Drama
Mary Magdalene

This movie conveniently cherry-picks its sermon points from wherever is most convenient—the Bible, Gnosticism and our own 21st-century ethos.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Pet Sematary

We will choose selfishly, this grim pic asserts. We will be foolish, even when we know the outcome will be …

Comedy, Drama
The Beach Bum

Out of all the movies I’ve reviewed, this one is at the top of the cautionary charts.

Drama
Unplanned

Through the eyes of one woman who once believed she was doing good, we see the horror of abortion for …

Drama
Gloria Bell

Gloria Bell’s well-acted intimacies are uncomfortable and disturbing as well.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Hummingbird Project

This coarse morality tale encourages viewers to recognize the futility of lives driven totally by materialism.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Hotel Mumbai

Hotel Mumbai shows us the terror we find in terrorism.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Us

Jordan Peele knows how to draw a good story, no question. But when he colors it in, it’s always dripping …

Drama
The Highwaymen

Cinematic contemplations here give viewers something to chew on. But it’s not always a pleasant mouthful.

Action/Adventure
Triple Threat

This pic is really all about well-choreographed poundings and excruciating beatdowns.

Drama, Romance, War
The Aftermath

As the broken characters in The Aftermath well know, what’s seen cannot be unseen, what’s done cannot be undone.

Drama, Horror
Greta

This film is so obviously telegraphed, so vacuous and unpleasant that it hardly merits being considered by any discerning moviegoer.

Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Happy Death Day 2U

The pic’s sarcastic treatment of suicide, paired with its misogynistic deadliness, makes it even more disquieting than the original.

Comedy, Romance
What Men Want

What do men really want? This film’s answer to that question isn’t flattering at all.

Drama, Horror
The Prodigy

This horror film kills with abandon, mutilates with gusto and has absolutely nothing at all to say.