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You might even think of this western tale as a blending of the not-so-Wild West with a Hallmark special.

In the new movie Animal Crackers, now streaming on Netflix, Owen Huntington inherits a run-down circus from his Uncle Bob. There’s a burned-up tent, discouraged performers and a few animals. Owen’s on the verge of saying goodbye to the family’s circus when a clown named Chesterfield tells him a secret: His uncle left a box of magical animal crackers, too. Eat one, and you’ll transform into the animal you just gobbled up. This could change everything! Animal Crackers delivers some nice messages about family. And a lot of toilet humor along with one mild profanity. For those reasons, we’re giving Animal Crackers a 3.5 out of 5.0 for family friendliness.

The show addresses issues faced by many a middle schooler–but not in ways that their parents might approve of.

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Kane Brown is joined by Swae Lee and Khalid on this feel good song with a handful of not-so-feel-good moments.

Think of it as a poor-man’s Minions cartoon with a lot less, well, funny stuff.

In the new Netflix sequel The Kissing Booth 2, viewers are reunited with teen lovers Elle and Noah, who first connected romantically two years ago. Now, Noah’s off to Harvard, while Elle’s navigating her senior year of high school. She misses her man desperately, and she fears he may be seduced by more experienced women at college. Soon, though, Elle’s got a new problem—a newcomer named Marco who’s providing Elle with a tempting possibility of her own. But there’s more. Elle wants to join Noah at Harvard. But her only chance is winning a dance competition with Marco as her partner. Talk about teen drama. The Kissing Booth 2 is rated TV-14. But this Netflix movie’s teen characters act more like they’re 28. Physical intimacy is a given. Consequences of that activity are nowhere in sight. And while we don’t actually see a lot of it, there’s no question what’s happening here between Elle and Noah, as well as other characters (including some same gender pairings). Profanity, underage drinking and completely clue

Sure, these high schoolers sometimes have to take down the bad guys. But they’re more about lifting up each other.

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The group detests injustice. But it doesn’t deliver a redemptive alternative in this pulverizing collection of metal tracks.

Comes with a few controversies, but it’s also a heartwarming tale.

The new movie Radioactive, now streaming online, paints a portrait of Marie Curie. As the 19th century rolled into the 20th, this Polish-born French researcher met and married fellow scientist Pierre Curie. Together, they discovered the elements radium and polonium. Their work, of course, formed the foundation for advances such as the X-ray machine and cancer treatment, as well as paving the way for the atomic bomb. That’s the stuff of textbooks. But Radioactive also takes us behind the scenes of that story. What we see is a woman whose passionate stubbornness is almost her undoing. Marie cares little for what others think of her. But Pierre quietly helps Marie channel her passion in positive ways. Together, they make a dynamic radioactive duo that will lead to not just one, but two Nobel Prizes for Marie. Speaking of passion, we see a surprising amount of the physical kind on display here for a PG-13 film, both in Marie’s relationship with Pierre and in an affair she has after Pierre is tragically killed in

PJ Masks may not inspire kiddos to go to bed on time, but at least it teaches them about being kind and helping others.

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This album isn’t what you’d expect, especially when you see it labeled as explicit.

The biggest issue with this robo-drama is the completely unnecessary foul language in its memory bank.

In new movie First Cow, now streaming online, we meet two guys who don’t fit the profile of adventurous pioneers. Otis Figowitz is a cook for a group of rough and tumble trappers in Oregon in the early 1800s. He’s a quiet, reflective type—in contrast to the boisterous hunters he serves. Otis soon meets an Chinese entrepreneur named King Lu who’s seeking his fortune on the West Coast. Together they form an unlikely friendship and business relationship baking for the group they serve. Now, about that cow in the movie’s title. There’s exactly one milk cow in the region. And Otis and King Lu must steal its milk to cook for the men who love the food they’re making. Now, that may not sound like the plot for an edge-of-your-seat action movie. And … it isn’t. There are no explosions or firefights or battling robots here—though we do see a couple of fist fights along the way. Instead, what First Cow offers viewers is a quiet reflection on the virtues of friendship. Some profanities get lobbed about in this PG-13 indie

Central Park probably isn’t the show you want to be central to your family.

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