The Marsh King’s Daughter
For an R-rated thriller, the footing around The Marsh King’s Daughter is pretty solid. But it still has some muck to wade through.
Dream Scenario
Dream Scenario deftly, sometimes brilliantly, skewers are celebrity culture. But the content here can be a nightmare.
Maestro
Maestro, a powerful biopic of Leonard Bernstein and his wife, offers an interesting tune. But it hits plenty of wrong notes along the way.
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
More violent than its PG-13 rating suggests, Rebel Moon is a copycat, self-serious slog that’s eclipsed by the movies it pulls from.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
A grim storyline paired with brutality and bloodshed involving teens offers families plenty of reasons to pass on this Hunger Games prequel.
Thanksgiving
Eli Roth’s latest is stuffed with profane torture porn and oven-roasted carnage. Not for the weak of heart or stomach.
Silent Night
The protagonist for Silent Night never speaks. But the blood he sheds screams.
Finestkind
The content issues we see in Paramount+’s Finestkind mean it definitely won’t be the finest kind of film for families.
The Family Plan
Ironically, Mark Wahlberg’s True Lies-esque action flick The Family Plan may not be the best movie-night plan for families.
Priscilla
Priscilla Presley’s story briefly seemed like a fairy tale come true. But her life with Elvis slowly morphed into a pill-popping tragedy.