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 …

Drama
Selma

It’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. vs. a hard-nosed sheriff who stands amid a plantation full of prejudices in Alabama.

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 …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a rollicking, satisfying conclusion to Peter Jackson’s second Tolkien trilogy. It’s …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Exodus: Gods and Kings

It’s not how God looks that’s the most troubling thing: It’s how He acts in Exodus: Gods and Kings.

Comedy, Drama
Top Five

Too bad this serious Chris Rock comedy won’t even make our Top 500.

Comedy, Drama
Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice is a whacked-out, confused, incoherent mess of a movie—and intentionally so.

Drama, Musical
Ragamuffin

This is the cautionary, complicated tale of Christian singer/songwriter Rich Mullins.

Drama
Still Alice

Through a tearfully gripping story of early-onset Alzheimer’s we’re shown that love is well worth clinging to.

Drama
Wild

By the end of this two-hour-but-oh-so-much-longer-feeling journey we too have some extra baggage to hoist, most of it visual.

Drama, War
The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game is a well-made, well-acted, thought-provoking film. Certainly its subject matter makes it a difficult one, and its …

Comedy
Horrible Bosses 2

Horrible Bosses 2 is desperately trying to be even more horrible than its predecessor. It’s really no more than that, …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Despite the title, Katniss’ struggle now is no game. There is no arena, there are no tributes. What we’re left …