Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Volcano

After a series of geological murmurs, downtown L.A. is sent into cardiac arrest when a volcano erupts from the La …

Action/Adventure, Drama
DOA: Dead or Alive

Three barely clad women compete in a martial arts contest against the world’s best fighters.

Comedy, Drama
Magic Mike

Channing Tatum’s turn as “Magic Mike” hints at the dark side of male stripping. Mostly, though, it just shows him …

Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Kid

An abrasive, cynical, self-centered Los Angeles image consultant has his world turned upside down when his 8-year-old self inexplicably appears …

Drama, Musical
Inside Llewyn Davis

Despite its angsty pretensions, Inside Llewyn Davis remains merely a story without a destination, a bleak portrait of a bleak …

Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

A Scottish lad finds a barnacle-encrusted egg and becomes a daddy … to the Loch Ness Monster.

Comedy, Drama
A Serious Man

While not autobiographical in any specific sense, A Serious Man examines the Coen brothers’ roots with a deconstructing—and predictably quirky—look …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Kids
101 Dalmatians

Disney has adapted its 1961 animated classic into a slam-bang live-action remake starring Glenn Close as the fiendish Cruella DeVil.

Drama
Out of the Furnace

Entertainment? Not a lick. Inspiration? All burned up by the fire. Only loss and despair are left.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Faster

Driver, Killer and Cop form a vengeful hate triangle shot through with bloody murder and high-speed car chases. But not …

Drama, Musical
Notorious

Chrissy-Poo was actually The Notorious B.I.G.’s first known nickname, whispered to him by his mother. It didn’t stick, obviously. But …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Johnny Depp still shines as one of Hollywood’s most memorable characters. But nonstop violent effects and ghoulish tone are the …

Drama
All the King’s Men

Sean Penn and Jude Law do the power-corrupts-absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely tango in this reemergence of Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 novel.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids
Peter Pan

An impressive live-action version of J.M. Barrie’s classic about a boy who refuses to grow up. But is it too …

Drama
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

The movie, as generous as it is with Mandela’s legacy, does not shy away from those uncomfortable truths. Nor does …