Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Wonder Woman

In an entertainment landscape obsessed with flawed heroes, unlikeable heroes and antiheroes, Diana is—unapologetically—a real hero.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

For a slim segment of the populace—say, grade schoolers who consider a wet palm under a flapping arm to be …

Action/Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

It’s been six years since we last saw Jack Sparrow wobble his way across a well-swabbed deck. And his return …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Baywatch

Even Dwayne Johnson’s formidable biceps and sense of humor can’t save this raunched-up remake from drowning.

Drama, Romance
Everything, Everything

Everything, Everything invites us to root for and to romanticize a teen’s decision to potentially risk her life for a …

Drama, Sports
Champion

All of us need forgiveness, and all of us need to extend it to those who wrong us. Champion poignantly …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Alien: Covenant

It’s probably too much to ask of this franchise to rein in its bloody ways.

Comedy, Kids
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

All the stuff that passed for “cute” in the Wimpy franchise’s books has been squeezed out of the film series.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is a passable, if still problematic, diversion. But it’s not Camelot. Not even close.

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Snatched

Snatched excels at gross-out humor, anatomical vulgarity and lethal hijinks. Between those gags is a story about a mother and …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
The Wall

By the time The Wall crawls to its grim conclusion, it has mightily sought to subvert the American hero war …

Comedy, Drama
The Lovers

No matter what potentially positive marriage messages you mine from this well-acted, R-rated dramedy, other significant issues remain.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Whether you saw or avoided the original Guardians, that choice will likely inform what you do with Vol. 2, because …

Drama, Sports
Chuck

While Chuck’s unlikely moral victory against the great Mohammad Ali might’ve inspired the movie Rocky, this flick is really about …

Comedy
How to Be a Latin Lover

Quite frankly, even if you like the idea of giggling at a pot-bellied, over-the-hill gigolo in a speedo, it’ll be …