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 …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Last Witch Hunter

The Last Witch Hunter never quite even makes it to bland.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Goosebumps

I’m not as sanguine as the film’s star regarding the appropriate age to see a movie like Goosebumps.

Action/Adventure, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pan

This explosion of CGI color is a long way from that beloved story about a boy in green tights who …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

An overlong frenetic freefall of a film that, for all its action, feels surprisingly bereft of drama.

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Transporter Refueled

The Transporter Refueled is more—which means less—than a piece of silly, late-summer theater filler. It’s a loathsome exercise in rationalization.

Action/Adventure, Drama
No Escape

Immersive, driving, life-affirming, disturbingly ugly and white-knuckle terrifying, all in equal measure.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Iron Man 2

Tony Stark has a bigger brain than Einstein, a bigger bank account than Queen Elizabeth and a bigger ego than …

Action/Adventure
The Mod Squad

Will the talented trio of Danes, Epps and Ribisi return for a sequel? Unlikely. On-screen, each seems visibly chafed by …