‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’
Rating: PG for some mild language and thematic elements.
What it’s about: A journalist begins a column for a financial planning magazine but has a serious lack of planning in her own finances.
The Kid Attractor Factor: Isla Fisher is the young woman who can’t say no.
Good lessons/bad lessons: Sooner or later, you have to pay for all that stuff.
Violence: None.
Language: A smattering of profanity.
Sex: Who has time?
Drugs: Tequila shots.
Parents’ advisory Not suitable for 12-and-unders.
‘Friday the 13th’
Rating: R for strong bloody violence, some graphic sexual content, language and drug material.
What it’s about: Young people visit Crystal Lake, where Jason slashed people to death long ago, and meet the same fate.
The Kid Attractor Factor: You know they’re going to try to sneak into this.
Good lessons/bad lessons: Premarital sex will get you beheaded.
Violence: “Slasher movie” should be on the poster.
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Language: Lots of profanity.
Sex: Fairly graphic too.
Drugs: Pot; alcohol.
Parents’ advisory: If it’s not the slashing, it’s the sex.