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. …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Good Dinosaur

Those who do decide to jump in this rambunctious and alternate-reality river will at least find a few kid-focused lessons.

Drama
The 33

The fact that all 33 miners made it out of the mine is something of a miracle. And this movie …

Drama, Sports
My All-American

The composition of a player’s heart outweighs the force of his bulk. And in the late 1960s, nobody had a …

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids
The Peanuts Movie

The Peanuts Movie is the perfect representation of some 50 years of Charles Schulz comic strips, condensed into a single …

Drama, Musical
Jem and the Holograms

Four or five stars would be seriously pushing things here. But I guess it’s a flick that’s probably worth at …

Drama, Sports
Woodlawn

Though the context of this movie—which is based on a true story—is football, its lessons apply to so much more …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Goosebumps

I’m not as sanguine as the film’s star regarding the appropriate age to see a movie like Goosebumps.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Bridge of Spies

His is a story with a moralistic flare that might have stumbled in lesser hands.

Action/Adventure, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pan

This explosion of CGI color is a long way from that beloved story about a boy in green tights who …

Drama
The Martian

Sometimes it takes a dead planet to make us appreciate the value of a single life.

Drama
The Walk

It just goes to show you that you don’t need a lot of R-rated content to make a pretty thrilling …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Hotel Transylvania 2

Anything in this oddball Halloween party pic worth really sinking your teeth into, though? Not really. But at least the …

Drama
Everest

There’s no real “woo-hoo!” moment by film’s end. It’s quite simply a well-acted, documentary-like chronicling.