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.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Loft

It wants to be a top-shelf, twisting whodunit. But for a whole barrel full of reasons it never makes it …

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Mortdecai

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

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Boy Next Door

If only the boy would’ve stayed next door. Then we would’ve been spared this tacky, salacious, sexual, violent movie.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Blackhat

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

Comedy
The Wedding Ringer

It’s a dead ringer for a goofy-faced jester who makes you giggle … before hitting you with a clown-car full …

Drama
Spare Parts

Sadly, there’s not much at all that’s magical about Seventh Son—unless you want to talk literally about the dark sorcery …

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
The Gambler

In blackjack, the object is to reach 21 without going over. If Jim played the game like he lives his …

Drama, War
Unbroken

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

Drama, War
American Sniper

Clint Eastwood turns his laser-like focus toward a real-life war hero named Chris Kyle—and the price he paid to become …

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 …

Comedy, War
The Interview

A run-of-the-mill Seth Rogen comedy has suddenly become a global firebrand, a rallying cry for free speech and a great …