Comedy
Trainwreck

Trainwreck, at least in terms of content, is just that—a careening, cataclysmic disaster loaded with stuff that no one should …

Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Romance
Irrational Man

Mr. Allen’s cinematic efforts aren’t so much irrational as they are incongruous as he deftly uncovers the folly of postmodernism’s …

Comedy
Soul Plane

Marijuana. Alcohol. Perverse sex. Racial stereotyping. A jumbo-jet load of profanities. This is “How High” and “Next Friday” aboard a …

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Order

This supernatural thriller could have been called CSI: The Vatican.

Drama, Horror
The Gallows

Let’s be clear: Just because a horror flick is modestly better, content-wise, than its restrictive rating suggests, that doesn’t make …

Comedy, Drama
Young Adult

What becomes of a high school beauty queen who never really grew up and can’t quite reconcile her thirtysomething unhappy …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Rambo

Rambo was last seen running shirtless around the deserts of Afghanistan 19 years ago. Now he emerges from retirement to …

Comedy
30 Minutes or Less

How long will you be in the theater before you wished you’d read this review first? How about 30 seconds …

Drama
Hustle & Flow

This gritty story of a pimp pursuing his hip-hop dream pulls no punches in the telling.

Comedy, Drama
Magic Mike XXL

What Magic Mike XXL ultimately offers is shallow escapism—intended to be as sexy and as tawdry as its pretty-boy leads

Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ted 2

Ted 2 is a two-hour exercise in frustration, because you can see that behind all the foulness, MacFarlane can actually …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Safe House

Sometimes, apparently, the most dangerous place to be is in a safe house. It’s certainly not a movie theater. Is …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
88 Minutes

Not even Al Pacino—with 88 days on his hands instead of only an hour and a half—can drag this depraved …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror
Straw Dogs

This remake of a violent 1971 “classic” serves up all the original’s rage and brutality with little of its reputed …

Drama
J. Edgar

The tangled tale of the FBI’s founding director gets a compassionate look from Leonardo DiCaprio and Clint Eastwood.