The Chuck Taylor in Films: #

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NR,

would be R

1er Amour (First Love). (2013) Macha Grenon, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Loïc Esteves, Marianne Fortier, Antoine DesRochers, Benoît Gouin, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Sylvie Boucher, Jean-Alexandre Létourneau. Written and directed by Guillaume Sylvestre. Antoine, 13, spends the summer vacation with his parents in a rented cottage on an island in the middle of the Saint-Lawrence River. His neighbor, 17-year-old Anna, is an enigmatic and lively young woman. Antoine begins to experience the first stirrings of love — which soon yield a troubling brew of anxiety, desire and obsession. In French. 

R

2 Fast 2 Furious. (2003) Paul Walker, Tyrese, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Thom Barry, James Remar, Devon Aoki. Amaury Nolasco, Michael Ealy, Jin Auyeung, Edward Finlay, Mark Boone Junior, Matt Gallin. Directed by John Singleton. Set in Miami, Officer Brian O’Conner, stripped of his badge, is recruited to infiltrate the Miami street racing circuit in an effort to redeem himself.

NR

2nd Chances. (2021) Cal Jennings Laxton, Rich Swingle, AnnaBelle Collins, Denise Morris, Annalisa Johnson, Abigail Hovey, Spring Laree, Scott Mullet. Written and directed by Elijah Holston. Cameron comes from a Christian home but is still uncertain and in a desperate search for answers about the Gospel when he struggles with the guilt he harbors for not being able to save his best friend from a fireworks accident.

PG

3 Ninjas. (1992) Victor Wong, Michael Treanor, Max Elliott Slade, Chad Power. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Three young brothers trained in the ways of the ninja team up to battle a crime ring and outwit some very persistent kidnappers sent to take them hostage.

PG

3 Ninjas Kick Back. (1994) Victor Wong, Max Elliott Slade, Sean Fox, Evan Bonifant, Dustin Nguyen, Sab Shimono. Directed by Charles T. Kanganis. Following their grandfather to Japan, the three underaged ninjas find themselves in the middle of martial arts mayhem, pursued by a bumbling trio of braindead theives and an army of well trained ninjas. At home, a little league championship game is also an important issue in their lives.

PG

13: The Musical. (2022) Eli Golden, Josh Peck, Debra Messing, Peter Hermann, Rhea Perlman, Gabriella Uhl, Jonathan Lengel, JD McCrary. Directed by Tamra Davis. After his parents’ divorce, Evan Goldman moves from New York City to small-town Indiana. As his 13th birthday nears, he must master the complex social circles of his new school and win friends to turn his Bar Mitzvah into the coolest party ever.

PG-13

17 Again. (2009) Matthew Perry, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Tyler Steelman, Allison Miller, Sterling Knight, Michelle Trachtenberg, Adam Gregory, Hunter Parrish, Mario Cassem, Katerina Graham, Tiya Sircar, Melissa Ordway. Directed by Burr Steers. A man whose life didn’t turn out the way he wanted to gets a chance to live it over again.

PG

18 Again! (1988) George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts, Miriam Flynn, Red Buttons, Anitha Morris, Pauly Shore, Jennifer Runyon. Directed by Paul Flaherty. After a car accident, the souls of young David Watson and his swinging grandfather get swapped. While the grandfather’s body is in a coma, his soul in David’s body starts enjoying life as an eighteen year old again, and sets out to improve David’s life while discovering the reality of what others really think about him.

NR,

would be PG

25 Hill. (2011) Nathan Gamble, Maureen Flannigan, Rolonda Watts, Corbin Bernsen, James Greilick, Ralph Waite. Written and directed by Corbin Bernsen. A 12-year-old boy who has recently lost his father teams up with a firefighter who lost his son in 9/11 to compete in a soap derby and in the process find purpose in their lives again.

R

100 Girls. (2000) Jonathan Tucker, Emmanuelle Chriqui, James DeBello, Katherine Heigl, Larisa Oleynik, Jaime Pressly. Written and directed by Michael Davis. A sexually starved college student finally connects with a coed during a blackout at the women’s dormitory. Unsure of her real identity, he tries a succession of schemes to find out who she is.

R

2012. (2009) John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor,Thandle Newton, Oliver Platt, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover, Morgan Lily, Liam James. Directed by Roland Emmerlich. A global cataclysm signals the end to earth. As cities collapse and continents crumble, the movie focuses on a group of survivors struggling to arrive at hidden space ships that will allow them to continue living.