Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Feels a lot like all of its extras: mostly dead.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids
Kung Fu Panda 3

As in past entries, the goofball, underachieving panda protagonist has a lot more than dumplings dumped on his plate.

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Finest Hours

Disney’s The Finest Hours feels like an old-fashioned adventure yarn that wants to inspire as much as thrill.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The 5th Wave

There’s a huge difference between difficult topics and difficult—sometimes gratuitous—content.

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

13 Hours is a well-made, violent, profane, difficult movie. The fact that it depicts real, important events makes it no …

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Ride Along 2

Comedian Kevin Hart’s crude and raunchy motormouth shtick is wearing thin.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Point Break

Director Ericson Core drives a needle full of adrenaline into the original pic’s heart and blows the scope out to …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Western
The Revenant

The Revenant, like the land it depicts, is beautiful, brutal and unforgiving.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

It’s not just the Force awakening in Episode VII. It’s the franchise’s charm. And maybe its life lessons, too.

Action/Adventure, Drama
In the Heart of the Sea

While the surface story is pretty straightforward, there glides underneath (like the white whale itself) a spiritually tinged parable.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Krampus

The spiritual ideas buried in this unsettling movie can be unearthed more easily in ways that don’t involve a goat …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Good Dinosaur

Those who do decide to jump in this rambunctious and alternate-reality river will at least find a few kid-focused lessons.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Victor Frankenstein

A messy experience, any way you want to slice it.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is no more a nice movie than Katniss is a nice person. But …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Spectre

Spectre’s conspicuous turn to the past also gives us a new opportunity to notice how Bond has changed over the …