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 …

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 …

Drama
Moonlight

Moonlight, as mesmerizing as the movie is, isn’t just filled with problematic content: It gives us a message counter to …

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, Romance
Priceless

Priceless does an admirable job of helping us see and sense the danger of the carnal world of human trafficking …

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 …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Girl on the Train

While the movie leads us through its mystery via a trailing of crumbs, its problematic content comes at us in …

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 …

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, 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.

Drama
Denial

Denial is anchored by strong acting and even stronger subject matter: The importance of protecting truth and history. And it …

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 …

Drama, Horror
Blair Witch

This sequel still feels like we’ve been-there-and-flinched-at-that before.

Drama
Snowden

Is the sympathy Oliver Stone strives to stir up for his subject something we should embrace or something we should …

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, …