When are movies too intense for children?
As it attempts to halt the year’s box office slide, Hollywood is bringing out the howitzer for the holidays — the turbocharged children’s film. For the last five years, PG-13 has ruled the box office; it’s the imprimatur of the top-grossing films of the year. Now kids’ films, PG-rated and amped up with computer graphics, are trying to catch up. […]