“Finding Entertainment Appropriate for Kids,” or FEAK, runs every Friday and discusses places – mainly the movie theaters – where parents can look to find things for their kids to watch over the weekend.
Another weekend at the movies, another two R rated films. The two big film releases this weekend, “Cop Out” and “The Crazies,” both might register on your child’s radar but – whether they are good or bad films – neither is appropriate for those kids.
“Cop Out” stars Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan and is rated R for “pervasive language including sexual references, violence and brief sexuality.” The film is supposed to be a throwback to the ’80s buddy cop movies like “Lethal Weapon” and “48 Hours.” So if you let your kids watch those, this is fine. But since you probably don’t, you should probably wait on this one.
The other film, “The Crazies” is a hyper kinetic zombie movie starring Timothy Olyphant. It’s rated R for “bloody violence and language.” Think “28 Days Later” or “Zombieland.” It’s not totally serious, but it’s seriously violent and gory so be very aware.
With those two films, and “Shutter Island” last week, there haven’t been many good family films out in the last few weeks. There’s “Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief” and, next week, “Alice in Wonderland.” Check out some of the photos and videos we’ve already posted with much more coming.
