Action/Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Krampus

The spiritual ideas buried in this unsettling movie can be unearthed more easily in ways that don’t involve a goat …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Victor Frankenstein

A messy experience, any way you want to slice it.

Drama, Sports
Creed

I wish they’d left the profanity and sexual nods on the mat right along with the sweat and the blood. …

Drama, Romance
Carol

When a love story doesn’t know what real love is, how can we trust it with anything else?

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is no more a nice movie than Katniss is a nice person. But …

Drama
Legend

America cinema has long raised its glass to the gangster. Maybe it’s time for a different vintage.

Comedy
The Night Before

The Night Before could have been called The Nightmare Before had Tim Burton not already made off with the name.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Secret in Their Eyes

Based on an Oscar-winning Argentinean drama, this is a film that’s uncomfortable and sometimes downright difficult to watch.

Drama
The 33

The fact that all 33 miners made it out of the mine is something of a miracle. And this movie …

Comedy, Drama
Love the Coopers

It’s not Bad Santa, thankfully. Not even close.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Spectre

Spectre’s conspicuous turn to the past also gives us a new opportunity to notice how Bond has changed over the …

Drama
Brooklyn

It’s a cinematic construct that relishes taking long, easy moments to just study actress Saoirse Ronan’s serene face, watching her …

Comedy, Horror
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Just when you’re tempted to think you’ve seen it all, some random filmmaker takes that as a dare.

Drama
Burnt

A great message, but one that’s ultimately, um, OK, burnt by the crass content baked into this R-rated recipe.

Comedy, Drama
Our Brand is Crisis

By the time the credits roll, Our Brand Is Crisis feels a lot like a badly run political campaign itself: …