Drama
Nightcrawler

Self-made journalist Louis Bloom is a bad person doing bad things … to make a good point? Does that make …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Laggies

To lag, meaning to fall or stay behind. That’s what Keira Knightley’s done in this quirky, indie dramedy. But the …

Drama, Horror
Ouija

Here we have yet another woeful byproduct of that much ballyhooed partnership between Hasbro and Universal Pictures.

Action/Adventure, Drama
John Wick

Never mind, then, that Film Freak Central says “the film sweats cool.” ‘Cause there’s no cinematic pot of gold at …

Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A washed-up movie star tries to find a second life as a serious stage actor. But his superhero alter ego …

Drama, War
Fury

Brad Pitt’s World War II tank warfare movie rubs our cinematic faces in two hours of grimy, dirty, charred-flesh misery.

Drama, Romance
The Best of Me

This overwrought romance gives us, of course, two likable lovers—and a really problematic love story.

Comedy, Drama
Dear White People

A rumination on race relations at a fictional Ivy League school, Dear White People wants to give us something important …

Drama
The Judge

This judge-accused-of-murder tale is far less about legal entanglements and more about an estranged father and son searching for reconciliation.

Comedy, Drama
St. Vincent

St. Vincent didn’t convince me of Vincent’s sainthood. But it does remind me that people are so much more than …

Drama, Musical
Whiplash

Andrew Neiman’s determined to become one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time. To get there he’ll have to …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Gone Girl

This adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel is filled with enough graphic content to earn the strongest warning Plugged In …

Drama, Horror
Annabelle

Threatened babies, ceiling-crawling demons, screeching occultists and bloody suicides do not a watchable movie make. Even in the horror genre.

Drama
Men, Women & Children

Men, Women & Children is not a fun movie. It is not a “good” movie. It is, for lots of …

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Equalizer

Based on an ’80s TV show, this Denzel Washington bloodbath wants to make sure it’s equal to its R rating.