Drama
Contagion

Stephen King did the deadly virus-meets-the-supernatural thing with The Stand. Steven Soderbergh matches it up with something even scarier: cold, …

Comedy, Drama, Kids
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

The grown-ups in Timmy’s life step up to the plate and strive to teach Timmy about valuing the thoughts and …

Drama, War
Resistance

Even many adults should approach this film with care. And yet, it’s a story worth telling, too.

Drama, Sports
The Way Back

If you’re expecting a hard-edged, cheer-worthy comeback story here, well, you’re setting yourself up for disappointment.

Drama, War
1917

World War I is perhaps unequaled in its horrific brutality. 1917 takes us into that horror and doesn’t let us …

Drama, Horror
The Grudge (2020)

An ugly, gruesome and confused meh of a film.

Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Blow the Man Down

This is a film about a small fictional fishing village held together by corruption, murder, guilt and years of iniquity.

Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Stargirl

Based on the YA novel of the same name by Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl is Disney’s latest venture into a coming-of-age …

Documentary, Drama
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland

Patrick’s story is inherently interesting, and for a history/religion wonk like me, pretty engaging.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Jumanji: The Next Level

This film feels anything but appropriate for families of young kids—the very audience you’d assume it’s made for.

Drama, War
A Hidden Life

No act of faith is wasted in God’s creative calculus. And sometimes, even hidden lives, hidden sacrifices, are eventually revealed.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Black Christmas

If you resort to violence to end violence, are you really accomplishing anything?

Drama
Richard Jewell

Eastwood’s latest suggests that judging someone based on appearances and assumptions can lead to injustice and tragedy.

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

Wendy is an imaginative and, I think, moving rumination on youth and age, dreams and grief.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Spenser Confidential

Mark Wahlberg stalking the streets of Boston, sporting his accent, a stream of profanity and beating up bad guys? Check.