Jackie K Cooper’s Guide To the Movies
Title Rating Score (out of 10)
Alpha PG-13 (Violence) 5
(Set in Europe 20,000 years ago & tells the story of a boy and his wolf)
A X L PG (Mild Violence) 5
(Story of a boy and a robotic dog – not much new here)
Beautifully Broken PG-13 (Violence) 7
(Faith based film showing the power of hope and love)
(Well acted, suspenseful movie about life on parole in Oakland)
BlackkKlansman R (Profanity & Violence) 7
(Spike Lee directs a tense film about a black man infiltrating the KKK)
Crazy Rich Asians PG-13 (Profanity & Adult Situations) 6
(Routine romantic comedy about a regular girl and a rich boy – but this one has an all Asian cast)
God Bless the Open Road PG (Mild Violence) 7
(This faith based film delivers on the dramatic inspiration)
The Happytime Murders R (Profanity, Violence, Crudity, etc) 2
(Melissa McCarthy & pornographic puppets star in the worst movie of the year)
Kin PG-13 (Profanity, Brief Nudity & Violence) 6
(Action thriller with sci-fi overtones; gets extra points for originality)
Like Father (Netflix) Not Rated (Mature Audiences) 7
(Keslsey Grammer and Kristin Bell are perfect as a father/daughter with problems)
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Not Rated (Mature Audiences) 7
Peel Pie Society
(A writer visits a unique book club in the year after the end of World War II) 7
Mile 22 R (Profanity & Violence) 5
(Action from beginning to end but I didn’t understand any of the plot)
The Nun R (Profanity & Violence) 4
(Don’t go into the cemetery; don’t go into the basement; oh, just don’t go)
Operation Finale PG-13 (Profanity & Violence) 6
((Search for Eichmann covers the subject but not with much depth)
Peppermint R (Profanity & Violence) 6
(Jennifer Garner is out for revenge in this gender switched take on “Death Wish”)
The Predator R (Profanity & Violence) 6
(Just a good ole shoot them aliens movie)
Puzzle R (Profanity & Adult Situations) 6
(A puzzling movie about a woman who suddenly wants more in like than the routine)
Searching PG-13 6
The plot is good but the gimmick (everything is on computer screens) gets in the way)
A Simple Favor R (Profanity, Nudity & Violence) 7
(Funny & dramatic at the same time; complex but highly entertaining)
Unbroken: Path to Redemption PG-13 (Violence) 6
(Good solid story about a great man, but it needs some star power)
The Wife R (Profanity & Adult Situations) 7
(Glenn Close shines in a role tailor made for her talents)
(updated) 9/16/18)
