Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Into the Forest

Poignant, impactful messages about the sanctity of life, however, are delivered in a story that rarely glances away from images …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne, the assassin, may be a mysterious figure. But Jason Bourne, the movie, is a known quantity.

Comedy
Bad Moms

It’s unhealthy to shoot for perfection, and it can damage both parents and kids. But it’s really, really unhealthy to …

Action/Adventure
Nerve

Instead of a cautionary commentary, what we’re left with is a collection of pretty people doing reckless stuff while baring …

Lights Out

Lots of kids are scared of the dark. Martin has reason to be. Shadows are dangerous in Martin’s world: The …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Café Society

If there is a point in this mostly pointless movie, it seems Woody Allen is asking: Why choose? Why worry? …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ghostbusters (2016)

Ghostbusting in any decade is far less kid-friendly than many would have you believe.

Drama
The Infiltrator

Do we need to wade through the brutal, cocaine-laced underworld that Bob Mazur inhabits?

Comedy
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

The breakdown between naughty and nice in this predictable, formulaic, raunchy flick is about 95% naughty, 5% nice. And that’s …

Comedy, Drama
Captain Fantastic

Because God is missing here, Captain Fantastic falls short of its idealistic aspirations.

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Legend of Tarzan

This CGI smorgasbord tells what Warner Bros. hopes is a bankable story, but it’s not a great one.

Action/Adventure, Horror
The Purge: Election Year

This is a gruesome psychodrama of class and racial warfare that projects an almost cartoonishly slanted political message.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror
The Shallows

The Shallows isn’t just a “We’re gonna need a bigger boat” clone. It actually goes quite a bit deeper than …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Independence Day: Resurgence

In Independence Day: Resurgence, love—of country, of home, of others—conquers all, even if aliens destroy much of humanity before we …

Drama
Free State of Jones

Beneath rivulets of blood and lugubrious storytelling are beautiful messages about freedom, equality, self-reliance and the faith that undergirds it …