A man and a boy eat at a diner.
Drama
Palmer

If Palmer could’ve kept its nose cleaner, it this would’ve been a harder movie to review. As it is, we …

A police officer and a detective stand near a building and a crime scene.
Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Little Things

The Little Things needed to pay better attention to some big things.

A group of four men in the city walk toward the camera.
Action/Adventure, Crime, Drama
Cut Throat City

Cut Throat City asks but doesn’t fully answer difficult questions about the relationship between poverty and crime.

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Home away from home for British Navy Capt. Jack Aubrey and the 196 men in his command is no Hyatt …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Homefront

By now, you’d think the bad guys would know not to tangle with any character played by Jason Statham. (Especially …

We see a man and a woman in black leather carrying motorcycle helmets.
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Locked Down

Most families will probably want to avoid watching Locked Down: It could add to the insanity we’re already feeling.

A driver in a car talks to two people in the back seat.
Crime, Drama
The White Tiger

This film pointedly justifies any dishonest or bloody act that might lead to breaking free from an oppressive way of …

A man embraces a woman who stares upward sadly.
Drama
Our Friend

Our Friend is hard to watch. It deals with aspects of a dying woman’s cancer with painful candor.

Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke talk in a hotel in the movie One Night in Miami.
Biography/History, Drama
One Night in Miami

One Night in Miami is an angry movie for an angry era. But it’s a thoughtful movie in an era …

Two soldiers walk through a city togetether
Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Outside the Wire

Outside the Wire wants to be both an action-packed thriller and a cutting social commentary.

A man and woman in 1939 look at an archeological dig site in Great Britain.
Biography/History, Drama
The Dig

The Dig has a few more controversies buried within than who discovered the treasure at the center of the story.

A boy with a smartphone looks scared as he walks.
Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Come Play

This movie suggests that our screens may be the windows and doors to our darkest nightmares and consuming fears.

A woman walks away from a construction project with her daughter on her back and other volunteers walking behind her.
Drama
Herself

No matter how hard your circumstances, there is hope to be found in unlikely places and amongst unlikely people.

love and monsters
Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Love and Monsters

Despite Love and Monsters’ feel-good vibe, it still has a few too many foul teeth and rough edges.

Drama
Pieces of a Woman

For parents who have ever lost a child, Pieces of a Woman might prove triggering.