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Middle-schoolers and their families may enjoy this film, especially parents keen to show their growing kids how relationships matter more than hobbies. ....
CST RLJE Films presents a film directed by David Oyelowo and written by Emma Needell. Rated PG (for thematic content, scary images, peril and some language). Running time: 92 minutes. Opens Thursday at local theaters. This is a movie about a monster in the woods that’s really about much scarier things for children: a mother in one family who is seriously ill; a father in another family who is physically abusive; a wildfire raging in the mountains. All terrific adventure stories like this need a winning protagonist and Lonnie Chavis (“This is Us”) is eminently likable as 11-year-old Gunner Boone, a bright and sensitive kid in the sun-dappled, golden, cinematically ready Pacific Northwest town of Pine Mills, Oregon, who gobbles up books like Reese’s Pieces and is fast at work on his first graphic novel, about a ghost detective investigating his own murder. It’s easy to see why Gunner is consumed with fantasy and escapism, given his beloved mother Mar ....