Comedy
Home Again

Hampered by a laissez-faire, morally minimal worldview, Reese Witherspoon’s latest is a film that could have been better … but …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Birth of the Dragon

Birth of the Dragon unexpectedly illustrates some important spiritual truths in a story that otherwise plays fast and loose with …

Comedy, Drama
Logan Lucky

Now, I don’t have anything against a clever caper movie, and this one’s pretty clever. But we must remember the …

Drama
The Glass Castle

The story of Jeanette Walls’ family is an achingly poignant one, exposing deep imperfections amid remarkable beauty.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Western
The Dark Tower

We find a strong dramatic proclamation made that even the most powerful of evil can be faced down by the …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

If you’ve seen French director Luc Besson’s 1997 sci-fi extravaganza The Fifth Element, you’ve got an inkling of what to …

Drama, War
Dunkirk

Dunkirk dramatizes the complexity of war—both its horrors and heroism—while admirably not straying beyond the boundaries of a PG-13 rating.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
War For the Planet of the Apes

This is indeed a war movie. But in truth, the war it depicts is not fought with spears and guns …

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Wish Upon

The wishes here aren’t creative in the least. The same can’t be said, however, of Wish Upon’s macabre fixation with …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Spider-Man: Homecoming

Oh, Spidey. Tony Stark was right: Your enthusiasm is admirable, but sometimes you could be a little more … prudent.

Drama
Maudie

I walked into Maudie pretty sure of what it would be: sweet, quirky, problematic in places and inspiring in others. …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Transformers: The Last Knight

Michael Bay’s latest Transformer movie never transforms itself into anything worth watching.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror
47 Meters Down

It’s never a good sign when an audience laughs repeatedly at the plight of two terror-stricken women trapped at the …

Drama
The Journey

For fans of historical drama who want to be educated while being entertained, The Journey offers fodder for some serious …

Drama
The Book of Henry

Whatever shortfalls this movie may have, apathy is not among them.