Drama, Romance
The Best of Me

This overwrought romance gives us, of course, two likable lovers—and a really problematic love story.

Animation, Comedy, Kids, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Book of Life

It’s called The Book of Life, but it takes place on the Day of the Dead and in the Land …

Comedy, Drama
Dear White People

A rumination on race relations at a fictional Ivy League school, Dear White People wants to give us something important …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Godzilla

You just can’t keep a good monster down—not when he’s 350 feet tall. And now Japan’s favorite destroyer of cities …

Comedy, Drama
St. Vincent

St. Vincent didn’t convince me of Vincent’s sainthood. But it does remind me that people are so much more than …

Drama
The Judge

This judge-accused-of-murder tale is far less about legal entanglements and more about an estranged father and son searching for reconciliation.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Dracula Untold

A new dimension of the ancient monster Dracula is being exposed to the sunlight. Was he really just a misunderstood …

Action/Adventure, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Maze Runner

In the midst of that dank darkness, the story works hard to hit at some of the big issues teens …

Drama
Atlas Shrugged III: Who Is John Galt?

This third and final tribute to Ayn Rand’s hyper-capitalist and hyper-individualist philosophies finally answers the core question. And it’s not …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
No Good Deed

It’s really nothing more than a lame, sadistically minded thriller that relies on its overbearing musical score to tell you …

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Remaining

The end has come and there’s little left to do but dodge the demons and … pray.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Venom

As a superhero story, Venom ironically lacks teeth.

Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
If I Stay

After a bad car accident, young Mia has an important question to answer: Will she or won’t she … stay?

Comedy, Romance
What If

Clearly, in its worst moments, What If conforms ever so snugly to 21st-century society’s anything-goes sexual ethos.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Into the Storm

While the special effects are better than what you’d encounter on, say, the Syfy channel, all that’s really separating this …