‘Star Trek’
Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence, and brief sexual content.
What it’s about: The young men and women who crew the Starship Enterprise meet and have their first Earth-saving adventure in this prequel to the TV show and movies.
The Kid Attractor Factor: Space battles, funny creatures.
Good lessons/bad lessons: First impressions aren’t everything.
Violence: Quite a bit, a couple of memorable deaths.
Language: Some profanity.
Sex: Pursued if not consummated.
Drugs: Alcohol is consumed.
Parents’ advisory: The jokes are aimed more at parents who remember the “Trek” saga, but kids of all ages should enjoy the action, the setting and the banter.
‘Is Anybody There?’
Rating: PG-13 for language, including sexual references, and some disturbing images.
What it’s about: An aged magician befriends a weird little boy who is growing up in his parents’ retirement home.
The Kid Attractor Factor: A kid’s story is told, with magic and ghosts as a subject.
Good lessons/bad lessons: “Make contact with the living,” not the dead.
Violence: A car wreck, deaths.
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Language: Some profanity.
Sex: Suggested.
Drugs: None.
Parents’ advisory: A grown-up film with some surprisingly kid-friendly elements.