Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
xXx: Return of Xander Cage

This is the sort of movie that makes your standard shoot-em-up videogame look subtle, the Fast and Furious franchise (star …

Drama, Horror
Split

Shyamalan relishes peeling back the layers of an unsettling storyline with disturbingly creepy savor.

Drama
The Founder

The Founder tells Ray Kroc’s story, a tale of oversized success built on beef and buns. And in its cautionary …

Drama, Horror
The Bye Bye Man

The Bye Bye Man is a dumb depository of derivative death-dealing that anyone who’s ever watched a movie of this …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
A Monster Calls

A boy’s journey through grief uncovers some surprising truths by the time the credits roll.

Drama
Fences

Even though its dialogue can be harsh and its protagonist can be a monster, Fences has some important things to …

Drama
Lion

Lion is a gripping, moving, inspiring film that’s high in heart and relatively low in content.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Assassin’s Creed

Between its tortured logic and its fatalistic view of religion, Assassin’s Creed does little more than kill off a couple …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Passengers

If Passengers teaches us anything, it’s only as an afterthought. The film is an entertainment vehicle. And like the spaceship …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One is theoretically a different kind of Star Wars movie. Except that it’s not.

Drama
Collateral Beauty

The whole production feels like a mildly melodramatic stage play that isn’t afraid to take its time and to wax …

Comedy, Drama, Musical
La La Land

Director Damien Chazelle unleashes an old-school, tour de force musical, proving that original, Oscar-worthy moviemaking—without R-rated gratuity—is actually still possible …

Drama, Horror
Incarnate

So is it possible to make an effective exorcism story without, y’know, all that God stuff? No. And Incarnate proves …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rules Don’t Apply

It’s sad this film about Howard Hughes lacks any sort of real moral underpinning. It seems the makers took its …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Much of this movie’s magicking revolves around Harry Potter-style witchcraft.