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The Way, Way Back, rated PG-13 Starring Sam Rockwell, Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette Austin Family critical rating: 4 of 5 stars Austin Family family-friendly rating: 4 of 5 stars This first feature film directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash is a coming-of-age...
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Mud, rated PG-13 Starring Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Reese Witherspoon, Sam Shepard, Michael Shannon Austin Family critical rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin Family family-friendly rating: 4 of 5 stars Tye Sheridan stars as Ellis, a 14-year-old boy who lives on a...
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Iron Man 3, rated PG-13 Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Jon Favreau Austin Family critical rating: 4 of 5 stars Austin Family family-friendly rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Iron Man 3 is an outrageous amount of...
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When I was 11 years old, I began reading film critic Roger Ebert’s reviews. I quickly became a compulsive viewer of “Ebert & Roeper,” setting my VCR to record the program every Saturday night. And his reviews became an indelible part of my life. I started seeing...
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Oz the Great and Powerful, rated PG Sam Raimi, the filmmaker behind the Spiderman films and The Evil Dead (1981), directs this prequel to The Wizard of Oz (1939), in which a young magician (James Franco) travels to the land of Oz, where he meets witches Glinda...
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Les Miserables, rated PG-13 Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Samantha Barks, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter Austin Family critical rating: 4 of 5 stars Austin Family family-friendly rating: 3 of 5 stars Les...
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Lincoln, rated PG-13 Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tim Blake Nelson, John Hawkes, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jackie Earle Haley Austin Family critical rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin...
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The Perks of Being A Wallflower, rated PG-13 Starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Melanie Lynskey, Joan Cusack Austin Family critical rating: 4 of 5 stars Austin Family family-friendly rating: 3 of 5 stars The Perks of Being A Wallflower,...
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Trouble with the Curve, rated PG-13 Starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman Austin Family critical rating: 4 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly rating: 4 of 5 stars Clint Eastwood is more than just an iconic Hollywood star – he is one...
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Lincoln, rated PG-13 One of the most anticipated films of the fall, Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” stars Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln during the months preceding his assassination. If one of the finest of all filmmakers (Spielberg) teaming up with the...
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The Dark Knight Rises, rated PG-13 Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard Austin Family critical rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin Family family-friendly rating: 4 of 5 stars...
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Beasts of the Southern Wild, rated PG-13 Starring Quvenzhane Wallis, Dwight Henry Austin Family critical rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild has been the talk of the independent film...
