Animation, Comedy, Kids
Finding Dory

Dory’s determination to return home, then, becomes a series of teachable moments about loss, parental nurturing, friendship …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Alice Through the Looking Glass

This yesterday-and-tomorrow-but-never-today amusement feels less dark and dangerous than the Alice in Wonderland original.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Angry Birds Movie

What more were we expecting from a cartoon based on a phone app that shoots miffed birds at pigs?

Drama, Romance
Love & Friendship

Call it an 18th-century romcom, if you will, a silly, sometimes winkingly salacious warm-up for the likes of Sense & …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ratchet & Clank

It’s a fast-paced, action-heavy story linked to the franchise’s games. It even attempts to strike a kid-friendly balance up on …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Jungle Book

An audacious—and kind of awesome at times—update of the Rudyard Kipling-written, Disney-appropriated classic tale.

Drama
God’s Not Dead 2

God’s Not Dead challenges American Christians to grapple with the fact that freedom to express their faith is under fire. …

Drama
Miracles From Heaven

This is a very human-feeling drama that’s still all about God’s priorities, God’s choices and God’s timing.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Zootopia

More carrots than you might expect to chew on while cabbing the kiddie crew home.

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.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Norm of the North

Jokes about what adults will be able to, um, “bear” aside, this is really a pretty awful kid’s film.

Drama, Sports
The Masked Saint

The idea of a professional wrestler becoming a pastor might seem, well, preposterous. But that’s the part that’s actually “inspired …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

It’s not just the Force awakening in Episode VII. It’s the franchise’s charm. And maybe its life lessons, too.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

What can you say about yet another Chipmunk movie? Surely nothing all that surprising. Or even enlightening.

Drama
The Letters

Mother Teresa’s story is strong enough to inspire us, no matter how it’s presented. And so The Letters challenges each …