By Roger Moore

The Orlando Sentinel

‘Toy Story 3’

Rating: G

What it’s about: Buzz, Woody and the toys face abandonment as their little boy outgrows them.

The kid attractor factor: The “Toy Story” toys are back for more adventures in 3-D.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Don’t toss that toy you’ve outgrown, donate it.

Violence: Toddler toy abuse.

Language: Disney clean.

Sex: Ken and Barbie flirt, even though Ken is a little overly fond of his wardrobe.

Drugs: None.

Parents’ advisory: A prison escape movie, with toys escaping day care, this has a dark stretch near the end that could disturb younger children.

‘Killers’

Rating: PG-13 for violent action, sexual material and language.

What it’s about: A wife only realizes her husband used to be a CIA hit man when a contract is put out on him.

The kid attractor factor: Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, car chases and serio-comic violence.

Good lessons/bad lessons: There are certain things you should tell your intended spouse BEFORE you get married.

Violence: Quite a bit, actually.

Language: Some profanity, not a lot.

Sex: “Sexual material” entailing near nudity and heavy breathing

Drugs: Cigars and wine.

Parents’ advisory: The movie tends to trivialize and laugh at violence, but in a way that video-game age teens will get.

‘The Karate Kid’

Rating: PG for bullying, martial-arts action violence and some mild language.

What it’s about: Small boy moves to China, is bullied, learns Kung Fu from a master.

The kid attractor factor: Everybody is Kung Fu fighting, including Jackie Chan.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Martial arts can teach discipline, self-respect, respect for elders. And yet some students still turn into bullies.

Violence: Quite a lot of it

Language: Pretty mild profanity.

Sex: A smooch, here and there.

Drugs: None.

Parents’ advisory: A kids’ action film with mostly positive messages, suitable for pretty much everybody.

The A-Team’

Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence throughout, language and smoking.

What it’s about: Swaggering, wise-cracking Army Rangers bust out of jail to kick butt and clear their names.

The kid attractor factor: Hardcore action, or as hardcore as you can get in a PG-13 film.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “No matter how random things might appear, there is still a plan.”

Violence: Why, yes

Language: Mercenaries enjoy a good cuss word now and then.

Sex: Jessica Biel’s in it.

Drugs: Cigars. Wine. Medication.

Parents’ advisory: A little too cavalier about the consequences of violence, but try and keep ‘tween boys away from it.

‘Marmaduke’

Rating: PG for some rude humor and language

What it’s about: Big, goofy, talking (to other dogs) Great Dane endures his teen years in southern California.

The kid attractor factor: Big dog, small car. Big dog, small bubblebath. You get the picture.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Sometimes you change to fit in, sometimes others should change to fit you.

Violence: Canine slapstick.

Language: Doggie trash talk — “Who’s lickin’ butt now?”

Sex: Flirtation.

Drugs: The dog and cat are tranquilized for a plane trip.

Parents’ advisory: Utterly harmless, but probably too bland for anybody older than 10.

‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’

Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action

What it’s about: A young warrior-prince and a fetching damsel scamper across the desert sands to keep a magical dagger out of the hands of villains who would control time.

The kid attractor factor: See above. And it’s based on a popular video game.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “We make our own destiny.” And Persians love avoiding their taxes, too.

Violence: Quite a bit, nothing that bloody, though one “poisoning” scene is pretty gross.

Language: There’s no profanity in Persia!

Sex: A little smooching between the smoochable Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton.

Drugs: None

Parents’ advisory: Quite kid-friendly, all in all, and certainly suitable for kids 10 and older.

‘Racing Dreams’

Rating: PG for some thematic elements and brief language.

What it’s about: Children in their tweens race go-karts and prep for careers in NASCAR.

The kid attractor factor: Kids doing stuff you’d never think they could do.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Sometimes, you don’t get to live your dream.

Violence: None

Language: A teensy bit of profanity.

Sex: Tweens meet and flirt.

Drugs: An absent parent has drug issues.

Parents’ advisory: Entertaining and informative, this award-winning documentary makes a pretty good intro to NASCAR.

‘The Other Guys’

Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language, violence and some drug material.

What it’s about: Mismatched cops try to bust a Wall Street evil-doer, and win the respect of their fellow cops.

The kid attractor factor: It stars the ever-juvenile Will Ferrell, has lots of action and occasional naughty language.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Do not judge a cop by his desk, job title or car.

Violence: Gunplay, car chases, slapstick.

Language: The odd comic blast of profanity.

Sex: Talked about in the crudest, PG-13 manner.

Drugs: Alcohol is consumed, a coke bust goes wrong.

Parents’ advisory: Ferrell makes comedies for the inner-teenage boy in us all; suitable for 13 and older.

‘Dinner For Schmucks’

Rating: PG-13 for sequences of crude and sexual content, some partial nudity and language.

What it’s about: An ambitious guy must lure an unsuspecting dope to dinner where rich Wall Street-types can mock him.

The kid attractor factor: The comedy is broad and daft, with exceptionally goofy characters fleshing out most scenes.

Good lessons/bad lessons: The real “schmucks” are those who think mocking others is funny.

Violence: Not really.

Language: A little profanity, here and there.

Sex: Talked about and pursued, comically.

Drugs: Wine and liquor.

Parents’ advisory: The message in-between the laughs — that even those we mock have a story, and that those who mock can be clueless themselves — may resonate with teens; OK for 13 and older.

‘Charlie St. Cloud’

Rating: PG-13 for language including some sexual references, an intense accident scene and some sensuality.

What it’s about: A young man loses his kid brother, but stays in touch with the kid’s ghost as he tries to meet a girl and move on in life.

The kid attractor factor: Zac Efron, not singing or dancing this time.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “You can’t put life on hold. It doesn’t wait for you.”

Violence: An accident, a fist fight.

Language: About a dozen swear words..

Sex: Implied, with a goofy tween masturbation joke.

Drugs: Wine, liquor.

Parents’ advisory: This young-adult romance hits that PG-13 in the bull’s-eye suitable for 13 and older.

‘Cats And Dogs: The

Revenge of Kitty Galore’

Rating: PG for animal action and humor.

What it’s about: Dogs spying on cats, cats trying to rule the world. The usual.

The kid attractor factor: Cats and dogs talking, using spy gadgets.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Dogs heroic, cats evil. Well, not ALL cats.

Violence: Slapstick

Language: Doggone clean

Sex: Butt sniffing

Drugs: None

Parents’ advisory: Harmless enough, this talking-critters comedy aims for the very youngest demographic.

‘Ramona And Beezus’

Rating: G, all ages admitted.

What it’s about: An imaginative 9-year-old pest bungles everything from school projects to both her sister’s and her favorite aunt’s romances.

The kid attractor factor: It co-stars Selena Gomez and is based on those beloved Beverly Cleary novels.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “It’s good to scare yourself, once in a while.” “We’re not going to let one bad day get us down.”

Violence: None.

Language: Disney clean.

Sex: An old-fashioned grown-up romance and a sweet teen one, too.

Drugs: Don’t be ridic.

Parents’ advisory: More sentimental than slapsticky, this kids’ comedy is suitable for all ages.

‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’

Rating: PG for fantasy action violence, some mild rude humor and brief (profane) language.

What it’s about: A college science student learns he is destined to become a sorcerer and begins his training as villains chase and battle his teacher.

The kid attractor factor: An action film with a heavy dose of magic.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Wise wizards pay attention in science class.

Violence: A bit, cartoonish and exaggerated.

Language: Pretty clean

Sex: Flirtation

Drugs: None

Parents’ advisory : Every bit as family friendly as your average Harry Potter movie.

‘Inception’

Rating: PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout.

What it’s about: A team of spies infiltrates dreams to steal secrets or implant ideas.

The kid attractor factor: Leonardo DiCaprio stars, and “Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan is behind the camera.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “Positive emotion trumps negative emotions every time.”

Violence: A high body count, a bit of blood.

Language: Not much profanity.

Sex: None

Drugs: Sedatives so that dreams can be invaded.

Parents’ advisory: Smart, thought-provoking but probably too violent, too dense and too long for the younger set. Take the PG-13 rating seriously.

‘Despicable Me’

Rating: PG for rude humor and mild action

What it’s about: A villain with an image problem resolves to steal the moon, but needs the help of cute orphans to do it.

The kid attractor factor: It’s an animated comedy with “rude humor.”

Good lessons/bad lessons: Some kids never stop trying to impress their mom.

Violence: A bit, cartoonish and exaggerated

Language: Disney clean

Sex: Not a hint of it

Drugs: None

Parents’ advisory: Suitable for all ages, its appeal seems a bit younger than “Toy Story 3.”

‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’

Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and some sensuality.

What it’s about: Bella and Edward approach “graduation,” in more ways than one.

The kid attractor factor: Hot vampires and werewolves, teens treating death carelessly.

Good lessons/bad lessons: If the guy wants to “wait until we’re married,” he has his reasons.

Violence: Not remotely as bloody as you might expect.

Language: A “d” here and there, an “a” word or two.

Sex: Getting there.

Drugs: None.

Parents’ advisory: The special-effects fights might lure kids, but the talk-talk-talk and heavy breathing make it inappropriate for 11 and younger.

‘The Last Airbender’

Rating: PG for fantasy action violence.

What it’s about: A boy who can “bend” the elements of nature to his will must bring peace to a world where those elements, and the people who represent them, are at war.

The kid attractor factor: It’s based on a popular Nickelodeon cartoon.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “There is no love without sacrifice.”

Violence: Stylized, cartoony.

Language: Nickelodeon clean.

Sex: A smooch.

Drugs: None.

Parents’ advisory: Suitable for pretty much all ages, though younger kids and adults may find it hard to follow.

‘Knight And Day’

Rating: PG-13 for sequences of action violence throughout, and brief strong language.

What it’s about: Unsuspecting woman finds herself attracted to a spy who seems to kill an awful lot of people in the line of duty.

The kid attractor factor: Slam-bang action without much blood; Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz at their toothiest.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Watch out for the guy who keeps “bumping” into you.

Violence: Almost, but not quite, constant.

Language: A smidgen of profanity.

Sex: Quite chaste, despite the presence of Cameron Diaz in a bikini.

Drugs: Tranquilizers, mixed drinks.

Parents’ advisory: I didn’t count, but this movie has a “Die Hard”-sized body count, a little blood, but mostly killing without consequences.

‘Jonah Hex’

Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, disturbing images and sexual content.

What it’s about: A haunted Civil War vet searches for the man who killed his family and branded him in the face.

The kid attractor factor: It’s based on a comic book, and it co-stars Megan Fox.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “Dirt likes dead, dead likes dirt.” And learning geography is helpful if you’re considering a screenwriting career.

Violence: Mayhem, and lots of it.

Language: Pretty clean, considering.

Sex: Megan Fox plays an Old West hooker.

Drugs: A saloon is visited.

Parents’ advisory: One of the more violent comic book adaptations, suitable for 11 and older.

‘Toy Story 3’

Rating: G

What it’s about: Buzz, Woody and the toys face abandonment as their little boy outgrows them.

The kid attractor factor: The “Toy Story” toys are back for more adventures in 3-D.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Don’t toss that toy you’ve outgrown, donate it.

Violence: Toddler toy abuse.

Language: Disney clean.

Sex: Ken and Barbie flirt, even though Ken is a little overly fond of his wardrobe.

Drugs: None.

Parents’ advisory: A prison escape movie, with toys escaping day care, this has a dark stretch near the end that could disturb younger children.

‘The Karate Kid’

Rating: PG for bullying, martial-arts action violence and some mild language.

What it’s about: Small boy moves to China, is bullied, learns Kung Fu from a master.

T he kid attractor factor: Everybody is Kung Fu fighting, including Jackie Chan.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Martial arts can teach discipline, self-respect, respect for elders. And yet some students still turn into bullies.

Violence: Quite a lot of it.

Language: Pretty mild profanity.

Sex: A smooch, here and there.

Drugs: None.

Parents’ advisory: A kids’ action film with mostly positive messages, suitable for pretty much everybody.

The A-Team’

Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence throughout, language and smoking.

What it’s about: Swaggering, wise-cracking Army Rangers bust out of jail to kick butt and clear their names.

The kid attractor factor: Hardcore action, or as hardcore as you can get in a PG-13 film.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “No matter how random things might appear, there is still a plan.”

Violence: Why, yes

Language: Mercenaries enjoy a good cuss word now and then.

Sex: Jessica Biel’s in it.

Drugs: Cigars. Wine. Medication.

Parents’ advisory: A little too cavalier about the consequences of violence, but good luck keeping ’tween boys away from it.

‘Marmaduke’

Rating: PG for some rude humor and language

What it’s about: Big, goofy, talking (to other dogs) Great Dane endures his teen years in southern California.

The kid attractor factor: Big dog, small car. Big dog, small bubblebath. You get the picture.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Sometimes you change to fit in, sometimes others should change to fit you.

Violence: Canine slapstick.

Language: Doggie trash talk — “Who’s lickin’ butt now?”

Sex: Flirtation.

Drugs: The dog and cat are tranquilized for a plane trip.

Parents’ advisory: Utterly harmless, but probably too bland for anybody older than 10.

The Family Movie Guide should be used along with the Motion Picture Association of America rating system for selecting movies suitable for children. Only films rated G, PG or PG-13 are included in this weekly listing, along with occasional R-rated films that may have entertainment value or educational value for older children with parental guidance.