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PARENTS GUIDE
The AJC wants to help parents make the best choices for their children’s entertainment. PARENTS GUIDE highlights popular movies your kids may be interested in seeing and is a feature by Katie Walsh of Tribune News Service.
OPENING TODAY “Family Camp”
Review not available in time for publication. A family’s pastor encourages the congregation to sign up for a week at camp and one mom believes it’s the perfect solution for her family. Starring Tommy Woodard, Eddie James and Leigh-allyn Baker. Directed by Brian Cates. Rated PG. At metro theaters. 1 hour, 51 minutes.
“Firestarter”
Review not available in time for publication. Parents are on the run because they want to hide their daughter from a federal agency who wants to harness her gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Starring Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong and Sydney Lemmon. Directed by Keith Thomas. Rated R for violent content. At metro theaters. 1 hour, 50 minutes.
“Memoria”
A
A Scottish horticulturist is doing research in Medellin, Colombia, and hears a loud boom that wakes her and she spends the remainder of the film trying to find out where and what it is. The theme of the film is memory and its shifting seams and sandlike substrate, on which the footing of the film — and, by extension, our footing as well — is never terribly sure. Starring Tilda Swinton, Elkin Diaz and Jeane Balibar. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. In English and Spanish with subtitles. (Michael O’sullivan, Washington Post) Rated PG for brief language and some thematic elements. At Plaza Theatre. 2 hours, 16 minutes.
Count of Three” B
Two best friends who want to commit suicide decide the only way to do it is to do it together and want to have one last day. The film is very funny and very dark, illustrating the power of comedic catharsis that can offer relief from inner torment. Starring Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott and Tiffany Haddish. Directed by Jerrod Carmichael. (Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service) Rated R. At Landmark’s Midtown Arts. 1 hour, 26 minutes. PARENTS GUIDE: This is too mature and dark for kids. OK for teens if you discuss thoughts about suicidal ideation and self-harm.
“On the “Vortex” B+
The film follows the last days of a husband and wife as the woman struggles with dementia and the man’s health unravels in their charming yet claustrophobic Parisian apartment. It’s a quiet, compassionate and ultimately devastating film, which could be called semi-autobiographical. Starring Dario Argento, Francoise Lebrun and Alex Lutz. Directed by Gaspar Noe. In French, with subtitles. (Hau Chu, Washington Post) Unrated, but contains language, drug use and disturbing images. At Plaza Theatre. 2 hours, 20 minutes.