Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Noelle

Noelle is packed with messages about the importance of being kind. But it’s also all about Santa.

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.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Abominable

Beneath its standard-issue, kid-flick elements, this pic examines something more serious: the impact of grief on a child.

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 …

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Don’t Let Go

The most gruesome parts of this pic’s killings are just outside our view. But the punishing violence we do see …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Spider-Man: Far From Home

Far From Home is a fine, fun, serviceable superhero flick. But like Peter Parker’s European vacation, it contains some unwelcome …

Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Dead Don’t Die

I get that this zombie satire’s supposed to be funny. But it isn’t. And I get that it’s supposed to …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Men in Black: International

MiB: International holds true to the film franchise’s light tone. But it sports some extraterrestrial problems, too.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Dark Phoenix

The second big-screen iteration of Jean Gray’s tragic transformation into the Phoenix is a predictably violent, occasionally profane affair.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

This metropolis-mulching monster masher makes superhero-movie destruction look almost dainty in comparison.

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Brightburn

Like the disturbed alien child at its center, this movie feels bad to its very marrow.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Aladdin (2019)

This version of Aladdin isn’t “A Whole New World.” But that’s a good thing.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pokémon Detective Pikachu

The movie’s wonderfully rendered Pokémon will have young fans of the franchise (mostly) oohing and awing.

Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Avengers: Endgame

This finale reminds us of movies gone by, celebrating the heroes we’ve come to know and giving them, I think, …