Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Nice Guys

Life for the folks depicted in this late-’70s throwback portrait of Los Angeles is anything but pleasant.

Comedy
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Women everywhere should wince and gasp at such a cinematic definition of feminine panache.

Comedy, Drama
Money Monster

The movie isn’t actually trying to get us to barge into cable shows if our retirement portfolios dip, but its …

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Keanu

The kitten is cute. The movie is not.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Criminal

Criminal is a fitting name for this movie. Indeed, we could say, “This movie is Criminal” and leave it pretty …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Hardcore Henry

Throwing yourself headfirst into a garage-sized blender would be pretty gutsy, too. Though not much of a movie night.

Comedy, Drama
Demolition

Numbness initially keeps Davis’ grief submerged, but the pain still leaks out, sometimes in the way Davis sees reality.

Comedy
The Boss

Letter of reference? Ha! What The Boss really deserves is a pink slip.

Comedy
Everybody Wants Some!!

This ode to the early ’80s that takes its title from a Van Halen song is really all about perpetually …

Comedy, Sports
The Bronze

No cheering or medals of any color earned, and Kerri Strug is not amused.

Action/Adventure, Comedy
The Brothers Grimsby

Shock-schlock provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen seems incapable of creating anything less than incomprehensible foulness.

Comedy, Drama, War
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Kim’s vulgar, hedonistic tale that never quite meanders all the way to the meaning she’s so desperately looking for but …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
London Has Fallen

Even if the mayhem makes it past your familial sense of protectionism, the obscene language probably won’t.

Drama
Knight of Cups

Terrence Malick movies are like onions. Remove a layer, and there’s always another one to explore. And sometimes they can …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Triple 9

Triple 9 is a brutally profane, wincingly violent thriller that pretends to plumb the depths of moral ambiguity.