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“Jackie K Cooper’s Guide To the Movies – 9/16/18”

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                                             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)

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