Drama
Shut In

Shut In is a thriller without the thrill, an exercise in jump scenes without the jumps. While it stays within …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge is riveting cinema. But it’s also bloody—as bloody as we’ve seen on screen for a long, long time.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Doctor Strange

Aesthetically, Doctor Strange is a good movie, one of the strongest in the Marvel canon thus far. But is it …

Drama
Loving

Loving, with its intimate scale and sparse content concerns, is an accessible, sometimes beautiful story about one couple’s love.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Inferno

Inferno is one of those movies where the villain seems determined to launch doomsday through the most convoluted manner imaginable …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Everything is much like you’d expect it to be on this ride. The characters. The plot. The peril. The content. …

Drama
Moonlight

Moonlight, as mesmerizing as the movie is, isn’t just filled with problematic content: It gives us a message counter to …

Drama
I’m Not Ashamed

Rachel Joy Scott’s story is a moving example of the difference just one committed Christian can make in the lives …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Max Steel

If you’re going to sit through a nearly two-hour commercial for Max Steel action figures, you might as well have …

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Accountant

The Accountant is violent popcorn fare—an exuberant, illogical action-packed thriller that’s only message is, “Sit down and watch Ben Affleck …

Drama, Romance
Priceless

Priceless does an admirable job of helping us see and sense the danger of the carnal world of human trafficking …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Girl on the Train

While the movie leads us through its mystery via a trailing of crumbs, its problematic content comes at us in …

Drama
The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation is a powerful, convicting tale. But it’s steeped in horrific displays of violence. And it …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Tim Burton’s infatuation with the macabre and the grim is very much present here.

Drama
Denial

Denial is anchored by strong acting and even stronger subject matter: The importance of protecting truth and history. And it …