Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Pan’s Labyrinth

Director Guillermo del Toro uses a girl’s nightmarish fantasy world to explore the monsters of real life in a haunting, …

Action/Adventure, Horror
Chill Factor

Hijacking elements from previous high-octane actioners such as “Speed,” “The Rock” and any number of reluctant-partner buddy pics, “Chill Factor” …

Drama, Musical
Cadillac Records

Rock ‘n’ rollers didn’t invent sex and drugs. Actually, this biographical drama about Chess Records artists Muddy Waters, Little Walter, …

Comedy
Half-Baked

A reckless tribute to marijuana.

Horror
Primeval

In the uncivil tradition of Alligator and Lake Placid, journalists move in when South African villagers are terrorized by a …

Drama
The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate is a dense, ponderous (and sometimes foul) look at Julian Assange and the complex array of secrets …

Drama, Horror
Carrie

This “classic” horror pic is reimagined for the social media generation—and made all the more disturbing.

Drama
12 Years a Slave

This is one of the most searingly intense portraits of slavery ever committed to film, exercising onscreen brutality to bludgeon …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Escape Plan

Seems like this one’s pretty expendable after all.

Comedy, Horror
Scary Movie 2

According to the ads, “Scary Movie 2” is “More merciless. More shameless.” Give ’em points for honesty, ’cause those are …

Drama
Blow

A biopic of smuggler George Jung who hooked America on cocaine in the 1970s. This film’s message and its methods …

Drama, Horror
Cabin Fever

Unless you’re a doctor or a nurse, the thought of necrotizing fasciitis or fotobacterum damsela probably doesn’t horrify you …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Deception

Lonely accountant Ewan McGregor is swept into a secret sex club and must risk everything to save a woman he …

Drama, War
Lions for Lambs

Robert Redford weaves three stories about war and politics into an occasionally poignant, more often preachy message film about the …

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Machete Kills

The more people watch Machete kill, the more I wonder about the danger of forgetting that violence—real violence—isn’t at all …