Drama, Horror, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The House with a Clock in Its Walls

One can only hope that wise parents are scared away from this freaky flick … long before their kids are.

Drama, Romance
Life Itself

Life Itself is both beautiful and tragic.

Drama
White Boy Rick

This movie feels messy in every which way.

Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Kin

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

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Little Stranger

This film blends its eerie atmospherics with brief moments of terrible, frighteningly realistic bloodshed.

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.

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

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

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.

Comedy, Drama
Eighth Grade

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

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Skyscraper

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

Comedy
TAG

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