Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Beirut

If you’re considering buying a ticket to Beirut, know that you’ll have to navigate that city’s war-torn streets and cratered …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Chappaquiddick

If you’re expecting an exposé addressing unanswered questions about the events of July 18, 1969, prepare for disappointment.

Comedy
Blockers

If I’m being honest, I’d like to block this one from memory.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place is a stark tale of fighting for survival in the face of a horrific, insidious threat.

Drama
Acrimony

Before the credits roll, Acrimony boards an express train to Crazyville.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs has some nice messages and a worthy moral. But it also can be sad and kinda disturbing …

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Unsane

Unsane is a nightmarish, darkly disturbing and corrosively foul movie.

Drama, Romance
Midnight Sun

In some ways, this was a pretty typical teen romance movie. In other ways, it surprised me a bit.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pacific Rim Uprising

This fast-moving, rock-’em-sock-’em pic is what it is: a matinee creature-feature begging for a tub of butter-soaked popcorn.

Action/Adventure
Tomb Raider

This Lara Croft reboot does female empowerment right, albeit in a slightly over-the-top, cinematic video game sort of way.

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love, Simon

The more you like a flick, the more it’ll potentially influence you. And Love, Simon aims to influence.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Hurricane Heist

I think we can all agree that actioners like The Hurricane Heist major in what we might call “the unbelievable …

Drama, Horror
The Strangers: Prey at Night

This horror flick is exactly what you think it is: would-be killers chasing around would-be victims with sharp things.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Gringo

This dark comedy paints its supposed hero’s south-of-the-border torments in crude and nasty brush strokes.

Drama
Thoroughbreds

Thoroughbreds uses its detached female leads to unfold a slow-boiling commentary on our emotionally damaged society.