Drama
Denial

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

Drama
Queen of Katwe

Queen of Katwe is a story about hope—and about the courage, determination and skill that goes hand-in-hand with that hope.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Western
The Magnificent Seven

This violent remake presents its seven stars as flawed heroes—bad men with good hearts who sacrifice themselves to deal with …

Drama, Horror
Blair Witch

This sequel still feels like we’ve been-there-and-flinched-at-that before.

Drama
Snowden

Is the sympathy Oliver Stone strives to stir up for his subject something we should embrace or something we should …

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
When the Bough Breaks

When the Bough Breaks paints a nasty, bloody, worst-case-scenario picture of what can (theoretically) happen when using a surrogate to …

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Disappointments Room

This movie’s title is fitting: It’s a disappointment all the way ’round.

Drama
Sully

Eastwood’s Sully is a deeply humanistic movie in the best possible way.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Morgan

Morgan is a provocative, speculative, gruesome sci-fi thriller by first-time director Luke Scott, the son of the film’s famous producer, …

Drama
The Light Between Oceans

While it isn’t explicitly a movie about God, The Light Between Oceans powerfully, poignantly deals with the passion, sacrifice, grace …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Mechanic: Resurrection

Mechanic: Resurrection is the Donkey Kong of the cinematic world. There’s not much of a plot, and what there is …

Drama, Sports
Hands of Stone

At its core, Hands of Stone is a movie about men pounding each other into submission, even to the point …

Comedy, Drama
The Hollars

This movie’s unfortunate profanity—especially those misuses of Jesus’ name—may drive it out of bounds for family-focused viewers who would likely …

Drama, Sports
Greater

Greater treads off the beaten sports-movie path into deeper philosophical and spiritual questions. And it refuses to give a pat …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Don’t Breathe

Everybody is wrong and wronged here, tortured and torturer. Some more than others.