Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Project Almanac

I’m a bit happy that Project Almanac has such a clunky name. That alone might make some moviegoers spend their …

Comedy, Drama
Black or White

Kevin Costner squares off against Octavia Spencer in a dramedy about race, identity, love, family, addiction and redemption.

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Mortdecai

This quirky misfire of a comedy is more Austin Powers raunch than Inspector Clouseau madcap.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Blackhat

This is something of a computer-hacking non-thriller that feels illogical, ill-defined and, well, rather poorly “coded.”

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Taken 3

The Taken trilogy has taken its toll on Liam Neeson in more ways than one, and he looks almost as …

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death

Keep calm and smile at the demon, they might say. But since when does that sort of thing save the …

Drama, War
Unbroken

Unbroken, then, is hard to watch but easy to praise. The horror of the inhumanity it depicts is wrenching. The …

Drama
Big Eyes

Walter Keane’s paintings of big-eyed children were all the rage in Mad Men-era America. But those saucer-wide eyes held a …

Drama
Selma

It’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. vs. a hard-nosed sheriff who stands amid a plantation full of prejudices in Alabama.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a rollicking, satisfying conclusion to Peter Jackson’s second Tolkien trilogy. It’s …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Exodus: Gods and Kings

It’s not how God looks that’s the most troubling thing: It’s how He acts in Exodus: Gods and Kings.

Drama, Musical
Ragamuffin

This is the cautionary, complicated tale of Christian singer/songwriter Rich Mullins.

Drama, War
The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game is a well-made, well-acted, thought-provoking film. Certainly its subject matter makes it a difficult one, and its …

Drama, Musical, Romance
Beyond the Lights

So is this a girl-empowering music-biz exposé, an impassioned Nicolas Sparks-style romance or a heavy-breathing leerapalooza? Well, let’s just say …

Drama, Sports
Foxcatcher

Based on a true story about Olympic-level wrestling, Foxcatcher looks for love and affirmation but finds only anger and jealousy.