Comedy, War
The Interview

A run-of-the-mill Seth Rogen comedy has suddenly become a global firebrand, a rallying cry for free speech and a great …

Drama, War
Unbroken

Unbroken, then, is hard to watch but easy to praise. The horror of the inhumanity it depicts is wrenching. The …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a rollicking, satisfying conclusion to Peter Jackson’s second Tolkien trilogy. It’s …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Exodus: Gods and Kings

It’s not how God looks that’s the most troubling thing: It’s how He acts in Exodus: Gods and Kings.

Drama, War
The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game is a well-made, well-acted, thought-provoking film. Certainly its subject matter makes it a difficult one, and its …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Despite the title, Katniss’ struggle now is no game. There is no arena, there are no tributes. What we’re left …

Drama, Musical, War
Swing Kids

Set in WWII Germany, the film focuses on members of an apolitical movement (devoted to jazz music and swing dancing) …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Black Hawk Down

Oct. 3, 1993, has gone down in history as a black day for the U.S. Army. That’s when a mission …

Drama, War
Fury

Brad Pitt’s World War II tank warfare movie rubs our cinematic faces in two hours of grimy, dirty, charred-flesh misery.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Dracula Untold

A new dimension of the ancient monster Dracula is being exposed to the sunlight. Was he really just a misunderstood …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Kingdom of Heaven

For a movie about a religious war, there’s little faith to be found onscreen. Instead, Ridley Scott brings a 21st …

Drama, War
The Good Lie

Much like the 2006 award-winning documentary God Grew Tired of Us, this drama grabs Americans by the collar.

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Braveheart

A nominee for 10 Academy Awards and the winner of 5, “Braveheart” captures both the picturesque serenity and abject brutality …

Drama, War
Alexander

Oliver Stone brings the larger-than-life tale of Alexander the Great to the big screen.

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
The Expendables 3

The film never stops. It never breathes. It never wants anything other than one more exhilarating slam-crash-pow.