Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Slender Man

Slender Man is just a bad movie, and bad in every possible way.

Drama
BlacKkKlansman

For the most part, BlacKkKlansman reflects upon the disturbingly vile mindset of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s.

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dog Days

This is a really tame romcom with lots of dogs. It’s not a dog movie for kids, in my estimation.

Comedy, Drama, Kids
Christopher Robin

This film wasn’t made just for kids. It was made for us—the adults who fret about our own Very Important …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Darkest Minds

A one-dimensional setup with one-dimensional relationships, one-dimensional heroes and a lot of dead kids.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The Spy Who Dumped Me

Anyone who buys a ticket to this R-rated Bond-ish spoof will need some kind of super-spy tech to get through …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Mission: Impossible – Fallout

This breakneck cinematic blender is set to “liquefy,” the top is off, and you’re the main ingredient.

Comedy, Drama
Blindspotting

While we can’t turn a blind eye to Blindspotting’s excesses, neither can we turn away from its multilayered message.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Unfriended: Dark Web

Dark Web delivers a deeply creepy cautionary warning—albeit in the trappings of a relatively restrained R-rated horror movie.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Equalizer 2

The movie’s well-meaning messages are undercut, sometimes literally, at every turn.

Comedy, Drama
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot is filled with pain and anguish, contrasted with bright moments of hope.

Comedy, Drama
Eighth Grade

All the awkwardness of early adolescence is here. Yet, it left me wondering why so much of it had to …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Skyscraper

Skyscraper is a CGI-infused hodgepodge of derivative bits culled from more memorable disaster thrillers.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ant-Man and the Wasp

The one real, uh, wasp in the ointment in Disney/Marvel’s latest effort is this pic’s rough language quotient.

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The First Purge

I kinda hope this movie itself is purged from theaters, and quickly.