Drama, Horror
The Witch

The devil truly is in the details in this dreary, demented rumination on wickedness … that has no godly counter …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Kids, Musical
Hercules

Born on Mount Olympus to Zeus and Hera, baby Hercules is welcomed into the family of gods.

Comedy
Zoolander No. 2

This might be fashionable these days. But it’ll never be pretty.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Deadpool

With great power comes great responsibility. That’s what Spider-Man taught us. But Deadpool is as irresponsible as they come.

Comedy
How to Be Single

How to Be Single is a lousy title for this movie. There’s really very little insight of any kind here …

Drama, Romance
The Choice

The Choice dutifully checks every expected box—both the poignant elements and the problematic ones.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Feels a lot like all of its extras: mostly dead.

Comedy
Hail, Caesar!

There’s always more than “surface” to a Coen collaboration.

Drama, Western
Jane Got a Gun

A whole lot of bullets find their final resting places in bad guys’ skulls before that riding-off-into-sunset scene finally comes …

Comedy
Fifty Shades of Black

To truly describe this movie, one must invent new words that mean “ridiculously foul,” only worse.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids
Kung Fu Panda 3

As in past entries, the goofball, underachieving panda protagonist has a lot more than dumplings dumped on his plate.

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Finest Hours

Disney’s The Finest Hours feels like an old-fashioned adventure yarn that wants to inspire as much as thrill.

Comedy
Dirty Grandpa

Dirty Grandpa lives down to its name, then plunges so much deeper into verbal and visual refuse that the word …

Drama, Horror
The Boy

The story’s super creepy setup makes a notable shift from the dark side, shall we say, to the psychological side …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The 5th Wave

There’s a huge difference between difficult topics and difficult—sometimes gratuitous—content.