Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Good Dinosaur

Those who do decide to jump in this rambunctious and alternate-reality river will at least find a few kid-focused lessons.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Victor Frankenstein

A messy experience, any way you want to slice it.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is no more a nice movie than Katniss is a nice person. But …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Last Witch Hunter

The Last Witch Hunter never quite even makes it to bland.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Goosebumps

I’m not as sanguine as the film’s star regarding the appropriate age to see a movie like Goosebumps.

Action/Adventure, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pan

This explosion of CGI color is a long way from that beloved story about a boy in green tights who …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

An overlong frenetic freefall of a film that, for all its action, feels surprisingly bereft of drama.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Iron Man 2

Tony Stark has a bigger brain than Einstein, a bigger bank account than Queen Elizabeth and a bigger ego than …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Hercules

No matter how you parse these spiritual musings, though, there are plenty of other reasons not to see Hercules.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Spider-Man 3

An inky symbiote organism takes over Spider-Man’s suit and blackens the red and blue. It makes him stronger. But at …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Arnold Schwarzenegger in his final pre-politics action flick.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Haunting of Molly Hartley

Molly is turning 18, and the devil wants his due. Why wouldn’t he? Her parents sold her soul to him …

Comedy, Kids, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Descendants

Descendants offers some great lessons on the power of love, second chances and the acknowledgement that we’re all worthy and …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Wanded One is back at it, flinging spells first and taking names later. How does Potter flick No. 6 …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pixels

Most of the truly creative parts of this cute idea could fit in the space of a trailer … which …