Frida
Drama/Biopic
Rated R for sexuality/nudity and language.
Best Actress nominee Salma Hayek stars as Mexican surrealist Frida Kahlo in this biopic, which chronicles her turbulent marriage to Diego Rivera, her political activism and the severe pain she experienced following a bus accident.
Asteroid City
Comedy/ SciFi
Rated PG-13 on appeal for brief graphic nudity, smoking and some suggestive material.
In an American desert town in the mid-fifties, the Junior Stargazer Convention attracts stargazers of different ages. A group of students and their parents visit the town to attend the event. What follows is an unexpected exchange of ideas and experiences that lead to eye-opening revelations.
Sahara
Adventure
Rated PG-13 for action violence.
An explorer (Matthew McConaughey) and his sidekick (Steve Zahn) search for treasure and help a doctor (Penélope Cruz) contain a plague in Africa. Based on Clive Cussler's novel.
12 Angry Men
Drama
TV-PG for smoking and thematic elements.
A young Puerto Rican is on trial for his father’s murder, and 11 of 12 jurors have voted him guilty. The sole innocent vote comes from Juror #8, who persuades the others to reconsider, showing the motivations of each juror.
Reginald Rose was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for a script based on his play, and the film received a nod for Best Picture.
Newsies
Family/Musical
Rated PG for mild violence.
Musical about the 1899 strike of New York newsboys.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Adventure/Comedy
Rated PG-13 for some violence and language
Quirky Coen brothers effort follows Depression-era convicts who escape a Mississippi chain gang and embark on an odyssey to find a hidden treasure.
The Iron Giant
Family
Rated PG for fantasy action violence, language, some thematic material and smoking
A giant metal machine falls to Earth in 1958 and frightens the residents of a small town in Maine, until it befriends a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
Airplane
Comedy
Rated PG for brief nudity, language, mild violence.
A traumatized ex-flier boards a plane hoping to win back his flight attendant girlfriend. Meanwhile, the pilots get food poisoning, and someone has to land the jet.
Tremors
Rated PG-13 for violence, language, smoking, and peril.
Men living in a small desert community come upon some inexplicable phenomena, including at least one very grisly body. It turns out that there are gigantic wormlike carnivores living under the desert that come up to feed on humans.
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Holes
Family
Rated PG for violence, mild language and some thematic elements
Faithful, entertaining adaptation of Louis Sachar's popular, prize-winning children's novel about a bizarre juvenile-correctional facility run by an intimidating warden.
The Kings of Summer
Comedy/Adventure
Rated R for language and some teen drinking.
Three teenage boys spend a summer building a house in the woods together, and learn valuable lessons about family, friendship and independence.
A Goofy Movie
Family
Rated G.
Standard Disney musical finds Goofy trying to bond with son Max on a cross-country excursion.
Oklahoma!
Musical
Rated G
At the turn of the century, a cowboy and an aggressive farm hand compete for the affection of an Oklahoma farm girl. Adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical classic.
