Action/Adventure, Drama, Sports
Real Steel

Mad Max meets Rocky in this futuristic tale of battling robots and father-son reconciliation. So should you duck and weave …

Enola Holmes (actress Millie Bobbie Brown) making a face to the camera.
Action/Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes delivers mostly positive messages about individuality, equality and freedom.

Snow White and seven greenish dwarfs stand in a field.
Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs

This animated kids’ original holds an important message for viewers of all ages: Outward beauty is no match for what’s …

Animated dogs and robots stand around.
Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids
Pets United

The message of this film is a positive one: You don’t have to be perfect in order to belong.

A girl sees an alien in suspended animation.
Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe

Candace and her siblings band together, serve justice to the alien invaders and save the world.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Black Panther

Black Panther has a good heart, and it gives us a real hero—strong and honorable and, when possible, even filled …

Bill and Ted stand side by side.
Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Bill & Ted Face the Music

Mostly, this flick seems intent on delivering a laugh-out-loud homage to the original franchise.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The New Mutants

This is, primarily, a horror movie—with a little bit of John Hughes’ Breakfast Club thrown in for good measure.

Huge, angry CGI lion.
Action/Adventure, Drama
Rogue

This is just a very bad movie.

A man and a gorilla touch foreheads.
Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids
The One and Only Ivan

This lovely film’s minor blemishes don’t mar the positive, family-friendly lessons at the heart of this unfettered story.

Four kids sneaking around in costumes, concerned.
Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids
The Sleepover

The Sleepover brims with violence and toilet humor that some parents will likely want to steer younger kiddos away from.

Action/Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Project Power

Brutal violence, profanity and drug use ultimately undermine this pseudo-superhero project’s empowerment aspirations.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Fearless

While Fearless has a good heart and a kid-friendly story, frequent bathroom humor stinks up what could’ve been a welcome …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Mr. Peabody & Sherman probably won’t go down in history as an all-time classic. But it doesn’t wholly embarrass its …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Dora and the Lost City of Gold

This live-action revamp of Nick’s timeless heroine is not entirely successful.