This summer\u2019s cinematic lineup is delivering a perfect blend of nostalgia and fresh storytelling, creating magic for parents who\u2019ll say \u201cI remember when …\u201d alongside children who might be discovering these worlds for the first time. <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s your guide to family-friendly films hitting theaters soon.<\/p>\n
\u2018Bad Guys 2\u2032 <\/p>\n
Rating: PG<\/p>\n
Release date: Aug. 1<\/p>\n
The charming criminal crew returns with good intentions but wobbly moral compasses in \u201cThe Bad Guys 2.\u201d Mr. Wolf and his companions quickly learn that going straight isn\u2019t as simple as it sounds, especially when their rehabilitation gets derailed by the \u201cBad Girls,\u201d a rival group who entangle our reformed villains in an elaborate heist that will test their newfound ethics.<\/p>\n
\u2018Freakier Friday\u2019<\/p>\n
Rating: PG<\/p>\n
Release date: Aug. 8<\/p>\n
Mother-daughter duo Anna (Lindsay Lohan) and Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) discover lightning, and magical fortune cookies, do indeed strike twice when they return to body swap chaos. This time, though, it\u2019s with Anna\u2019s daughter and soon-to-be stepdaughter, who don\u2019t exactly get along. The story once again proves that walking in someone else\u2019s shoes is complicated and can be even more complicated when those shoes belong to teenagers in the TikTok era. Digital natives switch places with digital immigrants in the latest family switch. <\/p>\n
\u2018Smurfs\u2019<\/p>\n
Rating: PG<\/p>\n
Release date: July 18<\/p>\n
This latest adaptation takes the beloved blue characters on their most ambitious adventure yet. When Papa Smurf (John Goodman) gets Smurf-napped by evil wizards, Smurfette (Rihanna) leads a Smurf rescue squad into the real world. These three-apple-high heroes must tackle some human-sized problems on their quest to get Papa Smurf back to the Smurf village with their trademark optimism and ingenuity. <\/p>\n
\u2018The Fantastic Four: First Steps\u2019<\/p>\n
Rating: PG-13<\/p>\n
Release date: July 25<\/p>\n
Marvel\u2019s first family is introduced in this latest addition to the Marvel universe. Nostalgia truly is strong as the scenes are set against a 1960s backdrop in this retro-futuristic world. <\/p>\n
Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) must forge their superhero identities while maintaining family bonds as they confront Galactus (Ralph Ineson), a planet-devouring cosmic entity, and his enigmatic Herald, the Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). <\/p>\n
The cosmic threat becomes unexpectedly personal in a twist that raises the stakes that extends beyond their world\u2019s survival. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This summer\u2019s cinematic lineup is delivering a perfect blend of nostalgia and fresh storytelling, creating magic for parents…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-24145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}