The Birth of a Nation is a powerful, convicting tale. But it’s steeped in horrific displays of violence. And it …
While the movie leads us through its mystery via a trailing of crumbs, its problematic content comes at us in …
Denial is anchored by strong acting and even stronger subject matter: The importance of protecting truth and history. And it …
From shrapnel-torn flesh to protruding bones, thundering eruptions to chunks of metal yanked from hideous wounds, this heroic story is …
Tim Burton’s infatuation with the macabre and the grim is very much present here.
Queen of Katwe is a story about hope—and about the courage, determination and skill that goes hand-in-hand with that hope.
This violent remake presents its seven stars as flawed heroes—bad men with good hearts who sacrifice themselves to deal with …
This sequel still feels like we’ve been-there-and-flinched-at-that before.
Is the sympathy Oliver Stone strives to stir up for his subject something we should embrace or something we should …
When the Bough Breaks paints a nasty, bloody, worst-case-scenario picture of what can (theoretically) happen when using a surrogate to …
This movie’s title is fitting: It’s a disappointment all the way ’round.
While it isn’t explicitly a movie about God, The Light Between Oceans powerfully, poignantly deals with the passion, sacrifice, grace …
Morgan is a provocative, speculative, gruesome sci-fi thriller by first-time director Luke Scott, the son of the film’s famous producer, …
At its core, Hands of Stone is a movie about men pounding each other into submission, even to the point …














