Comedy, Drama
Dear White People

A rumination on race relations at a fictional Ivy League school, Dear White People wants to give us something important …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
American Gangster

Is this the new ‘Scarface’? Rapper Jay-Z thinks so, and is devoting his new CD to his new gangster muse. …

Drama
The Judge

This judge-accused-of-murder tale is far less about legal entanglements and more about an estranged father and son searching for reconciliation.

Drama, Musical
Whiplash

Andrew Neiman’s determined to become one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time. To get there he’ll have to …

Horror
Seed of Chucky

The evil, mass-murdering dolls Chucky and Tiffany are back, and now they have a child. Is it any surprise that …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Kingdom of Heaven

For a movie about a religious war, there’s little faith to be found onscreen. Instead, Ridley Scott brings a 21st …

Comedy, Horror
Piranha

The director of The Hills Have Eyes should have called his gorefest The Fish Have Teeth. Lots of them. More …

Drama, Horror
Annabelle

Threatened babies, ceiling-crawling demons, screeching occultists and bloody suicides do not a watchable movie make. Even in the horror genre.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Gone Girl

This adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel is filled with enough graphic content to earn the strongest warning Plugged In …

Drama
Men, Women & Children

Men, Women & Children is not a fun movie. It is not a “good” movie. It is, for lots of …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Punisher: War Zone

Marvel reboots an ultra-violent franchise … now with even more ultra-violence!

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Equalizer

Based on an ’80s TV show, this Denzel Washington bloodbath wants to make sure it’s equal to its R rating.

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Casanova

History’s most infamous seducer meets his match in a fiery feminist writer in this Shakespeare-like tale of disguised identities, unmitigated …

Drama, Romance
Anything Else

It’s no secret that Woody Allen’s movies brim with neuroses. So it’s no surprise that this one overflows with codependency, …

Comedy, Horror
Tusk

It’s enough to make me wish the Internet itself had never been invented. But since it was, then all I …