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A struggling artist (Justice Smith) is recruited to participate in a secret society of “magical” Black people (they’re to devote themselves to catering to white people) and he begins to realize that he needs to reevaluate how he looks at himself. Also with An-Li Bogan, David Alan Grier, Gillian Vigman, James E. Welsh, Mia Ford, Eric Lutz, Kees DeVos, Aaron Coleman, Aisha Hinds, Chase Ryan Jeffery, Moe Irvin and Ethan Herisse. Directed by Kobi Libii. [Running Time: 1:44] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S2 | V2 | L5
Based on a true story about a man (Mark Wahlberg) determined to finally win an adventure race; when he puts together a team, he is unaware of the impact the addition of a canine teammate will make on his life. Also with Nathalie Emmanuel, Juliet Rylance, Michael Landes and Paul Guilfoyle. Directed by Simon Cellan Jones. [Running Time: 1:30] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S1 | V3 | L5
Based on the true story (Anthony Hopkins) of a man that rescued 669 children during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia during World War II. Also with Lena Olin, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Steed, Matilda Thorpe, Daniel Brown, Alex Sharp, Jirí Simek and Romola Garai. Directed by James Hawes. Several lines of dialogue are spoken in German, Czech and French with English subtitles. [Running Time: 1:50] – Why is it rated PG? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S1 | V4 | L3
A gym manager (Kristen Stewart) falls hard for a visitor (Katy O’Brian) on her way to Vegas for a bodybuilding competition, not knowing how their love affair will change their lives. Also with Dave Franco, Anna Baryshnikov, Jena Malone, Eldon Jones and Ed Harris. Directed by Rose Glass. [Running Time: 1:44] – Why is it rated R? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S7 | V8 | L10
In what seems like a fairytale setting, a young woman (Millie Bobby Brown) is betrothed to a handsome prince (Nick Robinson), but soon discovers that it was all a ruse; her ultimate fate, like that of many other young women before her, is to be offered to a dragon as a sacrifice. Also with Ray Winstone, Angela Bassett, Brooke Carter, Robin Wright and Milo Twomey. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. [Running Time: 1:50] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S1 | V6 | L1
Revisiting the Kung Fu Panda franchise, Po (voiced by Jack Black) is tasked with finding his replacement when he is promoted. But before he can do that, he must dispatch a greedy chameleon (voiced by Viola Davis) determined to wreak havoc on the Valley of Peace. Also with the voices of Awkwafina, Dustin Hoffman, Bryan Cranston, James Hong, Ian McShane, Ke Huy Quan, Ronny Chieng, Lori Tan Chinn and Seth Rogen. Directed by Mike Mitchell & Stephanie Stine. [Running Time: 1:34] – Why is it rated PG? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S0 | V3 | L2
A family re-locates to the home where the mother (DeWanda Wise) has happy memories of her early years with her parents. Shortly after arriving, their young daughter (Pyper Braun) discovers a stuffed bear in a basement room and develops a bond with it that will have dangerous consequences. Also with Taegen Burns, Betty Buckley, Tom Payne, Veronica Falcón, Samuel Salary, Matthew Sato and Alix Angelis. Directed by Jeff Wadlow. [Running Time: 1:44] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S2 | V6 | L5
A Czech cosmonaut (Adam Sandler) leaves his pregnant wife (Carry Mulligan) for a year-long space voyage toward a mysterious purple cloud that has appeared over Earth. His adventure is not at all what he expects. Also with Kanul Nayyar, Isabella Roselini, Lena Olin and the voice of Paul Dano. Directed by Johan Renck. [Running Time: 1:47] – Why is it rated R? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S2 | V4 | L5
Sequel to 2021’s Dune: After his family has been destroyed, a young man (Timothée Chalamet) trains and seeks allies, while planning revenge against the perpetrators. Also with Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Souheila Yacoub, Roger Yuan and Babs Olusanmokun. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. [Running Time: 2:46] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S2 | V6 | L5
A criminal defense attorney (Kelly Rowland), defending an artist (Trevante Rhodes) accused of murdering his girlfriend, is disrespected by her alcoholic non-working spouse (Nick Sagar), his mom (Kerry O’Malley), and her brother-in-law (Sean Sagar). She then has an affair with the artist and uncovers sinister family secrets among her in-laws. Also with RonReaco Lee, Shannon Thornton and Angela Robinson. Directed by Tyler Perry. [Running Time: 2:00] – Why is it rated R? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S8 | V6 | L7
Two women (Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan) attempting to change the trajectory of their circumstances, hire a car to drive to Florida to visit a relative and do a spot of birdwatching. Unbeknownst to them, they hire a car intended for someone else and containing some mysterious packages that some unsavory but inept characters want back. Also with Beanie Feldstein, Joey Slotnick, C.J. Wilson, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, Bill Camp, Matt Damon, Connie Jackson and Annie Gonzalez. Directed by Ethan Coen. [Running Time: 1:24] – Why is it rated R? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S8 | V7 | L7
Based on the true story of a man (Alan Ritchson) who becomes widowed, and when his young daughter needs a liver transplant he quickly learns that he cannot function without help from kindhearted people. A woman (Hilary Swank) steps up to help in many ways and rallies their community around his cause. Also with Amy Acker, Nancy Travis, Tamala Jones, Emily Mitchell, Drew Powell, Skywalker Hughes, Nancy Sorel, Dempsey Bryk and Stephanie Sy. Directed by Jon Gunn. [Running Time: 1:56] – Why is it rated PG? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S1 | V3 | L2
The lives of Nazi Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), who was the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp for four years during the Holocaust, and of his wife (Sandra Hüller) and children, are depicted as they enjoy pleasant domesticity while on the other side of a tall wall framed by barbed wire are the constant sounds of death and suffering and smoke from incinerators. Also with Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte, Nele Ahrensmeier, Lilli Falk, Anastazja Drobniak, Cecylia Pekala, Kalman Wilson, Medusa Knopf, Max Beck and Slava the Dog. Directed by Jonathan Glazer. In German and Polish with English subtitles. [Running Time: 1:45] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S3 | V5 | L1
Two childhood friends (Greta Lee and Teo Yoo), separated by fate when one of them emigrates from South Korea to Canada, reconnect over the years and try to reconcile the way they are drawn to each other, despite the fact that one is married. Also with John Magaro. Directed by Celine Song. Many lines of dialogue are spoken in Korean with English subtitles and a few lines are spoken in Korean without translation. [Running Time: 1:46] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S3 | V1 | L5
Set 45,000 years ago: A small band of early humans, wander in an unfamiliar cold and wind-swept landscape trying to find a place with shelter and food. Instead, they find themselves in a dark forest apparently hunted by what they suspect must be monsters or demons. With Chuku Modu, Safia Oakley-Green, Kit Young, Iola Evans, Luna Mwezi, Arno Lüning, Rosebud Melarkey and Tyrell Mhlanga. Directed by Andrew Cumming. In an unidentified language with English subtitles. [Running Time: 1:28] – Why is it rated R? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S3 | V7 | L5
A woman (Dakota Johnson) discovers that she has been endowed with a superpower that allows her to see into the future, and she enlists the help of three teenagers (Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced and Celeste O’Connor) to fight the baddies. Also with Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts, Adam Scott, Kerry Bishé and Zosia Mamet. Directed by S.J. Clarkson. [Running Time: 1:57] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S2 | V6 | L4
A look at the life of Bob Marley (Kingsley Ben-Adir) and his rise to popularity with a message of music, peace and unity. Also with Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole, Umi Myers, Anthony Welsh and Gawaine ‘J-Summa’ Campbell. Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. [Running Time: 1:44] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S2 | V5 | L5
When a teenage girl (Kathryn Newton) finds a companion (Cole Sprouse) in the local cemetery, he helps her realize what true love is, despite the fact that he’s a reanimated corpse and may be missing certain body parts. Also with Liza Soberano, Jenna Davis, Trina LaFargue, Paola Andino, Henry Eikenberry, Carla Gugino and Joe Chrest. Directed by Zelda Williams. [Running Time: 1:41] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S6 | V7 | L4
A young boy (voiced by Jacob Fremblay) named after a bright constellation, is afraid of the darkness, so an entity (voiced by Paul Walter Hauser) takes him on a global adventure to show him there is nothing to fear from the lack of light. Also with the voices of Angela Bassett, Colin Hanks, Mia Akemi Brown, Ike Barinholtz, Nat Faxom, Golda Rosheuvel, Natasia Demetriou, Aparna Nacherla, Carla Gugino and Matt Dellapina. Directed by Sean Charmatz. [Running Time: 1:30] – Why is it rated TV-Y7? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S1 | V3 | L3
A best-selling but reclusive author (Bryce Dallas Howard) of spy thrillers becomes embroiled in actual events that seem to follow plots torn from her own books, and when a real spy (Sam Rockwell) shows up to save her and her cat, she’s thrust into a sinister reality where nothing is what it seems. Also with Henry Cavill, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Ariana DeBose, Samuel L. Jackson, Dua Lipa, Richard E. Grant, John Cena and Chip. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. [Running Time: 2:19] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S2 | V5 | L5
The systems human beings use to separate people and determine the way they can live their lives according to perceived identities, ethnicities, color, etc. are explored in this dramatization of “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson. With Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash, Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Isha Blaaker, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Connie Nielsen, Blair Underwood, Nick Offerman, Myles Frost and Donna Mills. Directed by Ava DuVernay. A few lines of dialogue are spoken in German with English subtitles. [Running Time: 2:21] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S2 | V6 | L3
A man (Wyatt Russell) dealing with a recent MS diagnosis searches for a way to deal with a new life without his professional baseball career. When he and his family move into a new house with a swimming pool, his improvement seems almost magical, until they discover the sacrifice that is required of them. Also with Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren, Jodi Long, Eddie Martinez, Elijah J. Roberts, Rahnuma Panthaky, Ben Sinclair and Ellie Araiza. Directed by Bryce McGuire. [Running Time: 1:38] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S3 | V5 | L4
Depiction of an imaginary encounter between Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins) and C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode) taking place in London on the eve of WWII as they debate the existence of God, faith, science, sex and their domestic circumstances. Freud would die shortly after and Lewis would go on to write “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Also with Jodi Balfour, Stephen Campbell Moore, Orla Brady, Liv Lisa Fries and Nina Kolomiitseva. Directed by Matt Brown. A few lines of dialogue are spoken in German without translation. [Running Time: 1:48] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S5 | V5 | L3
A professional burglar (Kevin Hart) plans a heist of $500 million in gold bullion that is being transported on an A380 passenger flight for his crew of criminals (Vincent D’Onofrio, Ursula Corbero, Billy Magnussen and Kim Yoon-ji); however, things go awry and an Interpol agent (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) gets involved. Also with Sam Worthington and Jean Reno. Directed by F. Gary Gray. [Running Time: 1:46] – Why is it rated PG-13? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S3 | V6 | L4
Based on a true story spanning from 1964 to1973: A young boy (Jesse Berry) that needs full-leg braces, feels called by God to play baseball and he shows remarkable skill, but his authoritarian father (Dennis Quaid) blocks his dreams. Determined to play, the boy as a teenager (Colin Ford) endures bullying, pain, and multiple surgeries to achieve his goals. Also with Joelle Carter, Bonnie Bedelia, Randy Houser and Scott Glenn. Directed by Jeff Calentano. [Running Time: 2:06] – Why is it rated PG? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S1 | V3 | L4
Character study of Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver) set in the summer of 1957 when his automotive empire was teetering, as he was pushing his drivers to win a grueling 1,000-mile race across Italy, as well as dealing with the death of his son, the deteriorating relationship with his wife (Penélope Cruz) and his extra household with his mistress (Shailene Woodley) and their young son. Also with Patrick Dempsey, Giuseppe Festinese, Alessandro Cremona, Derek Hill, Leonardo Caimi, Gabriel Leone, Michele Savoia, Jacopo Bruno and Domenico Fortunato. Directed by Michael Mann. [Running Time: 2:10] – Why is it rated R? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S5 | V6 | L5
When nuclear war breaks out between the US and Russia, tension rises between the astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station, especially after both groups receive identical orders from their governments: Take over, by any means necessary. With Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, John Gallagher Jr., Masha Mashkova, Costa Ronin and Pilou Asbæk. Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Several lines of dialogue are spoken in Russian with English subtitles. [Running Time: 1:35] – Why is it rated R? Read the Review
Content Ratings: S1 | V5 | L5
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