Drama, War
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

The essence of Ang Lee’s perspective seems to be that war is horrifically complicated. And what it does to those …

Comedy, Drama
Almost Christmas

Despite this dramedy’s tender reflections on grief and its strong emphasis on family and forgiveness, the profanity here feels pretty …

Drama
Shut In

Shut In is a thriller without the thrill, an exercise in jump scenes without the jumps. While it stays within …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge is riveting cinema. But it’s also bloody—as bloody as we’ve seen on screen for a long, long time.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Everything is much like you’d expect it to be on this ride. The characters. The plot. The peril. The content. …

Comedy, Horror
Boo! A Madea Halloween

Madea represents a kind of no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners justice. She’ll get folks to act “right” even if she has to beat …

Horror
Ouija: Origin of Evil

As this fright flick’s occult mayhem gets predictably unleashed, it quickly falls back on all that evil-spirit-possession, scream-and-die blech that …

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Keeping Up With The Joneses

Some funny flicks weave a little too much yuck in with their yuk-yuk. Before you know it, a guffaw becomes …

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Accountant

The Accountant is violent popcorn fare—an exuberant, illogical action-packed thriller that’s only message is, “Sit down and watch Ben Affleck …

Drama
The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation is a powerful, convicting tale. But it’s steeped in horrific displays of violence. And it …

Comedy
Masterminds

By PG-13 standards, Masterminds doesn’t push the envelope to the edge in terms of sexual content, violence or profanity. But, …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Deepwater Horizon

From shrapnel-torn flesh to protruding bones, thundering eruptions to chunks of metal yanked from hideous wounds, this heroic story is …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Tim Burton’s infatuation with the macabre and the grim is very much present here.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Western
The Magnificent Seven

This violent remake presents its seven stars as flawed heroes—bad men with good hearts who sacrifice themselves to deal with …

Comedy, Romance
Bridget Jones’s Baby

Bridget Jones’s Baby wasn’t a horrible movie. It’s funny in places. But even though I laughed, it made me sad, …