Drama, Western
The Sisters Brothers

As this movie suggests, gold ain’t the only thing that can do bad things to our souls.

Drama, Horror
Hell Fest

This ridiculous, derivative and predictable carnival of crass carnage might more accurately have been dubbed Dumb Fest.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror
Assassination Nation

This film is literally about showing the worst in all of us, and as explicitly as seems possible.

Drama, Romance
Life Itself

Life Itself is both beautiful and tragic.

Drama
White Boy Rick

This movie feels messy in every which way.

The Predator

Quinn McKenna is a Special Forces guy who’s very effective behind a sniper scope and hair trigger. If you want …

Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
A Simple Favor

Despite some compelling cinematic moments, what we end up with here is basically Gone Girl-lite.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Nun

Along with its spirituality, The Nun invites a whole host of supernatural grotesquerie to the party.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Peppermint

This flick is a horribly written 102 minutes of bloodletting and spewed foul language.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Little Stranger

This film blends its eerie atmospherics with brief moments of terrible, frighteningly realistic bloodshed.

Action/Adventure, Comedy
The Happytime Murders

I’ve seen worse movies this year. But I don’t know if I’ve seen anything that made me more sad.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Mile 22

Mile 22 is dumb, frenetic and oh-so bloody—a feature-length romp through a hurricane of fists and feet and death.

Drama
The Wife

The Wife offers a beautiful, complex, chaotic portrayal of a married couple whose relationship is haunted by a dark secret.

Drama
BlacKkKlansman

For the most part, BlacKkKlansman reflects upon the disturbingly vile mindset of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The Spy Who Dumped Me

Anyone who buys a ticket to this R-rated Bond-ish spoof will need some kind of super-spy tech to get through …