Drama
All Saints

How does God move us to embrace His purpose for our lives?

Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

This sequel’s emphasis on hard work and working as a team could give moms and dads something substantive to discuss …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Emoji Movie

There’s not a lot here either to blow heart kisses at or shoot steam out of your nostrils over.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Despicable Me 3

There’s actually a lot more here than meets the whoopee cushion.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

For a slim segment of the populace—say, grade schoolers who consider a wet palm under a flapping arm to be …

Comedy, Kids
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

All the stuff that passed for “cute” in the Wimpy franchise’s books has been squeezed out of the film series.

Drama, Sports
Champion

All of us need forgiveness, and all of us need to extend it to those who wrong us. Champion poignantly …

Drama, Sports
Tommy’s Honour

Tommy’s Honour is a heartfelt, sometimes difficult dramatization of two of golf’s founding fathers.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Smurfs: The Lost Village

Frankly, the Smurfs: The Lost Village’s creators do something really brave: They make a movie … just for kids.

Drama
The Case for Christ

What does it take for a fiercely committed, almost militant atheist to place his faith in Christ? The Case for …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Boss Baby

The Boss Baby’s eventual affirmation of sibling bonding and familial love makes all its toddler toilet humor a bit more …

Drama, Sports
Slamma Jamma

While this basketball film sometimes stumbles a bit narratively and content-wise, on the court its slam dunk maestros literally soar.

Kids, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Beauty and the Beast

Families that don’t embrace Beauty and the Beast’s pro-gay moments will be forced to grapple with how best to respond …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Rock Dog

Rock Dog is a movie that is at times mildly charming (if predictable and formulaic) but more often just kind …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The LEGO Batman Movie

A tiny bit more restraint could have made this a movie we’d wholeheartedly recommend. As it is, it’s pretty good, …