Comedy, Romance
Long Shot

Long Shot is everything you’d expect from an R-rated comedy starring Seth Rogen.

Drama
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile delivers a sobering, graphic dramatization of Ted Bundy’s murderous life.

Drama, Horror
The Curse of La Llorona

Parents have enough to worry about with their kids now. They don’t need a bogeyman to ratchet up their anxiety …

Drama
Mary Magdalene

This movie conveniently cherry-picks its sermon points from wherever is most convenient—the Bible, Gnosticism and our own 21st-century ethos.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Hellboy (2019)

Hellboy may be one of the most insanely grotesque movies I’ve ever seen.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Pet Sematary

We will choose selfishly, this grim pic asserts. We will be foolish, even when we know the outcome will be …

Drama
Unplanned

Through the eyes of one woman who once believed she was doing good, we see the horror of abortion for …

Comedy, Drama
The Beach Bum

Out of all the movies I’ve reviewed, this one is at the top of the cautionary charts.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Us

Jordan Peele knows how to draw a good story, no question. But when he colors it in, it’s always dripping …

Drama
Gloria Bell

Gloria Bell’s well-acted intimacies are uncomfortable and disturbing as well.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Hummingbird Project

This coarse morality tale encourages viewers to recognize the futility of lives driven totally by materialism.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Hotel Mumbai

Hotel Mumbai shows us the terror we find in terrorism.

Drama
The Highwaymen

Cinematic contemplations here give viewers something to chew on. But it’s not always a pleasant mouthful.

Action/Adventure
Triple Threat

This pic is really all about well-choreographed poundings and excruciating beatdowns.

Drama, Romance, War
The Aftermath

As the broken characters in The Aftermath well know, what’s seen cannot be unseen, what’s done cannot be undone.