Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
A-X-L

If you were a bullied teen who just happened to stumble upon a huge robotic dog, what would you do?

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dog Days

This is a really tame romcom with lots of dogs. It’s not a dog movie for kids, in my estimation.

Comedy, Drama, Kids
Christopher Robin

This film wasn’t made just for kids. It was made for us—the adults who fret about our own Very Important …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies

Families who choose to cope with its inane gags will find a flick that delivers some solid messages about what …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation isn’t a perfect family film. But it’s still a pretty sweet one on many levels.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Incredibles 2

Pixar once again encourages us to think as we laugh and marvel and cringe and smile.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, War
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

This animated film offers young filmgoers an age-appropriate look at one of the worst conflicts in history.

Drama
The Miracle Season

This drama reminds us that dwelling on the ifs in life is no way to live it.

Drama
God’s Not Dead: A Light in the Darkness

This film does something unexpected: It suggests that winning the culture war isn’t what matters most for Christians.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs has some nice messages and a worthy moral. But it also can be sad and kinda disturbing …

Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Sherlock Gnomes

This is your standard, plastic, pink flamingo of a movie—colorful and cute and maybe even fun, but kinda tacky, too.

Drama
I Can Only Imagine

I was skeptical that a movie based on a song could work—no matter how great that song was. But I’ll …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time is no masterpiece. But it still has a wrinkle or two of its own that families …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Early Man

This stop-motion flick is all just zany, cockamamie clay craziness designed to make your kids cackle.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids
Peter Rabbit

Peter Rabbit is exactly what you’d expect¬¬—except for a few scenes that are actually more redemptive than the trailers suggest.