MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS

In THE AVENGERS, several superheroes team up to stop Thor’s evil brother, Loki, and an intergalactic army of mechanized ships and other instruments of mechanical mayhem. THE AVENGERS is a rousing superhero spectacle with a strong Christian, redemptive, moral, patriotic worldview, but caution is advised for children due to some intense action violence and foul language. ...  MORE

THE RAVEN (2012)

THE RAVEN is an atmospheric, suspenseful piece about Edgar Allen Poe helping the Baltimore police track down a serial killer using Poe’s more gruesome stories to commit murder. THE RAVEN doesn’t always succeed and contains some gruesome violence and foul language, but it has a light redemptive worldview that extols sacrifice and includes an appeal to God for spiritual help. ...  MORE

SAFE (2012)

SAFE is a crime thriller about a former New York police officer and an 11-year-old girl who’s threatened by Chinese and Russian gangsters because of information she’s memorized. SAFE is a riveting action thriller, with a positive moral worldview and a brief but poignant reference to Jesus Christ. However, it’s set in a dark world with intense violence and plenty foul language, so extreme caution is advised. ...  MORE

JESUS HENRY CHRIST

JESUS HENRY CHRIST is a quirky comedy about a test-tube baby who becomes a precocious young genius looking to find his biological father. JESUS HENRY CHRIST has some interesting moments, but it’s uneven and contains a very Romantic, politically correct worldview with foul language and several inappropriate, bizarre violent deaths. ...  MORE

THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT

THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT is an R-rated romantic comedy about a couple’s on-again, off-again engagement. THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT has a somewhat positive view of marriage as an ideal but drags a little in the middle and contains excessively crude and lewd language. ...  MORE

TO THE ARTIC 3D

TO THE ARCTIC is a 40-minute IMAX documentary about the Arctic and the animals living there. The 3D IMAX photography is amazing, but the story told is a little episodic and the filmmakers use their movie to promote the global warming theory of the total destruction of the Arctic ice by 2040 or 2050. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises some caution. ...  MORE

THE LUCKY ONE

In THE LUCKY ONE, a serious Marine goes searching for the woman in the photograph which miraculously helped keep him safe during the Iraq War. THE LUCKY ONE is a typical romance based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, but the two leads lack chemistry and the movie contains some steamy sex scenes and other problems, despite some positive Christian elements. ...  MORE

THINK LIKE A MAN

THINK LIKE A MAN is a comedy about a group of vulgar, under-motivated black men who hang out, play basketball, drink beer, watch sports, and discuss the cheap sex available with women they have no intention to marry. THINK LIKE A MAN ends with a growing acceptance of committed relationships, but it’s loaded with lots of foul language, fornication, and deceit. ...  MORE

CHIMPANZEE

Filmed in the jungles of Africa, CHIMPANZEE follows a baby chimp, Oscar, who learns daily from his mother until tragedy strikes. Just as Oscar learns, the audience also learns just how important family is. CHIMPANZEE is one of the better nature documentaries. ...  MORE

TAKERS

TAKERS is a frenetic crime thriller about a Los Angeles police detective trying to take down a sophisticated, gun-toting band of urban, mixed-race bank robbers. TAKERS is a fairly entertaining thriller, with a heroic police detective viewers can root for, despite some bad photography, too much foul language, very strong violence, and brief sexual innuendo. Extreme caution is advised. ...  MORE