Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
CHiPs

Vulgarity—visual and verbal—runs rampant in this buddy cop reboot that’s ostensibly about law and order.

Comedy, Drama
The Last Word

The Last Word could use an addendum: This R-rated movie wants to say something, but it seems confused about what …

Comedy
Tim Timmerman, Hope of America

Tim Timmerman, Hope of America mostly offers families a nice, watchable alternative to more salacious comedic fare.

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Table 19

Table 19 delivers an unexpectedly sweet ending by the time the credits role. Less sweet, however, is this PG-13 film’s …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Rock Dog

Rock Dog is a movie that is at times mildly charming (if predictable and formulaic) but more often just kind …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Get Out

But whatever important ideas about racial alienation this movie may be trying to illustrate, we also can’t lose sight of …

Comedy
Fist Fight

Fist Fight tries to tell us that what we say and do, and how we live our lives, matters. But …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The LEGO Batman Movie

A tiny bit more restraint could have made this a movie we’d wholeheartedly recommend. As it is, it’s pretty good, …

Comedy
The Comedian

This movie is as funny as a puppy with cancer.

Comedy, Drama
A Dog’s Purpose

A Dog’s Purpose is the kind of movie Christian moviegoers often say that we’d like to see: a sweet story …

Comedy, Drama
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone

Too often the church isn’t seen as a place of grace or honesty, but as a place where hypocrites pretend …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
xXx: Return of Xander Cage

This is the sort of movie that makes your standard shoot-em-up videogame look subtle, the Fast and Furious franchise (star …

Comedy, Drama
20th Century Women

This raw, dialogue-heavy slice-of-life story is all aflutter with unmoored musings about self-actualization, rebellious teens, parental frustration and unanswered questions.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids
Monster Trucks

This is a movie about a boy and his monster. It’s a popcorn-munching romp for the tween set, one that …

Comedy, Drama
Paterson

Paterson is enjoyable without being entertaining. It’s a shyly thoughtful story that asks its viewers to stretch themselves and dream …