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Parents Television Council Reviews Reviews for Parents PTC entertainment reviews provide parents with information concerning current entertainment offerings, including recommended ages suitable for a particular film and specific information about the content of sex, violence and profanity. Television, DVD and film reviews are all carefully evaluated using the stringent guidelines established many years ago by the PTC (see ETS for more information). You can trust PTC entertainment reviews to guide you through the process of selecting appropriate entertainment for you and your family. Armed with the information contained in PTC reviews parents can be the final arbiter of what they or their family sees. NEW IN THEATRES:
Up
Release Date:
May 29,
2009
MPAA rating:
PG for
some peril and action.
Overall PTC
Traffic Light Rating: Green.
Disney/Pixar’s
first 3-D movie, Up follows the adventure of Carl Fredricksen, a
78-year-old man who uses thousands of balloons to uproot his house and travel to
South America to find the legendary Paradise Falls. Carl and his wife Ellie
always dreamed of visiting this place and following in the footsteps of their
favorite explorer, Charles Muntz. After his wife passes away, and Carl is
threatened with the prospect of moving into a retirement home, he decides to
leave it all behind him. However, he doesn’t realize that he has an
eight-year-old stowaway on board -- a zealous Boy Scout named Russell.
Together, they make it to Paradise Falls and find the rare and wondrous Skype
bird, while Carl also befriends a devoted dog named Dug. ►
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Release Date:
May 22, 2009
MPAA rating:
PG for mild action and brief language
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green
This sequel to Night at the
Museum finds former night watchman Larry Daley now a successful businessman
and inventor. Larry is dismayed to learn that his secret friends – the exhibits
at the Natural History Museum, who magically come to life at night – are being
boxed up and shipped to the Smithsonian for storage. But when the evil ancient
pharaoh Kahmunrah is also returned to life with the goal of conquering the
world, Larry is launched on a wild adventure alongside General Custer, Abraham
Lincoln, Amelia Earhart and many others, in a battle to save the world from
Kahmunrah – and his museum exhibit friends from being forgotten. ►
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Release Date:
May 9, 2009
MPAA rating:
PG-13 for sci-fi action and
violence, and brief sexual content
Overall PTC Traffic
Light Rating:
Red
This "reimagined" version of the iconic science-fiction TV show tells the story of young rebel-turned-starship officer James T. Kirk, who must learn to work with stoic Vulcan officer Spock to stop an invading alien's plan. Along the way, Kirk assembles his team of familiar characters and assumes command of his famous ship, the U.S.S. Enterprise.
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Release Date:
May 1, 2009
MPAA rating:
PG for sequences of sci-fi action
violence and some thematic elements
Overall PTC Traffic
Light Rating:
green
The alien world of Terra is a paradise, inhabited by gentle beings...but the Terrians' idyllic existence is cut short when their world is invaded by human beings. Can humans and Terrians learn to live together in peace? ►
more
Release Date:
May 1, 2009
MPAA rating:
PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and some partial
nudity
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Red
Following the pattern established by other recent movies based on Marvel Comics characters,
X-Men Origins: Wolverine faithfully recreates much of the atmosphere and plot of the comics, but with language and levels of intense violence which make it inappropriate for younger viewers. The Parents Television Council does not recommend this movie for viewers under age 13.►
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Release Date:
April 22, 2009
MPAA rating:
G
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green
Filmed by the creators of the Emmy-winning Discovery Channel series
Planet Earth, Disney Nature's Earth continues the tradition of Disney's
"True-Life Adventure" series by showcasing the drama and beauty of the animal kingdom and the natural world. Because of its brilliant photography, gentle narration and poignant vignettes of nature, the Parents Television Council is proud to award
Earth the
PTC Seal of ApprovalTM.
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Release Date:
April 10, 2009
MPAA rating:
G
Overall PTC Traffic
Light Rating:
Green
This Friday, Disney’s mega-hit teen
TV singing sensation Miley Cyrus comes to theaters in Hannah Montana: The
Movie. The Parents Television Council is thrilled to recommend Hannah
Montana to parents and families as a delightful family-friendly film, and is
honored to award it the coveted PTC Seal of ApprovalTM. ►
more
Release Date: April 10, 2009
MPAA rating:
PG for
intense sequences of action/violence and brief mild language
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating:
green
Based on the Japanese comic, cartoon and video game franchise
Dragon Ball, this movie tells the story of Goku, an unusual teen. Though trained in magic and martial arts by his adoptive grandfather, Goku is bullied and shunned at school. But when the demonic Lord Piccolo kills Goku's grandfather, Goku learns about the Dragon Balls.
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Monsters vs. Aliens
Release Date: March 27, 2009
MPAA rating:
PG for sci-fi action, some crude
humor and mild language
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Green
Susan Murphy‘s wedding day is
ruined when she is hit by a meteor and transformed into a fifty-foot tall
woman dubbed “Ginormica.” Suzy is imprisoned with other monsters the
government has captured: Dr. Cockroach, a mad scientist who is also a giant
roach; the Missing Link, a girl-crazy half-fish/half-ape; Bob the blob; and
the 350-foot Insectosaurus. Suzy and the monster team are called upon to
stop a giant alien robot terrorizing San Francisco. Will Suzy and her new
friends be able to defeat the evil alien Gallaxhar? And will Suzy ever
return to her normal size? ►
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Alien Trespass
Release Date:
April 3, 2009
MPAA rating:
PG for sci-fi action and brief historical smoking
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Green
The year: 1957. The
place: Mohave, California. The incident: a flying saucer crash. When his
prisoner, the monstrous Ghoti, escapes from the saucer, the alien space marshal
Urp possesses the body of astronomer Ted Lewis. Will Urp-as-Dr. Lewis, waitress
Tammy, and teenagers Dick, Penny and Cody be able to convince Police Chief
Dawson of the monster’s existence…or will the Alien Trespasser DEVOUR THE
EARTH?! ►
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Race to Witch Mountain
Release Date:
March 13, 2009
MPAA rating:
PG for sequences of action and violence, frightening and dangerous
situations, and some thematic elements
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green
Las Vegas cabdriver Jack Bruno picks up an unusual fare: Seth and Sarah, two children who ask him to drive them out into the middle of the desert. Seth and Sarah claim they are from another world, on a mission to retrieve an important alien artifact
-- a claim Jack comes to believe when the children demonstrate their otherworldly powers.
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Watchmen
Release Date:
March 6, 2009
MPAA rating:
R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Red
Although based on a comic book and set in a universe with costumed superheroes, the newly-released movie
Watchmen contains extremely graphic violence, full-frontal nudity, explicit sex, frequent profanity and greatly disturbing imagery. Parents are strongly cautioned that the PTC does not recommend this movie for any viewer under age 18.
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Release Date:
February 13, 2009
MPAA rating:
G
Overall PTC Traffic
Light Rating:
Green
The producers of the award-winning
IMAX films Deep Sea 3D and Into the Deep 3D score another success
with Under the Sea 3D. Featuring spectacular scenes of the undersea world
of Papua New Guinea’s Coral Triangle, the Great Barrier Reef and the sea life
native to the regions around Southern Australia, Under the Sea 3D offers
an intimate look into the underwater world, and the exquisitely beautiful,
treacherous and sometimes comical creatures that live there. ►
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Confessions of a
Shopaholic
Release Date:
February 13, 2009
MPAA rating:
PG for some mild language and
thematic elements
Overall PTC Traffic
Light Rating:
Yellow
Journalist Rebecca Bloomwood is a
“shopaholic” – a reckless spendthrift who has run up huge debts due to her love
of clothing and uncontrolled use of her credit cards. Aspiring to a position at
a top fashion magazine, Rebecca catches the eye of financial magazine editor
Luke Brandon, who is impressed by Rebecca’s writing. Rebecca’s column, “The Girl
in the Green Scarf,” makes Brandon’s magazine wildly popular. But Rebecca’s
addiction to shopping, her increasing debt – and the lies she tells to hide them
– soon jeopardize her job, her relationship with her best friend Suze, and her
growing attraction to Luke. ►
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MPAA rating:
PG for fantasy adventure action, some scary moments and brief language
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green
Based on the
best-selling novel by Cornelia Funke, this movie tells the story of Mo Folchart,
a “silvertongue” – a person possessing a magic power which makes characters in
any book he reads aloud appear in the real world, and sends real individuals
into the world of the book. Having inadvertently exiled his wife and brought to
life villainous characters from the rare fantasy novel Inkheart, Mo and
his daughter Meggie search the world for another copy of the book in an attempt
to bring her back. The rougish character Dustfinger wants Mo to send him back
into the book to rejoin his family; but the book’s villain Capricorn wants to
remain in our world – and will stop at nothing to do so…►
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Hotel for Dogs
Release Date:
January 16, 2009
MPAA rating:
PG for brief mild
thematic elements, language and some crude humor.
Overall PTC Traffic
Light Rating:
Green
Andie and Bruce are teenage siblings
forced to live with grungy foster parents. While saving their dog Friday from
the pound, the teens find an abandoned hotel inhabited by stray dogs. With the
help of several other teens and Bruce’s skill at inventing machines to feed,
bathe and care for the dogs, the siblings transform the building into a “Hotel
for Dogs,” and by defying the evil Animal Control Office, round up all the
strays in the city. In the process, the lonely teens make a family for the
dogs…and for themselves.
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Marley & Me
Release Date:
December 25, 2008
MPAA rating:
PG for thematic
material, some suggestive content and language
Overall
PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Red
Marley & Me
is a slice-of-life movie based on the book by real-life columnist John Grogan,
following him and his wife
Jennifer through their marriage, first jobs, the birth and growth of their
children, and John’s advancement through his career as a journalist. Throughout
it all, the presence of their dog Marley lends humor and pathos to their lives.
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Bedtime Stories
Release Date:
December 25, 2008
MPAA rating:
PG for some mild rude humor and mild language
Overall
PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green
Skeeter Bronson is
a bumbling handyman at the gigantic Nottingham hotel. When his divorced sister
Wendy must go out of town, she leaves her young children Patrick and Bobbi with
Skeeter. Tellling the children bedtime stories, Skeeter discovers that the
elements the children add to the stories come true for him in real life.
Manipulating the stories, Skeeter attempts to gain wealth, romance and a
management position at the hotel for himself; but when he discovers the hotel’s
plans to destroy the children’s school, it’s up to Skeeter to save the day. ►
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Release Date:
November 21, 2008
MPAA rating:
PG for some mild action and peril.
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: green
Bolt
is a dog who believes he is endowed with incredible superpowers – lightning
speed, heat-ray vision and a mighty “superbark” – who defends his owner Penny
against the evil genius Dr. Calico, who wants to rule the world. There’s just
one problem: none of it is true. In fact, Bolt is an ordinary dog starring on a
TV show, and doesn’t realize his mighty feats are all done with special effects.
When Bolt is accidentally shipped to New York, he believes Penny is in danger
and sets off across the country to save her. Along the way he is befriended by
street-smart alley cat Mittens and wacky hamster Rhino, who idolizes Bolt for
his TV heroics. Though he learns that his TV “powers” are not real, Bolt
discovers that with true friends, anything is possible!
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Release Date:
November 21, 2008
MPAA rating:
PG-13 for some violence and a scene of sensuality
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Yellow
Based on the
best-selling book series by Stephenie Meyer, Twilight tells the story of
Bella, an intelligent, shy teenage girl forced to move from her mother’s home in
Phoenix to live with her father in the tiny town of Forks, Washington. Though
the other teens in Forks welcome Bella, she is attracted to brooding loner
Edward Cullen. After Edward saves her from a car accident – by shoving the
oncoming car out of the way – Bella pieces together the truth: Edward is a
vampire. Though Edward fears he will accidentally harm her, Bella and Edward
fall in love; and Bella, though mortal, is welcomed into Edward’s vampire
“family.” But there are other vampires who view humans only as prey… ►
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Madagascar:
Escape 2 Africa
Release Date:
November 7, 2008
MPAA rating:
PG for some mild crude humor.
Overall PTC Traffic
Light Rating:
Green
The zany escapees from the New York
Zoo are back in this sequel to the 2005 animated hit Madagascar. With the
“help” of their penguin engineer friends, the animals escape the island – only
to crash on a game preserve in Africa, where the animal friends face new
problems: Marty learns that, surrounded by zebras, he is no longer as unique as
he thought; Melman the giraffe must cope with being the animals’ new doctor –
and with Gloria the hippo’s newfound romance with male hippo Moto Moto; and Alex
is reunited with his parents…only to prove a disappointment to his father,
“alpha lion” Zuba. Along with their wacky friend, the lemur King Julien, can the
animals find a way out of their troubles? And will they return safely to New
York? ►
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R
MPAA rating:
G
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green
Friday marked the premiere of the latest installment of Disney's mega-hit franchise,
High School Musical. Rather than being released on Disney's flagship cable network,
High School Musical 3: Senior Year was released in movie theaters across the country. The Parents Television Council is thrilled to recommend
HSM3 to parents and families as a delightful family-friendly film, and is honored to award
HSM3 with the coveted
PTC Seal of ApprovalTM.
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Release Date:
October 17, 2008
MPAA rating:
PG-13 for thematic material and some violence
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Red
Fourteen-year-old
Lily Owens has grown up in squalor with an abusive father, and fantasizes about
the mother she hardly knew. When her black nanny/friend Rosaleen is attacked by
racists, Lily and Rosaleen flee. Inspired by an icon of the Virgin Mary her
mother had owned, Lily seeks refuge at the home of loving and wise beekeeper
August Boatwright. Lily is inspired by August and her sisters, peppery and
cultured June and mentally disturbed but upbeat May, and their devotion to the
Virgin Mary. Over time Lily makes peace with the loss of her mother -- and hope
for her future.
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Release Date:
October 17, 2008
MPAA rating:
PG-13 for thematic material and some violence
The color of football
changed forever after Ernie Davis (played by Rob Brown) began playing for Syracuse
University. Based on a true story, The Express follows the challenges faced by
the skilled athlete and his coach (Dennis Quaid) that eventually led to him
becoming the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.
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Release Date:
October 17, 2008
MPAA rating:
PG-13 for thematic material and some violence
The lights are beginning
to go out in the underground City of Ember. Although they are only a
teenagers, Lina (Saoirse Ronan) and her friend Doon (Harry Treadaway)
think they have uncovered a clue that may allow their fellow
citizens to escape before the metropolis is plunged into darkness.
But can convince the others and find the way before time runs out?
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Release Date:
October 3, 2008
MPAA rating:
PG for some mild thematic elements
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green
Chloe
is the spoiled, pampered pet of Beverly Hills fashion designer Aunt Viv, beloved
by Papi, the pet of Viv’s landscaper Sam. When Viv goes on a business trip, she
entrusts Chloe to her irresponsible niece Rachel, who takes Chloe along on a
trip to Mexico. Chloe is “dognapped” and placed in a dogfighting arena, but
escapes with the help of former police dog Delgado. While Rachel, Sam and Papi
frantically search Mexico for her, Chloe and Delgado try to get back
to Beverly Hills –encountering adventure and romance along the way.
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Igor
Release Date:
September 19, 2008
MPAA rating:
PG for some thematic elements, scary images,
action and mild language.
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Yellow
The Kingdom of Malaria is populated
entirely by mad scientists and their assistants, the hunchbacked Igors. But one
Igor dreams of becoming a mad scientist himself, and creates the
Frankenstein-like Eva in order to win the annual mad scientist competition. Igor
plans to have Eva go on a rampage and destroy the other mad scientists’
inventions, thereby gaining their respect. His problem: Eva is sweet and loving,
and only wants to be an actress. When the cheating Dr. Schadenfreude kidnaps
Eva, Igor faces two questions: will Schadenfreude succeed in turning Eva evil?
And will Igor admit to himself that he really loves her?
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Release Date:
September 26,
2008
MPAA rating:
PG for thematic material and some peril
Overall PTC Traffic
Light Rating: Green
Caleb and Catherine
Holt are in a troubled marriage. Over the years their relationship has
soured, and now
they are on the point of divorce. But when Caleb’s father challenges him to take
“The Love Dare,” a course of counseling designed to save his marriage, Caleb is
launched on a journey of self-discovery – which brings him closer to his wife,
and both of them to faith in Jesus Christ.
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The Longshots
Jasmine
Plummer is a young girl who struggles with issues of self-confidence. Her father
abandoned her at a young age and her schoolmates tease her; but when her uncle Curtis discovers
that Jasmine has a talent for football, he urges her to join the middle-school
team, the Minden Browns. With Curtis’ help, Jasmine overcomes the sexist
resistance of her teammates, leads the Browns to the Pop Warner Super Bowl…and
inspires the entire town of Minden.
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Fly Me to the
Moon
MPAA rating:
G
Overall PTC Traffic
Light Rating:
Green
The
animated 3-D film Fly Me to the Moon focuses on Ned, a young fly who is
enthralled by his Grandpa’s tales of adventure. Ned convinces his pals, the
brainy I.Q. and the overweight Scooter, to join him on the ultimate adventure –
stowing away on the historic Apollo 11 flight and landing on the moon! As word
of the trio’s heroic exploit spreads throughout the insect community, Communist
flies in the Soviet Union vow to stop them. Will the Soviet spy fly Yegor’s
sabotage succeed? And will Ned, I.Q., and Scooter make it back to Earth safely?
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Release Date:
August 15, 2008
MPAA rating:
PG for sci-fi action violence throughout, brief language and momentary
smoking
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Yellow
Set in the period
between the Star Wars prequel movies Attack of the Clones and
Revenge of the Sith, the animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars
features the wartime adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. Now a
full-fledged Jedi Knight, Skywalker is given a difficult assignment: the evil
Count Dooku has kidnapped the child of gangster Jabba the Hutt; while Obi-Wan
tries to negotiate with Jabba, Skywalker must retrieve the baby Hutt, battle
Dooku and his evil apprentice Ventriss…and deal with the cocky attitude of his
own new apprentice, the beautiful padawan Ahsoka.
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Release
Date:
August 1, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sex related comments As if he didn't dig up enough trouble
in the last two Mummy movies, Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) is getting his
hands dirty again! This time he's in China with his wife (Maria Bello) and son
(Luke Ford), where a terra cotta army has been unearthed. When they accidentally
awaken these clay warriors, their tyrannical Emperor (Jet Li) resumes his 2000
year-old quest to conquer the world.
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Release
Date:
August 1, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sex related comments Usually, Bud Johnson (Kevin Costner)
is an unshaven, beer-loving man, content to be the victim of life's
circumstances. But that all changes when his proactive daughter (Madeline
Carroll) registers him for the vote. Due to some problem with the election
processes, Bud finds himself in the middle of the American presidency champagne
-- with the daunting responsibility of casting the deciding ballot.
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Release
Date:
July 25, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sex related comments Reprising their roles from the
successful TV series, Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully
(Gillian Anderson) use their skills to investigate another paranormal mystery.
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Release
Date:
July 25, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sex related comments This documentary follows some real
life American Teens from Warsaw, Indiana, chronicling the social, emotional and
educational challenges of completing their senior year.
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MPAA Rating:
G
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Green
Space
Chimps
tells the story of Ham III, a chimp whose grandfather was an
astronaut in the early days of the space program. In contrast to his
famous ancestor, Ham III makes his living being shot out of a cannon
at a circus. Ham’s life changes when the U.S. space program’s new
probe is lost in a space warp. Since the journey to recover the
probe is too dangerous for humans, the space program recruits Ham to
lead a team of “space chimps” who have been trained to fly a rocket.
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Release
Date:
July 18, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Red
Batman returns in
The Dark Knight, a film demonstrating the moral compromises that heroes
(and movies about heroes) make in today’s world. When Batman, Police
Commissioner Gordon and “White Knight” District Attorney Harvey Dent bring down
all of Gotham City’s crime kingpins, the mob bosses hire the psychotic Joker to
eliminate Batman. The Joker kills numerous Gotham citizens and threatens to
continue unless Batman reveals his identity and turns himself in to the police.
Batman agrees, but Dent refuses to allow Gotham to lose its defender. But when
the Joker captures Batman’s girlfriend and turns Dent into the villainous
Two-Face, Batman shows him the true meaning of revenge…
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Release
Date:
July 18, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sex related comments
It is traditional for a
bride to be given away by her father, but that is a problematic
custom for Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) because she doesn't know her
Dad's identity. Nor will her mother (Meryl Streep) confess. Wanting
to find out, the young woman invites three of her Mom's old
boyfriends (Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgaard) to
the wedding, hoping one of them may be the right man. This movie is
based on a Broadway musical that features songs from the 70's disco
sensation ABBA.
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Release Date:
July
11, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG for intense adventure action and some scary moments
Overall
PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Green
Trevor Anderson
is a professor of geology conducting an experiment to locate volcanic
tunnels. He soon discovers a book called A Journey to the Center of the
Earth. Within its pages he finds his missing brother’s notes --
showing that the story is fact and not fiction! Trevor, his nephew Sean, and
mountain guide Hannah then set out on what will be the greatest journey of
their lives!
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Release
Date:
July 11, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG for bawdy and suggestive humor, action and some language
Meet Dave (Eddie Murphy).
He may look like a human being, but really he is an elaborately
disguised spaceship for a crew of miniature aliens on a secret
mission. The tiny extraterrestrials have obviously given great
thought to each part of their plan -- except for the possibility of
their machine deciding to fall in love with a sexy Earthling
(Elizabeth Banks).
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Release Date: July 2, 2008
MPAA Rating: G
Overall
PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green
Kit
Kittredge
is a feature film based on characters from the American Girl book series.
The lead character is Kit Kittredge, a young girl growing up in the early
depression years of the 1930s. Kit and her friends are thrust into several
adventures, during which they discover a group of thieves. The film has minimal
violence – at one point a villain is hit on the head with a shovel. There is no
foul language or sex depicted.
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Release Date: July 2, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and
language
Overall
PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Red
Hancock is the
resident superhero of Los Angeles. Over the years he has saved many
citizens’ lives; but Hancock’s rescues have cost the city millions of
dollars. As a result Hancock has become unpopular and lives on the streets
as a drunken homeless man. His luck changes when he saves public relations
man Ray Embrey from being hit by a train. Ray shows his gratitude by making
it his life’s mission to restore Hancock’s image.
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Release Date: June 27, 2008
MPAA Rating:
G
Overall PTC Traffic
Light Rating: Green
WALL*E (Waste
Allocation Load Lifter Earth class) is the last robot left on earth. He has done
the same thing, compacting trash, every day for the past 700 years. His
extremely curious personality causes him to marvel at ordinary human possessions
such as car keys and jewelry boxes, but even with all that distraction, he
cannot help feeling lonely. The only other living thing to keep him company is
his pet cockroach. This all changes when a space ship is sent to earth to
determine if humans can return.
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Release Date:
June 20, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some rude humor, action violence and language
The world's safety is at risk when the terrorist organization KAOS
starts killing operatives from CONTROL, the USA's top spy agency.
There is only one person who can stop this terrible calamity:
Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell), an unknown systems analyst. Paired up
with Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway), the newly promoted operative sets out
to save mankind-- but his bumbling ways soon prove to be the
greatest threat of all. Get Smart is based on the TV series of the
same name.
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Release Date:
June 13, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some frightening sci-fi
images, and brief suggestive content
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Red
Bruce Banner is a
man on the run. During a secret government experiment
searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans
have, an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry. Now,
whenever
Banner becomes angry or outraged, a startling
metamorphosis occurs -- transforming him into the incredible Hulk, a
superhumanly strong monster. Hunted by the Army’s corrupt General Ross, Banner
goes into hiding, evading Ross and his top agent Emil Blonsky. Banner and
his scientist girlfriend Betty believe the Hulk’s strength is a curse and seek a
cure; but Blonsky, envious of the Hulk’s power, has other ideas…
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Release Date:
June 6, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG for sequences of martial arts action.
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green
Po is a lazy panda who works at his father’s
noodle shop. Po dreams of being a kung fu warrior, but lacks the
necessary training and discipline to join his heroic idols the
Furious Five. When Po is chosen to become the awesomely powerful
“Dragon Warrior,” kung fu master Shifu and his other students are
dismayed; but when faced with the task of protecting Happy Valley
from the villainous Tai Lung, Po becomes a warrior -- and learns
that anything is possible when you believe in yourself.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Release Date: May 22, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for adventure violence and scary images
Overall PTC Traffic
Light Rating: Red
Raiders of the Lost
Ark hero
Indiana Jones returns in this adventure set in 1957. When a Communist psychic
pursues an ancient treasure holding the secret of mind control, Jones teams up
with teenager Mutt Williams to trace the path of a mysterious crystal skull
which leads to the fabled City of Gold, El Dorado. Along the way, Jones
encounters thrilling perils, new enemies…and some old friends.
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Release Date: May 16, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG
for epic battle action and violence
Overall
PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green for all ages 8 and above
Prince Caspian,
second of the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, centers around four
siblings who travel to the fantasy world of Narnia. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and
Lucy Pevensie had been to Narnia in the first installment (The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe) and were crowned kings and queens. In Prince
Caspian they return to Narnia, which has aged hundreds of years since their
last visit.
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Release Date:
May 9, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG
for sequences of action, some violence, language and brief smoking
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating:
Yellow
The classic
1960’s Japanese cartoon series Speed Racer is given a fast and furious
update in this hyperkinetic live-action movie. As a child, young Speed is
obsessed with racing and idolizes his older brother, race car driver Rex. When
Rex is reputed to have turned into a cheating, “dirty” driver and then is
killed, Speed vows to redeem his family’s honor.
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Iron Man
Release Date: May 2, 2008
MPAA Rating:
PG-13
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Red
This live-action
movie of the Marvel Comics hero tells the story of technological wizard and
billionaire playboy Tony Stark. When arms manufacturer Stark visits Afghanistan,
he is critically wounded and captured by warlords who demand he build weapons
for them. To save his own life Stark builds a suit of powered armor and uses it
to escape his captors.
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Release Date: 3/25/08
MPAA Rating: PG
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green
Inspired by
true events involving a missing TV mascot, A Plumm Summer is a
coming-of-age period film focusing on a teenage boy, Elliott Plumm, who faces
family crises and new life experiences. Elliott’s challenges play out
against the backdrop of the crime of a kidnapping: the local TV celebrity Foggy
Doo is allegedly kidnapped, and Elliott enlists the help of his younger brother
and a new girl in the neighborhood to uncover the mystery.
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Release Date: March 14, 2008
MPAA Rating: G
Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green
Based
on the classic children’s book by Dr. Seuss, the animated
children’s film
Horton Hears a Who tells the story of an elephant named Horton
who hears voices in a tiny speck. The speck turns out to be a minute
world with inhabitants, but Horton’s community does not believe he
is telling the truth. Horton, who is “faithful 100%,” must find a
safe place for the speck so that it is not destroyed. The mayor of
Whoville (voiced by Steve Carell) gains his citizens’ support once
they realize that their world is in danger, and they all work
together to help Horton prove they exist.
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