Drama
Marriage Story

Perhaps the most important message we can take away from Marriage Story is quite simple: Divorce is horrible.

Drama
The Irishman

Director Martin Scorsese’s Netflix-based The Irishman feels a little like a particularly bloody version of Forrest Gump.

Drama, War
The King

For a film that preaches peace so vehemently, there’s an awful lot of fighting going on here. Blood pours by …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Black and Blue

While the surprisingly earnest message here is refreshing, it’s still submerged in a stew of violence and profanity.

Drama, Horror
The Lighthouse

This cinematic nor’easter is more disheartening and spiritually oppressive than nearly anything you’re apt to find on a theater screen.

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Great Alaskan Race

The Great Alaskan Race is not a great movie. But it does tell a great story.

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Reliant

The Reliant unapologetically underscores the Second Amendment’s protection of Americans’ right “to keep and bear Arms.”

Comedy, Drama
The Laundromat

The Laundromat pulls back the curtain on a complex system of laws that enables wealthy individuals and corporations to avoid …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Despite its strong redemptive themes, this sequel’s intense-but-sanitized violence might still be too much for sensitive viewers.

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

Despite its clever central gimmick, Gemini Man feels a little more tedious and tawdry than it ought.

Comedy, Drama
Dolemite Is My Name

Dolemite Is My Name is, without question, extremely rude, crude and vulgar.

Comedy, Drama, Horror
Joker

Joker begs for a hero. It gives us a clown. Gotham seeks salvation and finds only blood.

Drama
Lucy in the Sky

This drama’s descent into pretty messy content will push it out of movie-viewing orbit for many viewers.

Drama
Judy

This biopic is a tragedy at its core, but one that still delivers poignant glimpses of an icon’s longing for …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ad Astra

We’ve been treated to some provocative sci-fi films recently, from Gravity to Interstellar to Arrival. Ad Astra aims for the …