shazam
Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Shazam!

Shazam!, like its namesake hero—much like us all, really—is a bundle of contradictions.

Drama
The Best of Enemies

It’s frighteningly easy to hate a group. It’s harder to hate a person.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Pet Sematary

We will choose selfishly, this grim pic asserts. We will be foolish, even when we know the outcome will be …

Comedy, Drama
The Beach Bum

Out of all the movies I’ve reviewed, this one is at the top of the cautionary charts.

Drama
Unplanned

Through the eyes of one woman who once believed she was doing good, we see the horror of abortion for …

Drama
Gloria Bell

Gloria Bell’s well-acted intimacies are uncomfortable and disturbing as well.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Hummingbird Project

This coarse morality tale encourages viewers to recognize the futility of lives driven totally by materialism.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Hotel Mumbai

Hotel Mumbai shows us the terror we find in terrorism.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Us

Jordan Peele knows how to draw a good story, no question. But when he colors it in, it’s always dripping …

Drama
The Highwaymen

Cinematic contemplations here give viewers something to chew on. But it’s not always a pleasant mouthful.

Action/Adventure
Triple Threat

This pic is really all about well-choreographed poundings and excruciating beatdowns.

Drama, Romance, War
The Aftermath

As the broken characters in The Aftermath well know, what’s seen cannot be unseen, what’s done cannot be undone.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Captive State

This movie probably looked smarter on paper.

Drama, Romance
Five Feet Apart

Five Feet Apart is both beautiful and hopeful, problematic and tragic—especially for younger viewers.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel suffers from its hero being too big and the film being too little.