Which movies are fun for the whole family and which ones are treats just for you? Find out!
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The Roommate
Short Story:
College student Sara Matthews (Minka Kelly) welcomes her new roommate Rebecca (Leighton Meester) with open arms. But when Rebecca becomes obsessed with Sara, their relationship turns eerily psychotic (in a very Single White Female sort of way).
What They're Saying:
The Roommate has not yet been reviewed by critics.
Good For Kids?
This psychological thriller is full of games, but not the kind a kid would enjoy.
Frankie and Alice
Short Story:
Halle Berry plays Frankie Murdoch, a stripper suffering from a multiple personality disorder in 1970s Los Angeles. Based on a harrowing true story, the film follows Frankie as she struggles to keep her racist alter-ego Alice from dominating her life.
What They're Saying:
"This movie, with its flashbacks to past sins and traumas, rests squarely on Berry, a mesmerizer who makes every moment count." - Rolling Stone
"A hokey old-school drama of multiple personality disorder based, in the tradition of The Three Faces of Eve and Sybil, on a real case study." - Entertainment Weekly
Good For Kids?
Frankie and Alice takes on a level of seriousness that floats high above adolescent heads.
Sanctum
Short Story:
Based on real events and executive produced by James Cameron, Sanctum is a 3-D action thriller about a team of underwater cave divers who endure a frightening expedition through the Earth's most dangerous cave system. When a freak tropical storm collapses their exit, the team must go to painstaking lengths to find another way out.
What They're Saying:
"A subterranean survival epic that expertly tightens the screws even as one wishes it would keep a tighter mouth-clamp on its increasingly whiny characters." - Variety
"Dully predictable, with touching moments of noble sacrifice and cliched scenes of rank cowardice. But the filmmakers make its stock-in-trade situations visually arresting." - Orlando Sentinel
Good For Kids?
Sanctum lacks ghosts and goblins, but the dangerous thrill may give kids the chills nonetheless.
In case you missed...
The Rite
Short Story:
Loosely based on true events, The Rite chronicles the creepy tale of Michael Kovac (Colin O'Donoghue), a seminary student sent to study exorcism at the Vatican. Once there, he challenges the beliefs of his superiors in favor of applied natural science. However, when he is put on a bone-chilling case with the unorthodox Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), Michael begins to warily question his own by-the-book convictions.
What They're Saying:
"For an hour The Rite, as scripted by Michael Petroni, delivers the expected, but with panache... The supporting cast is unusually strong..." - Chicago Tribune
"A largely low-key, intelligent effort." - Variety
Good For Kids?
The Rite tells a supernatural story that is eerily child-unfriendly.
The Mechanic
Short Story:
Transporter star Jason Statham is back to dole out more big-screen butt-whippings gun-toting 'mechanic' (that's inside jargon for "assassin") Arthur Bishop, who finds himself in a bind when his mentor and close friend Harry (Donald Sutherland) is murdered. The usually stoic Bishop is determined to find his friend's killer, but things get complicated when the seasoned assassin warily takes Harry's equally vengeful son Steve (Ben Foster) under his wing.
What They're Saying:
"Statham, the British star of The Transporter and Crank films and an old favorite of Guy Ritchie, has a quietly fierce physicality, a stylish masculinity that makes him appealing to both men and women." - Associated Press
"If more dutiful than dynamic, it does fix what was previously broke, making over its subpar predecessor into a generic yet serviceable Statham vehicle." - Slant Magazine
Good For Kids?
The Mechanic will keep the kids on the edge of their seats -- as they prepare to flee the violent onscreen spectacle.
From Prada to Nada
Short Story:
From Prada to Nada is a playful Latin spin on Jane Austen's classic novel Sense and Sensibility.
All is well for sisters Nora (Camilla Belle) and Mary Domiguez (Alexa Vega). They're young, spoiled and reside in one of the country's richest zip codes: 90210. That is until their rich father passes away, leaving them penniless. With nowhere to turn, the two sisters must leave Beverly Hills for their estranged aunt's home in East Los Angeles. Suddenly, Nora and Mary find themselves trading cars for bus passes and, more importantly, learning to accept the culture and family they have kept at arm's length.
What They're Saying:
From Prada to Nada has not yet been reviewed by critics.
Good For Kids?
Yes! From Prada to Nada undoubtedly keeps the lessons coming.
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