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What to watch?
As parents we are concerned about what our children see at the theatre. The best way to make sure that you take your kids to the “right” movie is to find out about it, before you take the family. We have put together a few webpages that may help you in making an informed decision about what movies you take you family to here in the Shreveport/Bossier area. Remember, just because a critic says it’s “A Great Family Film”, doesn’t mean it’s for your family. Do your homework and have a great time at the movies.
Parent Previews
As implied in the site title, each movie is graded (on a scale from A to F) in five categories: Overall (a grade that rates the artistic merits of the film); Violence; Sexual Content; Language; Drugs and Alcohol. The best feature here is the section titled "Talking about the movie with your family" at the bottom of the review page. Check it out for interesting topics to discuss over an after-movie ice cream. "In the movie 'Cats & Dogs' Professor Brody struggles to spend time with his son. Besides being busy with his research, why do you think he felt awkward playing sports with his son?"
Kids-in-Mind
With kids-in-mind, this site summarizes a movie's appropriateness with three numerical ratings (ranging from 1 to 10) for Sex, Violence and Profanity. For example, "Artificial Intelligence" was awarded a 3.5.2 which translates to a 3 for Sex, 5 for Violence and 2 for Profanity. Reasons for each rating are described in detail, and the review concludes with a short list of single-word discussion topics and a concluding message: " Life, whether mechanoid or humanoid, is not worth living without love."
Movie Mom
Nell Minow is Movie Mom, and she awards check marks for artistic merit. One check means "Really awful, almost impossible to sit through or particularly offensive" while five checks is "One of the all-time greats -- don't miss it!" In addition to her merit rating, Movie Mom offers a suggested minimum viewing age and evaluates the movie in five areas of parental concern: Profanity, Nudity/Sexual References, Alcohol/Drug Abuse, Violence/Scariness, and Tolerance/Diversity Issues. More great clicks are Movie Mom's "Thoughts on TV and Videos for Foster Parents" and "Guide to Family Movie Watching."
Screen It
Screen It reviews are written by a husband and wife team who've been at this since 1996. Each movie is quantified (from Mild to Extreme) in fifteen areas of parental concern including a few unique ones such as Smoking and Jump Scenes (those surprises that make you jump out your seat.) In addition to the parental review, Screen It provides a critique of the film's artistic value on a separate page titled "Our Take," and links to the movie's user ratings at the Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com) This one you have to pay a subscription fee, but we understand from people that it is worth the money.
Bypass theater ticket lines. Buy movie tickets in advance at Fandango.com. Read reviews and find showtimes for any movie in the U.S.
Local Movie Theaters:
Tinseltown Shreveport
8400 Millicent Way,
Shreveport, LA 71115
(318) 798-6400
Regal Cinemas Bossier Corners Cinema 9
2800 Shed Road,
Bossier City, LA 71111
(318) 742-9999
Regal Louisiana Boardwalk Stadium 14
2 River Colony Drive
Bossier City, LA 71111
318-742-9896
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