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Wondering what to expect when you take the family to the movies?  "Family Movie Reviews" takes the guesswork out of going to the movies with your kids.  These movie reviews, written by Jean Joachim, offer parents a preview of what to expect, before you take your children on a movie date. 

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Ramona and Beezus

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(Running time: 104 Minutes) Rated G
Starring  Joey King, Selena Gomez, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Josh Duhamel, Ginnifer Goodwin
  
    How delightful to have a “G” rated movie that is interesting and funny for both children and adults. This movie, taken from the popular Beverly Cleary books, has Ramona, a 9-year-old girl who always seems to mess things up, as the central character. Ramona has a big sister, baby sister, mom and dad. The movie takes you through her dad’s job loss, moving away from friends, her beloved aunt moving to Alaska, being laughed at by her classmates, her difficulties in school with her teacher and the death of her cat.
    What I liked about the movie is that everything isn’t peachy-keen all the time. The family encounters difficulties but they pull together and manage to get by. Also, no adult is depicted as a complete idiot, a refreshing change of pace in today’s children’s movies.
    I can’t think of a better movie to take a child to on a hot or rainy summer day. There is no violence, bad language or sex. Ramona and Beezus should be fine for children age six and up. Parents, this one is worth tagging along with your kids, don’t miss it!
    

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Salt

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(Running time: 99 Minutes) Rated PG-13
Starring  Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber
  
    This thriller had me guessing all the way to the end. Evelyn Salt (Jolie) is a CIA operative captured by the North Koreans. Her husband makes enough noise to get the U.S. government to trade for her two years later. She has been tortured, but Evelyn is tough, she survived.
    Back in CIA headquarters, a Russian defector is brought in. He tells a tale of a Russian who took children and brought them up to behave like Americans but to be Russian spies. These children were trained to infiltrate the United States in order to create chaos and bring the country down. He says that Evelyn Salt is one of these spies.
    So Evelyn is detained. Meanwhile, she is worried about her beloved husband, a German national. Evelyn gets away and goes home, only to find that her husband has been taken. She goes on the run, giving our CIA folks the slip in truly ingenious ways. There are some spectacular chase scenes with her jumping down on a moving truck and then from truck to truck.
    In fact, the movie becomes one long chase, keeping you breathless and trying to figure out who is a good guy and who is a bad guy. Everything is not as it appears, but I can’t say more without ruining the movie.
    Salt is tightly plotted, exciting and full of surprises. Ms. Jolie usually picks good movies to act in and this is no exception. There is plenty of violence, some water torture, some bad language and no sex. This is the best thriller to come along in a long time. See it with your child of 11 and over as a fun way to pass a summer evening.
    

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