Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ad Astra

We’ve been treated to some provocative sci-fi films recently, from Gravity to Interstellar to Arrival. Ad Astra aims for the …

Drama
The Goldfinch

This picture may be artful, but it’s far too dark to really enjoy.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Don’t Let Go

The most gruesome parts of this pic’s killings are just outside our view. But the punishing violence we do see …

Drama, Romance
Official Secrets

A very thin tale filled with far more f-words and crudities than notable intrigue or dramatic high points.

Comedy, Drama
Brittany Runs a Marathon

Despite its positive messages, there’s still plenty here that makes Brittany Runs a Marathon worthy of its R rating.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Angel Has Fallen

The filmmakers want us to see that violence isn’t the answer … the kind of violence this R-rated actioner unleashes …

Documentary
One Child Nation

One Child Nation is a powerful, difficult and in some ways contradictory documentary.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror
47 Meters Down: Uncaged

I think sharks would enjoy 47 Meters Down: Uncaged more than humans might.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Secret Obsession

Secret Obsession is not very secret, nor a film anyone’s likely to obsess much over.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Point Blank

In the last few years, Netflix has produced some original, buzz-worthy movies. This isn’t one of them.

Action/Adventure, Horror
Crawl

A few simple edits of this horror flick’s harsh profanity and graphic gore could have easily yielded a PG-13 rating.

Yesterday

A blackout swept around the entire globe. Things went missing. But Jack remembered. Just the night before, Jack had decided …

Horror
Annabelle Comes Home

We can only experience so many screeching fiends and shadow-gliding ghoulies before a certain been-there-screamed-at-that ennui sets in.

Drama, Horror
Child’s Play (2019)

This movie, like Chucky himself, should’ve never been made.

Drama
Wild Rose

Like its predecessors in this formulaic genre, Wild Rose tells a story in which redemption and self-destruction intertwine.