Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Divergent Series: Allegiant

While this movie is marginally cleaner than its predecessors in terms of content, it’s unquestionably worse in terms of story.

Drama
Miracles From Heaven

This is a very human-feeling drama that’s still all about God’s priorities, God’s choices and God’s timing.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Zootopia

More carrots than you might expect to chew on while cabbing the kiddie crew home.

Comedy, Drama, Sports
Eddie the Eagle

Like Eddie himself, Eddie the Eagle probably won’t be winning any awards … but it certainly works hard to get …

Comedy
Hail, Caesar!

There’s always more than “surface” to a Coen collaboration.

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Finest Hours

Disney’s The Finest Hours feels like an old-fashioned adventure yarn that wants to inspire as much as thrill.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids
Kung Fu Panda 3

As in past entries, the goofball, underachieving panda protagonist has a lot more than dumplings dumped on his plate.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Norm of the North

Jokes about what adults will be able to, um, “bear” aside, this is really a pretty awful kid’s film.

Comedy, Drama
The Lady in the Van

Caring is a messy business, the movie tells us, sometimes quite literally. Blessed are those who get their hands dirty.

Drama, Sports
The Masked Saint

The idea of a professional wrestler becoming a pastor might seem, well, preposterous. But that’s the part that’s actually “inspired …

Comedy, Drama
Joy

Joy might be reason for, if not joy, then at least a bit of satisfaction.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

What can you say about yet another Chipmunk movie? Surely nothing all that surprising. Or even enlightening.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

It’s not just the Force awakening in Episode VII. It’s the franchise’s charm. And maybe its life lessons, too.

Drama
The Letters

Mother Teresa’s story is strong enough to inspire us, no matter how it’s presented. And so The Letters challenges each …

Drama, Sports
Creed

I wish they’d left the profanity and sexual nods on the mat right along with the sweat and the blood. …