Jackie K Cooper’s Guide To the Movies
Title Rating Score (out of
22 July R (Profanity & Violence) 7
(Terrorism in Norway on 7/22/11 which resulted in 77 deaths)
Bad Times At the El Royale R (Violence & Profanity) 7
(Quirky story of murder and mystery that will keep you guessing)
The Children Act R (Language & Adult Situations) 7
(Emma Thompson as a judge forced to choose between job and marriage)
First Man PG-13 (Profanity & Violence) 5
(Cold emotionless movie about Neil Armstrong. the first man to step on to the moon)
Free Solo PG-13 (Scenes of danger) 7
(Documentary about guy who scales mountains without ropes)
Goosebumps 2: Haunted PG (Some mildly scary scenes) 5
Halloween
(Okay movie for the kids but for adults its a snoozer)
Gosnell: The Trial of America’s PG-13 (Profanity & Violence) 7
Biggest Serial Killer
A must see movie whether you are Pro-Life or Pro-Choice)
Halloween R (Profanity & Violence) 6
(Too little Jamie Lee & too much Michael Meyers; still a lot of scary fun)
Hell Fest R (Profanity & Violence) 6
(My kind of scary movie; no gotchas and no extra gore)
The House With a Clock In Its PG (Mild scary scenes) 5
Walls
(Black & Blanchette are good; the movie not so much)
Life Itself R (Language & Violence) 5
(Several stories interweave but clunkily)
Little Women PG-13 (Teen Drinking) 7
(A modern version of “Little Women”, terrible idea – bit it works)
Night School PG-13 (Profanity & Crude Humor 7
Hart and Haddish create super fun in a – for Hart -relatively clean movie)
The Old Man and the Gun PG-13 (Violence & Profanity) 6
(It’s like the guy from “The Sting” got old and started robbing banks)
Science Fair PG (I have no idea why – it’s clean) 7
(A documentary about science minded teens who renew our faith in the future)
Smallfoot PG (Mild Violence) 7
(Animated movie with lovable characters and hummable songs)
Small Group PG-13 (Violence) 7
(A faith based film that is really entertaining)
A Star Is Born R (Profanity, Violence & Nudity) 9
(The third remake is the charm; Gaga’s good but it is Cooper who shines)
Venom PG-13 (Profanity & Violence) 5
(B-Team of Marvel heroes; Hardy & williams just walk through it)
White Boy Rick R (Profanity & Violence) 4
(Depressing true story of a fifteen year old drug dealer & his spiral downward
(updated) 10/23/18)
