What to watch with your kids: ‘Twisters,’ ‘My Spy: The Eternal City’ and more

Twisters (PG-13)

Age 12+

Propulsive sequel to Nineteen Nineties hit options scary storm scenes.

Like 1996’s “Tornado,” this sequel is a catastrophe movie about storm chasers. After a private tragedy, meteorologist Kate Carter (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is lured again to Oklahoma to assist with a scientific research that ought to enhance understanding of the catastrophic storms. However she should take care of a “tornado-wrangling” social media influencer (Glen Powell) whose crew appears extra involved with YouTube subscriptions than science. Anticipate genuinely scary catastrophe scenes, the deaths of supporting characters and several other scenes of mass destruction. Individuals are swept away and injured in tornadoes. Occasional language contains “s—,” “a–hole” and “oh Lord,” and the romance is proscribed to flirting and an early kiss. Each storm-chasing crews are extra various than within the first film. Whereas the primary level is to wow viewers with results and stunts, the film additionally promotes utilizing science and social media for the better good and emphasizes empathy, braveness and curiosity. (122 minutes)

My Spy: The Everlasting Metropolis (PG-13)

Age 13+

Humorous motion sequel has language, violence and innuendo.

This “My Spy” sequel is a Dave Bautista-starring motion film that options violence, robust language and innuendo. This movie strikes the motion to Italy, the place characters face automotive chases, gunfire, stabbings, fistfights, near-drownings, explosions, Tasers and chook assaults. A teen is kidnapped, held hostage and chased by a gunman. Three teenagers sneak out a window and crawl alongside the excessive exterior wall of a lodge. Two individuals are knocked out, hung from a ceiling and threatened with demise as a part of an effort to cease evildoers from detonating nuclear bombs in main cities. Teenagers are caught consuming alcohol; additionally they have crushes and play spin the bottle, and two share a kiss. A girl advises a 14-year-old to make use of plenty of tongue on her first kiss, and when viewers see the character kissing later, it’s with a wide-open mouth. A nude male statue’s personal elements are used as a weapon, and a lady makes a suggestive remark about them. Mother and father be taught to present their teenagers extra independence, and teenagers be taught to respect their mother and father’ careers and caretaking. Language contains one use of “f—,” plus “s—,” “rattling,” “dammit,” “hell,” “a–” and extra. (112 minutes)

Out there on Prime Video.

Girl within the Lake (TV-MA)

Age 14+

Fashionable, darkish homicide thriller has language, intercourse and violence.

“Girl within the Lake” is a Nineteen Sixties-set drama sequence primarily based on the e book by Laura Lippman. Natalie Portman stars as Maddie Schwartz, a Baltimore housewife who’s galvanized into motion by the murders of an area Jewish woman and a Black bookkeeper (Moses Ingram of “The Queen’s Gambit”). Language contains “f—,” “motherf—-r,” “a–” and “s—.” Characters drink whiskey, have intercourse, and smoke cigarettes and pot. There’s no nudity, however a lady takes off a gown and is proven in a bra and slip. (Seven episodes)

Out there on Apple TV Plus.

Tyler Perry’s Divorce within the Black (R)

Age 16+

Stale marriage melodrama contains home abuse and language.

“Tyler Perry’s Divorce within the Black” is a drama a couple of girl (Meagan Good) who fights for her marriage till she realizes all the pieces her husband (Cory Hardrict) has completed to sabotage it. The film contains intense home abuse (verbal, bodily and emotional), gun violence, demise and descriptions of patricide. Anticipate tons of swearing (“f—,” “s—” and extra) and makes use of of the n-word. A intercourse scene is mildly graphic. Characters drink alcohol, typically to extra, and a personality takes a CBD gummy. Whereas the movie has an all-Black forged (and was written and directed by Black filmmaker Tyler Perry), the characters in the end reinforce clichés. (143 minutes)

Out there on Prime Video.

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