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2016 Summer Family Blockbuster Movies

April 27, 2016


There's lots of great movies coming up this summer.  Need help deciding which movies to allow your child(ren) to watch?  Check out our Movie Resources Page for links to family-friendly reviews and entertainment information.


Captain America: Civil War (PG-13) - May 6
Fantasy Action Adventure. When Captain America attempts to protect his friend Bucky Barnes, he is brought into conflict with Iron Man.  The rest of the Avengers team are forced to take sides.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKrVegVI0Us


The Angry Birds Movie (PG)
- May 20


Animation Comedy. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it's up to three unlikely outcasts - Red, Chuck and Bomb - to figure out what the pigs are up to (hint: it's no good).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRmKa7vvct4



Alice Through A Looking Glass (PG) - May 27

Fantasy Adventure.  Alice returns to the whimsical world of Underland (this time through a Looking Glass) to find The Mad Hatter in a horrible state, with that she must save her friends from Time, a creature part-clock, borrow the Chronosphere, which The Red Queen wants also, and change the course of Underland's fate to save The Hatter.



X-Men: Apocalypse (not rated yet) - May 27th

Fantasy Action Adventure. Apocalypse is both a villain and a cusping world event. The X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows - June 3

Fantasy Adventure. The Turtles return to save the city from Shredder, who is creating mutants of his own. 


Finding Dory (not rated) - June 17

Animation Adventure.  The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish reunites with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JNLwlcPBPI



The Legend of Tarzan (PG-13) - July 1

Action Adventure. Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.



The BFG (not rated) - July 1

Adventure. Directed by Stephen Speilberg, this movie is about a girl named Sophie who encounters the Big Friendly Giant (BFG). Despite his intimidating appearance, the BFG turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants, because unlike his peers, refuses to eat boys and girls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ0Bey4YUGI



The Secret Life of Pets (PG) - July 8

Animation Comedy. Taking place in a Manhattan apartment building, Max's life as a favorite pet is turned upside down, when his owner brings home a sloppy mongrel named Duke. They have to put their quarrels behind when they find out that an adorable white bunny named Snowball is building an army of abandoned pets determined to take revenge on all happy-owned pets and their owners.



Ghostbusters (not rated) - July 15

Action Comedy. This summer a new team will save the world while making you laugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ugHP-yZXw



Star Trek Beyond (not rated) - July 22

Sci Fi Action. The USS Enterprise crew, led by Captain James T. Kirk, has been attacked by a powerful, unstoppable wave of unknown aliens, leaving the crew stranded on a new planet where they find themselves in conflict with a new ruthless enemy.


Ice Age: Collision Course - July 22

Animation Comedy. Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters as well as a new enemy.



Pete's Dragon (PG) - August 12

Fantasy. Follow the adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who just so happens to be a dragon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlUkOid3TYc



Kubo and the Two Strings - August 19

Animation. Kubo lives a quiet, normal life in a small shoreside village until a spirit from the past turns his life upside down by re-igniting an age-old vendetta. This causes all sorts of havoc as gods and monsters chase Kubo who, in order to survive, must locate a magical suit of armor once worn by his late father, a legendary Samurai warrior.