
Profanity: Strong language
Nudity/ Sex: Sexual references, discussion of adultery, crude comment
Alcohol/ Drugs: Social and self-medicating alcohol, pharmaceuticals, and weed
Violence/ Scariness: Tense family confrontations, mental illness
Diversity Issues: None
Date Released to Theaters: April 3, 2026

“Fantasy Life” is the story of people in their 30s-50s who are struggling with the kinds of mental health challenges that often accompany or exacerbate mid-life concerns. They do not have money problems, but they have problems of purpose, confidence, loneliness, and feeling that they don’t know how to get what they want out of …

Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

Posted on March 18, 2026 at 10:12 am

A
Lowest Recommended Age: Middle School
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some thematic material and suggestive references
Profanity: Mild language
Nudity/ Sex: Mild references
Alcohol/ Drugs: Alcohol
Violence/ Scariness: Intense sci-fi situations and peril, characters killed
Diversity Issues: Diverse characters
Date Released to Theaters: March 20, 2026
Date Released to DVD: June 16, 2026

“Project Hail Mary” is everything we hope for in a movie, filled with intelligence, humor, heart, and hope. It also has one of the rarest of qualities in a movie: genuine joy. If we are going to spend much of the run-time with one actor, there couldn’t be a better choice than Ryan Gosling, who …

Reminders of Him

Reminders of Him

Posted on March 12, 2026 at 12:21 pm

B-
Lowest Recommended Age: High School
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 sexual content, strong language, drug content, some violent content, and brief partial nudity
Profanity: Some strong language including f-word
Nudity/ Sex: Sexual references and non-explicit situations
Alcohol/ Drugs: Alcohol and drugs
Violence/ Scariness: Fatal car crash, brief scuffle with a couple of punches
Diversity Issues: Diverse characters
Date Released to Theaters: March 13, 2026

Before it was eclipsed by the superior guide to movies by Leonard Maltin, the late Steven H. Scheuer’s 1970s Movies on TV, dismissively referred to some romantic dramas as “for the ladies.” If he was still writing, the third firm based on a popular Colleen Hoover novel, this one co-written and co-produced by Hoover, would …

Man on the Run

Man on the Run

Posted on February 26, 2026 at 7:08 pm

B +
Lowest Recommended Age: Middle School
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language
Profanity: Strong language
Nudity/ Sex: None
Alcohol/ Drugs: Social drinking
Violence/ Scariness: References to the murder of John Lennon, depression
Diversity Issues: None
Date Released to Theaters: February 27, 2026
Date Released to DVD: February 27, 2026

Imagine that the little band you put together in your teens exceeded every possible dream of success, worldwide fame, rave reviews, unprecedented adoration from fans, buckets of awards, and money money money. Then, it all ends, the band breaks up, the complications from business managers and lawyers and hard feelings create intense misery. And you’re …

How to Make a Killing

How to Make a Killing

Posted on February 20, 2026 at 3:37 pm

C
Lowest Recommended Age: Mature High Schooler
MPAA Rating: R for violence, sexual references, pervasive language, and some drug use

I never had the love for Glen Powell’s “Hit Man” that most people did. The set-up and the wit were all wonderfully entertaining and the chemistry between Powell and Adria Arjona was off the charts, but the “happy” ending was too dark to fit the world of the rest of the film. The same issue …