Action/Adventure, Kids, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Escape to Witch Mountain

Despite what this movie’s title suggests, there are no witches in this live-action Disney classic.

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Gentlemen

Suffice it to say there’s very little that’s gentle in The Gentlemen.

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Bad Boys for Life

It’s been 25 years since these self-proclaimed “bad boys for life” first arrived on the big screen, and not much …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Code 8

This low-budget sci-fi movie’s popularity on Netflix won’t be augmented by Plugged In’s review of it.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Underwater

Underwater skips exposition altogether and leaps with videogame-like glee into its deadly, high-pressure destruction.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Sword in the Stone

Although The Sword in the Stone certainly delves into the world of magic and sorcery, it’s meant to be light …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson is live-action Disney fare at its classical best.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Kids
Dolittle

This is the sort of pic that kids will forgive and enjoy, and adults will cruise through and pretty quickly …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

For fans of this franchise, The Rise of Skywalker works: not necessarily logically, but emotionally.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Kids
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution

For some, Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution will feel extraordinarily nostalgic. Others (read: non-fan parents) will likely be thinking … Meh.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Jumanji: The Next Level

This film feels anything but appropriate for families of young kids—the very audience you’d assume it’s made for.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Wendy

Wendy is an imaginative and, I think, moving rumination on youth and age, dreams and grief.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Spenser Confidential

Mark Wahlberg stalking the streets of Boston, sporting his accent, a stream of profanity and beating up bad guys? Check.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Kids
Spies in Disguise

The movie’s friendship and self-sacrifice-promoting decoder signals counterbalance its gratuitous guffaws.

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Charlie’s Angels (2019)

This reboot’s empowering messages are ultimately undermined by its content concerns.