Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Paddington

A suitably plush and cuddly pic that gives three cheers to the importance of loving families.

Drama
Spare Parts

Sadly, there’s not much at all that’s magical about Seventh Son—unless you want to talk literally about the dark sorcery …

Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Into the Woods

A rendition of Stephen Sondheim’s 1987 stage production about tumbled together fairy tales, Into the Woods is whimsical and outlandish, …

Comedy, Musical
Annie

Even I can admit, though, that this new Annie has its sunny high points, too, and that it still (mostly, …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

It’s a Teddy-Roosevelt-meets-Sir-Lancelot-meets-Attila-the-Hun clash of “history” in a cartwheeling CGI-packed splash of silliness.

Drama
Still Alice

Through a tearfully gripping story of early-onset Alzheimer’s we’re shown that love is well worth clinging to.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids
Penguins of Madagascar

While moving at the speed of a greased-up goose (sorry, penguins), the quick-paced-and-shallow tale doesn’t really give kids much to …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Despite the title, Katniss’ struggle now is no game. There is no arena, there are no tributes. What we’re left …

Comedy, Documentary, Drama
Saving Christmas

Kirk Cameron wants to save Christmas. But you might be surprised who he wants to save it from.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Big Hero 6

You won’t want to say it (because it would make Baymax power down), but you’ll likely find that you were …

Drama, Sports
23 Blast

It’s not pinball that Travis Freeman plays a mean game of—it’s football. He plays it before he goes blind. And …

Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
One Chance

Beyond a few notes about content, there are some movies that you shouldn’t know too much about going in. And …

Comedy, Kids
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Walt Disney wrote the book on sweet, silly, slapstick family movies like this one.

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Christian Mingle

Finding Mr. Right can entail more than just a great outfit and a well-prepared dating service profile. Sometimes it takes …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Left Behind

It struggles sometimes with plot holes and special effects but tries to make up for that by working hard to …