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    Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again- Kids’ Movie Review

    “Mamma Mia, here I go again. My my, how can I resist you?” ABBA songs are woven throughout this whimsical musical comedy. Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again takes place five years after the original film Mamma Mia. The story follows the life of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), who is planning the grand opening of a bed-and -breakfast in Greece. Sadly, her mother, Donna (Meryl Streep), had died a year earlier, but it was originally Donna’s dream to open a hotel on the Greek isle of Kalokairi, and it is Sophie’s goal to fulfill her mother’s dream. However, Sophie faces many challenges, though she often thinks of mother and we see many flashbacks of young Donna (Lily James) in her twenty’s. We see  Donna’s inspiration to open a quaint hotel in Greece, and we see her three romances along the way. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is the sequel/prequel to 2008’s romantic musical Mamma Mia!

     

     

     

     

     

    Rating: 4 out of 5 popcorn buckets
    Release Date:     October 23 , 2018
    MPAA Rating:     PG13
    Best Age Group:     11+
    Sexual Content:     Moderate
    Violent/Disturbing Content:     None
    Crude or Profane Language:     Mild
    Drug and Alcohol Content:     Moderate
    Will Kids Like It?     Yes

     

     

     

    Talking Points:

    Sexual Content: Moderate

    • A woman has three different sexual encounters in the same month. We see them kiss and in bed next to each other but no sexual activity is portrayed.
    • Kissing and flirting.

    Violent/Disturbing Content: None

    Crude or Profane Language: Mild

    • We hear “son of a bitch,” and  “h-ll.

    Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate

    • Characters drink beer, wine and cocktails.
    • Characters are shown drunk at parties and taverns.

    Will Kids Like It? Yes

    • I interviewed kids ages 8, 10 and 16 who all loved it.

    Overall this is a fun and entertaining musical. Recommended for kids ages 11 and up.

    Skyscrapper-Kids’ Movie Review

    William (Will) Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson), a former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran, changes his career and now assesses security for skyscrapers.  He gets the contract to evaluate the world’s tallest building which is being constructed in Hong Kong.  With his family in an upper level hotel of the skyscraper, Will gets a tour of the 300 story steel, glass, and titanium building to determine if the building is safe and secure. The thing Will doesn’t know is that a terrorist group is plotting to set the building on fire.  So now Will not only needs to secure the new and amazing skyscraper, but he must rescue his family who are trapped inside.

     

     

     

     

     

    Rating: 2 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets
    Release Date:     October 9 , 2018
    MPAA Rating:     PG13
    Best Age Group:     13+
    Sexual Content:     None
    Violent/Disturbing Content:     Excessive
    Crude or Profane Language:     Moderate
    Drug and Alcohol Content:     None
    Will Kids Like It?     No

     

     

    Talking Points:

    Sexual Content: None

    Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive

    • Characters shoot one another with guns, there is a lot of fighting with punching and kicking.
    • Stabbing with scissors.
    • Explosions.
    • Children  in peril throughout the film.
    • We see bloody open wounds. One character removes a shard of metal from his body.

    Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

    • We hear “f–k,” “h-ll,” “d-mn,” and “sh-t.”

    Drug and Alcohol Content: None

    Will Kids Like It? No

    Overall this an action packed suspenseful drama. This is not the typical family friendly Dwayne Johnson film. Parents need to be aware of  excessive and disturbing violence throughout the movie.

     

     

    Hotel Translyvania 3: Summer Vacation

    Poor Dracula (Adam Sandler)….he’s very sad and lonely while coordinating another monster wedding. Though Dracula was very busy with his hotel business, he realizes that all of his close friends have significant others – everyone but him. He even tries online dating but decides that’s not for him. Things change when his half-human daughter, Mavis ( Selena Gomez), plans a family vacation to give her dad the break he desperately needs. So Dracula, Mavis, and the gang head to a luxury monster cruise to Atlantis for a fun getaway. Dracula finds love at first sight when he sees the human captain of the cruise, Ericka (Kathryn Hahn). The only problem is that Ericka is not as sweet as she appears to be. She is part of the Van Helsing family. This family has been trying to kill Dracula and all the monsters for hundreds of years. Sadly, that’s Erika’s plan as well. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is the third film in the Hotel Transylvania series.

     

     

     

     

    Rating: 4 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets
    Release Date:     July 13 , 2018
    MPAA Rating:     PG
    Best Age Group:     8+
    Sexual Content:     Mild
    Violent/Disturbing Content:     Moderate
    Crude or Profane Language:     Mild
    Drug and Alcohol Content:     Mild
    Will Kids Like It?     Yes

     

     

     

    Talking Points:

    Sexual Content: Mild

    • Dracula uses a monster dating app to look for online dates.
    • Flirting.
    • Characters talk about “zinging,” which means love at first sight in monster talk.
    • We see an elderly vampire in a revealing bathing suit.

    Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate

    • In the beginning of the film we see a flashback where characters use weapons such as ray guns. We also see fights, chase scenes and crashes.
    • A character is almost impaled.
    • A large and scary sea creature starts to attack all the monsters and nearly kills everyone.
    • A little werewolf bites off Frankenstein’s finger.
    • Most of the violence is shown in a comedic way.

    Crude or Profane Language: Mild

    • The vampires are “garlic intolerant,” so we hear some fart jokes.

    Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild

    • Character’s drink champagne.

    Will Kids Like It? Yes

    Overall this is a fun and entertaining film. Parents need to be aware of the moderate violence.

     

    Ant-Man and the Wasp-Kids’ Movie Review

    Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) broke the superhero rules and is suffering the consequence. He is under house arrest because he tried to help out Captain America. Meanwhile Scott’s former associates Hope VanDyne/Wasp (Evangeline Lilly) and her father, Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) desperately need Scott to put on his Ant-Man suit and team up with Wasp to protect the world from a new and powerful villain. Ant-Man and the Wasp is Marvel’s sequel to Ant-Man.

     

     

     

     

    Rating: 3 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets
    Release Date:     October 16 , 2018
    MPAA Rating:     PG13
    Best Age Group:     11+
    Sexual Content:     Mild
    Violent/Disturbing Content:     Excessive
    Crude or Profane Language:     Moderate
    Drug and Alcohol Content:     Mild
    Will Kids Like It?     Yes

     

     

    Talking Points:

    Sexual Content: Mild

    • We see flirting.
    • We see a couple kiss.
    • We see a male character in the bathtub from his waist up.

    Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild

    • There is a lot of sci/fi violence. There are crashes, destruction chase scenes and fights!
    • Character’s use guns, knives, pots and pans and other weapons.
    • Giant ants attack people.
    • There are a few disturbing scenes where a mother leaves her daughter and dies.

    Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

    • “A–,” “sh-t,” “h-ll,” “bulls–t,” and “goddammit.”

    Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild

    • We see character’s drinking wine.
    • A character drugged and kidnapped.

    Will Kids Like It? Yes

    Overall this is a fun, action packed superhero film. Parents need to be aware of the action violence, though not as much as the previous Marvel films.

     

     

     

    Tag-Kids’ Movie Review

    “Tag…you’re it.” Tag is a popular American game that kids typically play at recess or with their neighborhood friends. Adults sometimes play as well.  Tag is a true story about five childhood friends, now in their forty’s, who declare May as their month to play tag. They love the game, but more importantly they’ve maintained their friendships as they’ve played for thirty years. However, one of the guys, Jerry, has never been caught which really irritates the other four. So they make it their goal to tag Jerry at his wedding. This story is so unbelievable that when a reporter hears about these guys she follows them and publishes the story in the Wall Street Journal. Now we’re it!!!

     

     

     

     

    Rating: 3 out of 5 popcorn buckets
    Release Date:     August 28, 2018
    MPAA Rating:     R
    Best Age Group:     16+
    Sexual Content:     Moderate
    Violent/Disturbing Content:     Mild
    Crude or Profane Language:     Excessive
    Drug and Alcohol Content:     Moderate
    Will Kids Like It?     Yes

     

     

     

    Talking Points:

    Sexual Content: Moderate

    • There are sexual references regarding oral sex, masturbation and affairs.
    • Jokes about male and female body parts.
    • We see a character’s butt while only wearing a thong.

    Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild

    • Slapstick violence. Friends punching and pushing each other while playing tag.
    • Chase scenes, character’s crash through doors, windows, and jump from third story buildings.

    Crude or Profane Language: Excessive

    • We hear the f-word repeatedly throughout the film. We also hear “sh-t,’ “b–ch,” and  “d–n.

    Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate

    • Character’s smoke marijuana joints and bongs.
    • We see character’s drinking alcohol, though no one is shown drunk.

    Will Kids Like It? Yes

    Overall this is a fun and entertaining film. Having said that this is an R rated film so kids under 17 must be accompanied by an adult. Parents need to be aware of the excessive profane language throughout the film.

     

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