The Popcorn Report: Guide to this week's movies with ratings and trailers

It’s time to make weekend family entertainment plans and see if this week’s current crop of films will be part of your schedule. The following report covers motion picture theatrical releases opening nationwide beginning Friday, October 15, 2010.

The movies listed below have a rating, which has been established by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and have been provided with an italicized commentary from the Classification and Ratings Administration (CARA).

If a film has not been provided with an official rating, additional information may, or may not be provided.

If a film is designated NC-17, very limited information will be furnished.

For your convenience, each film title links directly to the Internet Movie Data Base, which provides the most comprehensive listing about the movie’s storyline, and includes a trailer, cast and crew information, initial audience reaction (if prior screenings have taken place) and parent advisories when available.

As always, you are the single best judge for determining your child’s choice of entertainment.

Opened October 15, 2010- Conviction – Biography, Drama, Thriller- R- because of “language and some violent images.”

Opened October 15, 2010- Down Terrace – Comedy - R- because of “violence, pervasive language and some drug use.” NOTE: Limited release

Opened October 15, 2010- I Want Your Money-Documentary- PG- because of “thematic elements, brief language and smoking.”

Opened October 15, 2010- Jackass 3D – Documentary, Action, Comedy- R - because of “male nudity, extremely crude and dangerous stunts throughout, and for language.”

Opened October 15, 2010- N-Secure– Drama- R- because of “language, some sexual content and brief violence.”

Opened October 15, 2010- Pure Country 2: The Gift–Drama, Romance, Music, Musical- PG- because of “some language and thematic material.” NOTE: Not available in all markets.

Opened October 15, 2010- Red- Comedy, Action/Adventure -PG-13-because of “intense sequences of action violence and brief strong language.”

Opening October 20, 2010-11/4/08 –Documentary-NOT RATED- Note: May be in limited release.

Opening October 21, 2010- The Last Play at Shea-Documentary, Music- NOT RATED – NOTE: Scheduled for one day only at this time, advance ticket sales through http://www.thelastplayatshea.com/

For information on films that opened the week of Friday, October 8, 2010, which include: As Good as Dead; Buried; Ghetto Physics: Will the Real Pimps and Hos Please Stand Up?; Inside Job; I Spit on Your Grave; It’s a Funny Kind of Story; Leaving; My Life as We Know It; My Soul to Take; Nowhere Boy; October; Secretariat; Stone and Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen, please click on the following link:

The Popcorn Report: Guide to this week’s movies

For information on films that opened the week of Friday, October 1, 2010, which include: Barry Munday; Case 39; Chain Letter; Freakonomics; Hatchet II; Let Me In and The Social Network, please click on the following link:

The Popcorn Report: Guide to this week’s movies

For information on films that opened the week of Friday, September 24, 2010, which include: Buried; Jack Goes Boating; Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole; Like Dandelion Dust; Tapestries of Hope; Waiting for Superman; Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and You Again, please click on the following link:

The Popcorn Report: Guide to this week’s movies

For information on films that opened the week of Friday, September 17, 2010, which included: Alpha and Omega; Catfish; Devil; Easy A; Kinshasa Symphony; The Town and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, and for all other films that opened August 6 to September 10, 2010, please click on the following

The Popcorn Report: Guide to this week’s movies

For information on films that opened the weeks of June 11 to July 30, 2010, please click on the following link:

The Popcorn Report: Guide to this week’s movies

For information on films that opened prior to June 11, 2010, please see archived issues of this report at my Arts & Entertainment homepage at the National Edition of Examiner.com.

G GENERAL AUDIENCES (All Ages Admitted) PG PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED (Some Material May Not Be Suitable for Children) PG-13 PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED (Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13) R RESTRICTED (Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian) NC-17 NO ONE 17 AND UNDER ADMITTED – As determined by the Rating Board/Motion Picture Association of America.