Spy x Family Code: White (PG-13)
Family secrets, global issues in a fun action comedy.
“Spy x Family Code: White” is an animated action-comedy film about a spy (voiced by Alex Organ) and an assassin (Natalie Van Sixtine) who pose as an idealized family. Expect fantastic violence and intensity, including shootouts, physical brawls, and suspenseful moments. Romance and relationships play an important role but are appropriate for a teen-friendly story without explicit sexual content. Language includes “butt,” “poop,” “damn,” “hell,” “a–,” and “s—.” There are also drinking scenes, including characters getting drunk, and there is frequent toilet humor. (110 minutes)
A captivating mystery concerns teenage drug use, violence and language.
“Under the bridge” is a crime drama based on true events, as documented in the book of the same name by Rebecca Godfrey. It centers on a 14-year-old girl named Reena (Vritika Gupta) and also stars Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Riley Keough (“Zola”) and Archie Panjabi (“The Good Wife”) . Teenagers hug, kiss, and use language that includes “f—,” “s—,” “b—-,” “slut” and “d–k.” They also smoke cigarettes and weed, drink beer, and are sometimes threatening and violent toward each other. Running away is a theme, as is homicide, distrust of adults, and peer pressure. Characters are threatened and in peril, and there is hitting, kicking, intimidation, self-harm, and harming others. (Eight episodes)
Woody Woodpecker goes to camp (TV-G)
The mix of live action and animation contains violence, insults and potty humor.
“Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp” blends live action and animation in a story that follows the famous cartoon character (voiced by Eric Bauza) as he attempts to return to his logging home. Although the film’s main messages are about learning your values and contributing to teams, it contains a lot of violent action, insults, and some humor. There are falls, crashes, burns, a helicopter crash and explosions. Characters are intimidated, teased, electrified, frozen, suspended high in the air and catapulted through the air. Weapons include catapults, paint guns, and contraptions that shoot fire ants or raw sewage. A group of kids with special math and science skills are picked on by a camp full of tougher kids. Language includes “butt”, “jeez” and many insults such as “moron”, “asshole”, “idiot”, “funny”, “stupid”, “idiot”, “loud mouth”, “weirdos”, “nerd », “geek”, “idiot” and “loser”. (100 minutes)
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