Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Kin

Kin is darker and far less enjoyable than its publicity materials might have you think.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Mile 22

Mile 22 is dumb, frenetic and oh-so bloody—a feature-length romp through a hurricane of fists and feet and death.

Drama
The Wife

The Wife offers a beautiful, complex, chaotic portrayal of a married couple whose relationship is haunted by a dark secret.

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Slender Man

Slender Man is just a bad movie, and bad in every possible way.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Mission: Impossible – Fallout

This breakneck cinematic blender is set to “liquefy,” the top is off, and you’re the main ingredient.

Comedy, Drama
Blindspotting

While we can’t turn a blind eye to Blindspotting’s excesses, neither can we turn away from its multilayered message.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Unfriended: Dark Web

Dark Web delivers a deeply creepy cautionary warning—albeit in the trappings of a relatively restrained R-rated horror movie.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Equalizer 2

The movie’s well-meaning messages are undercut, sometimes literally, at every turn.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Skyscraper

Skyscraper is a CGI-infused hodgepodge of derivative bits culled from more memorable disaster thrillers.

Comedy, Drama
Eighth Grade

All the awkwardness of early adolescence is here. Yet, it left me wondering why so much of it had to …

Comedy
TAG

Nearly two hours of f-bomb-riddled, joint-puffing, onscreen nonsense.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Hotel Artemis

While the characters have more meat to them than you might expect, their own flesh is all-too-frequently pierced

Comedy, Drama
Ocean’s Eight

Ocean’s Eight gathers the usual shady content suspects—such as foul lingo, illicit larceny, boozy tippling and light sensuality.

Drama
American Animals

Whatever strengths the movie has, it doesn’t mitigate the content it wallows in to get there.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance
Adrift

Adrift is one of those films that sails through some pretty major cinematic crosswinds.