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A guide to movies from a family perspective:

'Up'

-- Rating: PG.
-- Suitable for: Children 4 or 5 and older.

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

'Up'

-- Rating: PG.
-- Suitable for: Children 4 or 5 and older.

This week's release of a new DVD version of Hugh Hudson's "Revolution" -- starring Al Pacino as a New York trapper who gets caught up in this country's battle for independence -- reminds us that Roland Emmerich's "The Patriot" has some competition for the worst film about the American Revolution.

Even as Pixar films continue to garner critical praise, Oscar nominations and box-
office success, the movies seem to be heading in a less commercial direction. The rats from "Ratatouille" aren't what most consumers expect to see on their cereal box.

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"

-- Rated: PG.
-- Suitable for: School-age and older children who can sit attentively through a 105-minute movie.

Plot out the box-office numbers for the first three "Terminator" movies and it looks like a mountain peak, with the biggest spike in the middle. But the fourth film, now opening, should change the trajectory.
Here is why "Terminator" once mattered and still does:

So, you say you've never heard of the Sherman brothers.
Sure about that?

Even though most viewers of "Valkyrie" realize that Adolf Hitler was NOT assassinated by rebellious German army officers on June 20, 1944, the film directed by Bryan Singer still offers plenty of suspense and intrigue. Starring Tom Cruise as Col.

It's not often that a studio can put out a movie and two sequels and not have at least one be a worthless rip-off.
"Spider-Man 3"? Worthless rip-off. "Alien3"? Worthless rip-off. "X-Men 3: The Last Stand"? Worth renting for the scene where they destroy the Golden Gate Bridge, but otherwise ...

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

"Angels & Demons"

-- Rated: PG-13.
-- Suitable for: Mature teens and older.