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Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and some disturbing images.Starring Jaden Smith and Will SmithDirected by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense and Signs)Disagree with me if you want to, but M. Night Shyamalan is one of the most talented storytellers in Hollywood. A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith)...
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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action and mayhem throughout, some sexuality and language.Staring Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Luke Evans, Gina Carano, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Gal Gadot, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris and Sung KangDirected by Justin Lin (Fast Five, Fast & Furious, The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift)SPOILER ALERT: Cars are driven fast, wrecked...
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Rated PG for some scary action.Staring Emma Stone (voice), Nicolas Cage (voice) and Ryan Reynolds (voice)Directed by Kirk De Micco (Space Chimps) and Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon and Lilo & Stitch)The Croods is not as crude as I expected...which is a good thing.The Croods tells the story of the world's first family road trip. When their...
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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence.Staring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana, Alice Eve, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood and Peter WellerDirected by JJ Abrams (Star Trek and Super 8)TODD’S WORD: I’m not crazy enough to say something like, “This is the best Star Trek movie ever,” but...
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Rated PG-13 for violence, terror throughout, sexual material, drug content and language - all involving teens.Starring Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo and J.K. SimmonsDirected by Scott Stewart (Legion)This may not be the first alien invasion movie, but it is one of the better ones. From the producer of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies, a supernatural...
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Rated PG-13 for violence and terror, some disturbing images and thematic elements.Starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier and Isabelle NelisseDirected by Andres MuschiettiThis movie made me cry for my mama.Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed....
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Rated PG-13 for zombie violence and some language.Starring Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry and John MalkovichDirected by Jonathan Levine (50/50)I knew love covered a multitude of sins, I didn’t know it cured zombieism. A funny new twist on a classic love story, Warm Bodies is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic,...
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