Comedy, Drama, Musical
Hairspray

The movie that became the musical is now a musical movie—with John Travolta in a female fat suit.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Haunting of Molly Hartley

Molly is turning 18, and the devil wants his due. Why wouldn’t he? Her parents sold her soul to him …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

This Mission, should you choose to accept it, can be exciting and fun. But it can be dangerous and perhaps …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Happy-Go-Lucky

A below-the-radar Brit flick that’s supposed to ‘put a smile on your face.’ In a filmscape dominated by the likes …

Drama, Sports
Chariots of Fire

For families interested in a film with heart, character and a respect for one man’s faith in God, “Chariots of …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Wanded One is back at it, flinging spells first and taking names later. How does Potter flick No. 6 …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Something New

Is ‘Something New’ the same ol’ same ol’? Or does this interracial love story live up to its title?

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Life or Something Like It

Imagine being told you have one week to live. And the person who told you was a scruffy street “prophet” …

Drama, Romance
Paper Towns

This flick generally glorifies all the possible train-wreck stuff of high school floundering—from drunken house parties to sneaky sexcapades to …

Drama, Sports
Southpaw

Jab after jab of harsh profanity and bloody boxing imagery mean this movie ultimately takes the same kind of beating …

Drama, Musical
That Thing You Do!

“That Thing You Do!” recaptures the innocence and optimism of 1964 in a fun cautionary tale about the fleeting nature …

Drama, Musical
Step Up 2 the Streets

Yet another army of urban performance artists hits, ahem, the streets in Disney’s latest teen-targeted dance-and-angst flick—a sequel to 2006’s …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ant-Man

This twelfth entry in the modern series of Marvel Universe movies feels a bit, uh, smaller (less groundbreaking) than the …

Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Romance
Irrational Man

Mr. Allen’s cinematic efforts aren’t so much irrational as they are incongruous as he deftly uncovers the folly of postmodernism’s …

Drama
Mr. Holmes

In print, the great detective once said that his methods were simply “founded upon the observation of trifles.” And that …