Drama
Loving Vincent

This story artfully investigates different perspectives on the questions that swirl around Vincent van Gogh’s death.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Birth of the Dragon

Birth of the Dragon unexpectedly illustrates some important spiritual truths in a story that otherwise plays fast and loose with …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids
Leap!

Leap! tells a story that feels like so many others we’ve seen before. (Especially from Disney.) But its familiarity doesn’t …

Drama
All Saints

How does God move us to embrace His purpose for our lives?

Comedy, Drama
Logan Lucky

Now, I don’t have anything against a clever caper movie, and this one’s pretty clever. But we must remember the …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

This sequel’s emphasis on hard work and working as a team could give moms and dads something substantive to discuss …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Western
The Dark Tower

We find a strong dramatic proclamation made that even the most powerful of evil can be faced down by the …

Comedy, Kids, Musical, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Descendants 2

Disney Channel’s second film in this franchise again dives into to surprisingly significant themes involving love and acceptance.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Emoji Movie

There’s not a lot here either to blow heart kisses at or shoot steam out of your nostrils over.

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

If you’ve seen French director Luc Besson’s 1997 sci-fi extravaganza The Fifth Element, you’ve got an inkling of what to …

Drama, War
Dunkirk

Dunkirk dramatizes the complexity of war—both its horrors and heroism—while admirably not straying beyond the boundaries of a PG-13 rating.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Spider-Man: Homecoming

Oh, Spidey. Tony Stark was right: Your enthusiasm is admirable, but sometimes you could be a little more … prudent.

Drama
Maudie

I walked into Maudie pretty sure of what it would be: sweet, quirky, problematic in places and inspiring in others. …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Despicable Me 3

There’s actually a lot more here than meets the whoopee cushion.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Transformers: The Last Knight

Michael Bay’s latest Transformer movie never transforms itself into anything worth watching.