Rating: PG- 13 for sequences of intense sci-fi violence and action, some suggestive material, nudity and language

What it’s about: The X-Men of the future have to interfere with the past to save humanity from a ruinous war with mutants.

The kid attractor factor: Wolverine, Quicksilver and more X-Men, in their present and past incarnations, than you can shake a mutant at.

Good lessons / bad lessons: “Just because someone stumbles and loses their way doesn’t mean they’re lost forever.” “The future never is truly set.”

Violence: Lots and lots of impalings, blood, bullet wounds, deaths.

Language: A decent helping of profanity, played for comic effect.

Sex: Nudity, and we’re not just talking about Mystique’s body suit.

Drugs: Cigars, Johnny Walker

Parents’ advisory: Longer, denser and more violent than your typical comic book film; take the PG-13 seriously.

“BLENDED”

Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, and language

What it’s about: Two single parents and their kids collide and sort of bond while on vacation in Africa.

The kid attractor factor: Adam Sandler slapstick, snot-nosed kid jokes, cute teens, bathroom humor.

Good lessons / bad lessons: “You’ve got to show up for your kids” and “Being a man means dealing with what’s in front of you.”

Violence: Accidents, nothing injurious.

Language: Scattered bits of profanity

Sex: Toilet jokes, rhinos do what comes (digitally) naturally, cleavage ogling, innuendo.

Drugs: A little wine, here and there.

Parents’ advisory: Sandler’s “family friendly” films aren’t as family friendly as advertised. Juvenile, yes, but unsuitable for 8-and-below.