Current films are reviewed each week to provide parents a guide to decide what may be appropriate to younger viewers.
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
Rating: PG-13 for thematic material and violence/disturbing images
What it's about: A grieving young lawyer faces the supernatural while settling accounts at an old haunted house in 1920s Britain.
The kid-attractor factor: Daniel Radcliffe chasing ghosts.
Good lessons/bad lessons: There's no point in trying to reason with the undead.
Violence: Children die, grownups hang themselves.
Language: A teensy bit of mild profanity.
Sex: None.
Drugs: A spot of brandy, a nip of whiskey.
Parents' advisory: Small children are likely to have a few nightmares after seeing this. Suitable for 11 and older.
BIG MIRACLE
Rating: PG for language
What it's about: A family of whales stranded under the Alaskan ice becomes an international cause in this tale, "inspired by the true story."
The kid-attractor factor: It's a feel-good movie about whales, and a 'tween boy who sort of narrates it.
Good lessons/bad lessons: People are rarely all-right or all-wrong. Everybody has a soft spot; everybody has an ax to grind.
Violence: Whales face death.
Language: A few mild moments of profanity.
Sex: Relationship stuff is kept in the background.
Drugs: None.
Parents' advisory: Nicely pitched as appropriate for the whole family and kids of all ages.
CHRONICLE
Rating: PG-13 for intense action and violence, thematic material, some language, sexual content and teen drinking
What it's about: Three teens acquire superpowers and decide to use them for revenge, boozing it up and chasing girls.
The kid-attractor factor: Teens behaving badly on an epic scale.
Good lessons/bad lessons: Emotional problems are just magnified when you gain super powers.
Violence: Quite a bit of it – bullying, child abuse, with lots of blood.
Language: Mild bits of profanity.
Sex: Sexual situations.
Drugs: Alcohol is consumed.
Parents' advisory: Some of the language, violence and substance abuse are pretty rough and the sexual situations too frank for younger kids. OK for 13-and-up.
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