Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Don’t Breathe

Everybody is wrong and wronged here, tortured and torturer. Some more than others.

Drama, Sports
Hands of Stone

At its core, Hands of Stone is a movie about men pounding each other into submission, even to the point …

Drama
War Dogs

War Dogs is a profane cautionary tale about what happens when greed and cleverness inevitably undermine integrity in the pursuit …

Drama, Western
Hell or High Water

Hell or High Water has a few memorable moments tucked in with its tobacco pouch. But that memorable stuff is …

Animation, Comedy
Sausage Party

We need about as much nuance to review this sick flick as comedian Seth Rogen used restraint in making it. …

Comedy
Bad Moms

It’s unhealthy to shoot for perfection, and it can damage both parents and kids. But it’s really, really unhealthy to …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Into the Forest

Poignant, impactful messages about the sanctity of life, however, are delivered in a story that rarely glances away from images …

Drama
The Infiltrator

Do we need to wade through the brutal, cocaine-laced underworld that Bob Mazur inhabits?

Comedy
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

The breakdown between naughty and nice in this predictable, formulaic, raunchy flick is about 95% naughty, 5% nice. And that’s …

Comedy, Drama
Captain Fantastic

Because God is missing here, Captain Fantastic falls short of its idealistic aspirations.

Action/Adventure, Horror
The Purge: Election Year

This is a gruesome psychodrama of class and racial warfare that projects an almost cartoonishly slanted political message.

Drama
Free State of Jones

Beneath rivulets of blood and lugubrious storytelling are beautiful messages about freedom, equality, self-reliance and the faith that undergirds it …

Drama, Horror
The Conjuring 2

For Christians who already know God is out there, do they need to face these cinematic demons?

Comedy
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Popstar wittily—but often very crudely—deconstructs the self-absorbed narcissism that traps ego-driven stars in a bubble world of their own creating.

Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Nice Guys

Life for the folks depicted in this late-’70s throwback portrait of Los Angeles is anything but pleasant.