Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

If you’ve seen French director Luc Besson’s 1997 sci-fi extravaganza The Fifth Element, you’ve got an inkling of what to …

Comedy
Girls Trip

This sleazy, gal pals gone wild flick is anything but empowering to female audience members—or anyone else, for that matter.

Drama, Horror
A Ghost Story

A Ghost Story is not built to frighten. But it may indeed haunt you.

Drama, War
Dunkirk

Dunkirk dramatizes the complexity of war—both its horrors and heroism—while admirably not straying beyond the boundaries of a PG-13 rating.

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Wish Upon

The wishes here aren’t creative in the least. The same can’t be said, however, of Wish Upon’s macabre fixation with …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
War For the Planet of the Apes

This is indeed a war movie. But in truth, the war it depicts is not fought with spears and guns …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Big Sick

The Big Sick’s willingness to wade into the complexities of love and family make it surprisingly compelling. But this rom-com …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Spider-Man: Homecoming

Oh, Spidey. Tony Stark was right: Your enthusiasm is admirable, but sometimes you could be a little more … prudent.

Drama
Maudie

I walked into Maudie pretty sure of what it would be: sweet, quirky, problematic in places and inspiring in others. …

Comedy
The House

Ferell and Poehler will generate at least a laugh or two even in even the most worthless, crude and ridiculously …

Drama
The Beguiled

This movie, like its characters, can seduce to no good end.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Baby Driver

Forget nitrous: This film is fueled by iPod. But like Baby himself, the movie runs into plenty of obstacles.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Transformers: The Last Knight

Michael Bay’s latest Transformer movie never transforms itself into anything worth watching.

Drama
All Eyez on Me

Tupac was a rare talent, no question. But this movie based on his life is barely watchable and rarely edifying.

Comedy
Rough Night

Our comedic culture is so full of these low-brow gags that the gross jokes in Rough Night barely shock, let …