Drama, Romance
Official Secrets

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

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 …

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
Wild Rose

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

Drama, Horror
Child’s Play (2019)

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

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Shaft (2019)

Shaft has all the problems of its predecessors and more.

Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Dead Don’t Die

I get that this zombie satire’s supposed to be funny. But it isn’t. And I get that it’s supposed to …