Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge is riveting cinema. But it’s also bloody—as bloody as we’ve seen on screen for a long, long time.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Doctor Strange

Aesthetically, Doctor Strange is a good movie, one of the strongest in the Marvel canon thus far. But is it …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Inferno

Inferno is one of those movies where the villain seems determined to launch doomsday through the most convoluted manner imaginable …

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Keeping Up With The Joneses

Some funny flicks weave a little too much yuck in with their yuk-yuk. Before you know it, a guffaw becomes …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Everything is much like you’d expect it to be on this ride. The characters. The plot. The peril. The content. …

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Accountant

The Accountant is violent popcorn fare—an exuberant, illogical action-packed thriller that’s only message is, “Sit down and watch Ben Affleck …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Max Steel

If you’re going to sit through a nearly two-hour commercial for Max Steel action figures, you might as well have …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Deepwater Horizon

From shrapnel-torn flesh to protruding bones, thundering eruptions to chunks of metal yanked from hideous wounds, this heroic story is …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Tim Burton’s infatuation with the macabre and the grim is very much present here.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Western
The Magnificent Seven

This violent remake presents its seven stars as flawed heroes—bad men with good hearts who sacrifice themselves to deal with …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Mechanic: Resurrection

Mechanic: Resurrection is the Donkey Kong of the cinematic world. There’s not much of a plot, and what there is …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Don’t Breathe

Everybody is wrong and wronged here, tortured and torturer. Some more than others.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Kubo and the Two Strings

All of Kubo’s eye-, ear- and heart-pleasing stuff masks some spiritual philosophies that parents may not be expecting.

Action/Adventure, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pete’s Dragon

If you’re a parent pausing over concerns about dragons, worry not. Pete’s winged, galumphy bud Elliot is no scary, scaly …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Suicide Squad

While it’s not quite as grim as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, it’s even more problematic, and it’s certainly …