Action/Adventure, Drama
Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne, the assassin, may be a mysterious figure. But Jason Bourne, the movie, is a known quantity.

Action/Adventure
Nerve

Instead of a cautionary commentary, what we’re left with is a collection of pretty people doing reckless stuff while baring …

Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Star Trek Beyond

This pic’s plotline brims with optimism and feels as if it could have been beamed right out of the original …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ghostbusters (2016)

Ghostbusting in any decade is far less kid-friendly than many would have you believe.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Secret Life of Pets

Occasional toilet humor doesn’t ruin this good-hearted, pro-pet flick, one that reminds us humans not to make hasty decisions or …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The BFG

Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of this children’s classic is a delightful story contrasted with the specter of a rather macabre fate.

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Legend of Tarzan

This CGI smorgasbord tells what Warner Bros. hopes is a bankable story, but it’s not a great one.

Action/Adventure, Horror
The Purge: Election Year

This is a gruesome psychodrama of class and racial warfare that projects an almost cartoonishly slanted political message.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror
The Shallows

The Shallows isn’t just a “We’re gonna need a bigger boat” clone. It actually goes quite a bit deeper than …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Independence Day: Resurgence

In Independence Day: Resurgence, love—of country, of home, of others—conquers all, even if aliens destroy much of humanity before we …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Warcraft

A film that does live up to its name.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows tries to replicate the goofy charm of the original 1987-96 animated TV …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Alice Through the Looking Glass

This yesterday-and-tomorrow-but-never-today amusement feels less dark and dangerous than the Alice in Wonderland original.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
X-Men: Apocalypse

Rote repetition absolutely applies to the bombastic brutality and f-word blast.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Captain America: Civil War

Captain America: Civil War comfortably follows the CGI-enhanced template, but with one interesting change.