Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Terminator: Dark Fate

Unlike the last two PG-13 flicks in this franchise, Dark Fate ratchets things back up to R-rated levels.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Motherless Brooklyn

Motherless Brooklyn aspires to be a retro-noir thriller along the lines of 1974’s Chinatown.

Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Parasite

Whatever warmth and hope we find here is buried under seriously troubling behavior.

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
6 Underground

Michael Bay’s Netflix debut is little more than endless explosions, an unbelievable plot and explicit content. Oh, and Ryan Reynolds.

Drama
Waves

Grace is found here. But for our purposes, it’s bought with a price.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Good Liar

The Good Liar isn’t great. In fact, it has more cutting edges and caustic bits than you would expect, or …

Drama
Honey Boy

This former child star’s path to redemption is obviously a painful one, filled with excesses and extremes onscreen.

Drama
Marriage Story

Perhaps the most important message we can take away from Marriage Story is quite simple: Divorce is horrible.

Drama
The Irishman

Director Martin Scorsese’s Netflix-based The Irishman feels a little like a particularly bloody version of Forrest Gump.

Drama, War
The King

For a film that preaches peace so vehemently, there’s an awful lot of fighting going on here. Blood pours by …

Drama, Horror
The Lighthouse

This cinematic nor’easter is more disheartening and spiritually oppressive than nearly anything you’re apt to find on a theater screen.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Black and Blue

While the surprisingly earnest message here is refreshing, it’s still submerged in a stew of violence and profanity.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Horror
Zombieland: Double Tap

This movie is a pointless joke with a crushed-skull punchline: Like your average zombie, it doesn’t have a single reason …

Comedy, Drama
The Laundromat

The Laundromat pulls back the curtain on a complex system of laws that enables wealthy individuals and corporations to avoid …

Comedy
Jexi

As Jexi ruins Phil’s life, she wastes two hours of ours.