Drama, Romance
The Best of Me

This overwrought romance gives us, of course, two likable lovers—and a really problematic love story.

Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A washed-up movie star tries to find a second life as a serious stage actor. But his superhero alter ego …

Drama, War
Fury

Brad Pitt’s World War II tank warfare movie rubs our cinematic faces in two hours of grimy, dirty, charred-flesh misery.

Drama, Musical
The Gospel

Humanity reflects the divine in this big-screen narrative that mirrors Christ’s parable of the Prodigal Son. Note to families: Come …

Drama, Musical, Romance
Raise Your Voice

Hilary Duff must hurdle all manner of obstacles to gain entrance into a prestigious Los Angeles music program. One of …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sports
The Family That Preys

Tyler Perry presents what may be his least comedic, least melodramatic movie to date. But don’t think for a second …

Action/Adventure, Drama
12 Rounds

An evil mastermind in the Big Easy makes a police detective play a series of vengeful and violent ‘Speed’-style games.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Godzilla

You just can’t keep a good monster down—not when he’s 350 feet tall. And now Japan’s favorite destroyer of cities …

Animation, Drama, Kids, Western
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

An animated story of the old West ‘from the heart of a horse.’

Drama
Hearts in Atlantis

If Alfred Hitchcock was correct when he said that “style” is merely self-plagiarism, no one may have a better case …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance
The Mask of Zorro

With the acrobatic slash of a steel blade and the mark of a “Z,” he defends the weak and oppressed. …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
American Gangster

Is this the new ‘Scarface’? Rapper Jay-Z thinks so, and is devoting his new CD to his new gangster muse. …

Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
One Chance

Beyond a few notes about content, there are some movies that you shouldn’t know too much about going in. And …

Drama
The Judge

This judge-accused-of-murder tale is far less about legal entanglements and more about an estranged father and son searching for reconciliation.

Comedy, Drama
St. Vincent

St. Vincent didn’t convince me of Vincent’s sainthood. But it does remind me that people are so much more than …