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IN THEATERS
Listings in BOLD are movies with
POSITIVE PREVIEW CONTENT RATINGS

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Expanded Rating Criteria
- 02-03-2012 -
Big Miracle (PG) +3 +3
- 01-27-2012 -
Albert Nobbs (R) +3 -2
The Grey (R) +2 -4
Man On A Ledge (PG-13) +3 -4
- 01-20-12 -
Coriolanus (R) +2 -3
A Dangerous Method (R) +3 -4
Red Tails (PG-13) +3 +1
- 01-13-12 -
Carnage (R) +2 -4
The Iron Lady (PG-13) +3 +2
Joyful Noise (PG-13) +4 +2
We Need to Talk About Kevin (R) +2 -4
- 01-06-2012 -
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (R) +2 -3
- 12-31-11 -
Melancholia (R) +3 -4
- 12-25-11 -
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (PG-13) +2 +2
War Horse (PG-13) +4 +3
- 12-23-11 -
The Artist (PG-13) +4 +3
We Bought a Zoo (PG) +3 +2
- 12-21-11 -
The Adventures of TinTin (PG) +3 +2
- 12-09-11 -
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) +3 +2
- 12-09-11 -
New Year's Eve (PG-13) +1 +2
- 12-02-11 -
Meek's Cutoff (PG) +4 +3
- 11-23-11 -
The Descendants (R) +3 -4
Hugo (PG) +4 +3
The Muppets (2011) (PG) +4 +4
RECENT VIDEO RELEASES
(titles in BOLD received positive content ratings)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 (PG-13)
Anonymous (PG-13)
The Ides of March (R)
Real Steel (PG-13)
Moneyball (PG-13)
Contagion (PG-13)
I Don't Know How She Does It (PG-13)
There Be Dragons (PG-13)
Courageous (PG-13)
Midnight in Paris (PG-13)
Dolphin Tale(PG)
Warrior (PG-13)
Read more about the film HERE and HERE.
Margin Call (R)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (3D) (PG)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13)
Fright Night (R)
Another Earth (PG-13)
The Art of Getting By (PG-13)
One Day (PG-13)
Friends With Benefits (R)
Seven Days in Utopia (PG-13)
Read more about the making of the film HERE and HERE.
Cowboys & Aliens (PG-13)
The Help (PG-13)
Mr. Popper's Penguins (PG)
The Debt (R)
Super 8 (PG-13)
A Little Help (R)
Larry Crowne (PG-13)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (PG-13)
Cars 2 (G)
Crazy, Stupid, Love (PG-13)
Water For Elephants (PG-13)
Scream 4 (R)
Captain America: The First Avenger (PG-13)
Monte Carlo (PG)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (PG-13)
Green Lantern (PG-13)
Horrible Bosses (R)
Zookeeper (PG)
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (PG)
The Tree of Life (PG-13)

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