Jackie K Cooper’s Guide To the Movies
Title Rating Score (out of 10)
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)
The Children Act R (Language & Adult Situations) 7
(Emma Thompson as a judge forced to choose between job and marriage)
God Bless the Open Road PG (Mild Violence) 7
(This faith based film delivers on the dramatic inspiration)
The House With a Clock In Its PG (Mild scary scenes) 5
Walls
(Black & Blanchette are good; the movie not so much)
Kin PG-13 (Profanity, Brief Nudity & Violence) 6
(Action thriller with sci-fi overtones; gets extra points for originality)
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 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)
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)
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)
Smallfoot PG (Mild Violence) 7
(Animated movie with lovable characters and hummable songs)
Unbroken: Path to Redemption PG-13 (Violence) 6
(Good solid story about a great man, but it needs some star power)
White Boy Rick R (Profanity & Violence) 4
(Depressing true story of a fifteen year old drug dealer & his spiral downward
The Wife R (Profanity & Adult Situations) 7
(Glenn Close shines in a role tailor made for her talents)
(updated) 9/30/18)
