‘Tron: Legacy’

Rating: PG for sequences of sci-fi action violence and brief mild language.

What it’s about: The son of an Internet pioneer searches for his missing dad and stumbles into an electronic world of Dad’s creation.

The kid attractor factor: Science fiction built around a cult-hit film and series of video games, with Garrett Hedlund in the lead role.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “Imperfection is what makes us human.”

Violence: Stylized video-game slaughter, with digital blue blood, etc.

Language: A d-word, here and there.

Sex: None, despite the presence of Olivia Wilde.

Drugs: An exotic cocktail or two is offered.

Parents’ advisory: A bit dense and slow for the very young, suitable for 10 and older.

‘Yogi Bear’

Rating: PG for some mild rude humor.

What it’s about: Hanging out with a smarter-than-the-average bear in Jellystone Park.

The kid attractor factor: The character has been around forever, but this time he’s in 3-D. And Boo Boo is voiced by Justin Timberlake.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “You can never fail if you never stop trying.”

Violence: Mild-mannered slapstick.

Language: Disney clean, with the odd butt joke.

Sex: Flirtation

Drugs: None

Parents’ advisory: A harmless VERY small-child friendly boy-meets-girl and bear-steals-pic-a-nic-basket comedy, suitable for 8 and younger.

‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’

Rating: PG for some frightening images and sequences of fantasy action.

What it’s about: The younger Pevensie kids are summoned for one more adventure, this one involving a sea voyage and a quest for enchanted swords.

The kid attractor factor: Kids getting to act like grownups, fighting battles and such, in the magical alternate reality of Narnia.

Good lessons/bad lessons: “We have nothing, if not belief.” “There is no honor in turning away from an adventurous thing.”

Violence: Sword fighting, brawling with slave traders and dragons and such.

Language: Disney clean.

Sex: The teens are starting to sense their hormones.

Drugs: None.

Parents’ advisory: As family-friendly as ever, more accessible than the earlier “Chronicles,” yet also with more direct allegories to Christianity.

‘Tangled’

Rating: PG for brief mild violence.

What it’s about: Rapunzel slips out of her tower to experience a little of the big, wide world, in the company of a charming rogue.

The kid attractor factor: Disney animation, a “Disney Princess,” songs and a very funny horse.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Good parents protect their kids from the worst of the world, bad parents don’t let them experience the world at all.

Violence: A frying pan, a noggin, you do the math.

Language: Disney clean.

Sex: Rogue meets princess, sparks fly. Eventually.

Drugs: Flagons of ale are consumed.

Parents’ advisory: This adheres to that Disney animation credo, “suitable for all ages.”

‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1’

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

What it’s about : The wizards and witch are a long way from Hogwarts, on the run as they try to foil You Know Who’s plans.

The kid attractor factor: The Harry Potter epic winds down with an “Empire Strikes Back” dose of gloom and doom.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Education builds the character we need to make it through life’s trials.

Violence: Bloody, in a couple of instances.

Language: The occasional mild oath.

Sex: Near nudity in one scene of “brief sensuality.”

Drugs: None

Parents’ advisory: The PG-13 is for blood and violence and one slightly racy hallucination. Suitable for 10 and older.

‘Unstoppable’

Rating: PG-13 for sequences of action and peril, and some language.

What it’s about: Two railroad workers try to catch and stop a runaway train.

The kid attractor factor: A runaway train!

Good lessons/bad lessons: Companies lay off their most experienced “heroes” every day.

Violence: Injuries, an off-camera death.

Language: Some profanity, understandable, considering the circumstances.

Sex: Hooters Girls are ogled.

Drugs: None

Parents’ advisory: A very positive, family-friendly action picture, OK for 8 and older.

‘Megamind’

Rating: PG for action and some language

What it’s about: A supervillain discovers life isn’t all that after he finally foils his superhero foe.

The kid attractor factor: Animation in the chatty, wacky Dreamworks style

Good lessons/bad lessons: “As long as there’s evil, good will rise up against it.”

Violence: Cartoonish. Because it’s a cartoon.

Language: A famous AC/DC song about a certain highway is played, but otherwise….

Sex: Nope

Drugs: None

Parents’ advisory: A Dreamworks kids’ comedy that’s Disney/Pixar clean. Suitable for all ages.

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.