The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of Aug. Televised films may or may not be edited for language, nudity, violence and sexual situations while the programs listed have not been reviewed and therefore are not necessarily recommended by OSV News.
Told he has only a short time to live, a successful but isolated Hollywood comedian a pitch-perfect Adam Sandler hires a struggling comedy novice Seth Rogen as his assistant and sidekick. Brief graphic nonmarital sexual activity, adultery, upper female nudity, pervasive rough and crude language, a half-dozen uses of profanity.
The OSV News classification is L — limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association rating is R — restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. A teenager Bella Thorne suffers from an incurable disease due to which any exposure to sunlight could prove fatal.
Housebound during the day, she is cared for by her overprotective father Rob Riggle and best friend Quinn Shephard. Venturing out one evening, she meets her long-time crush Patrick Schwarzenegger , whom she has secretly watched from her bedroom window for years.
They fall for each other, but he is unaware of her condition. Mature teens will benefit from this old-fashioned romance with its positive role models and good lessons in love and compassion, the elements listed below notwithstanding.
