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 …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Good Dinosaur

Those who do decide to jump in this rambunctious and alternate-reality river will at least find a few kid-focused lessons.

Drama, Sports
My All-American

The composition of a player’s heart outweighs the force of his bulk. And in the late 1960s, nobody had a …

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids
The Peanuts Movie

The Peanuts Movie is the perfect representation of some 50 years of Charles Schulz comic strips, condensed into a single …

Drama, Musical
Jem and the Holograms

Four or five stars would be seriously pushing things here. But I guess it’s a flick that’s probably worth at …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Goosebumps

I’m not as sanguine as the film’s star regarding the appropriate age to see a movie like Goosebumps.

Drama, Sports
Woodlawn

Though the context of this movie—which is based on a true story—is football, its lessons apply to so much more …

Action/Adventure, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pan

This explosion of CGI color is a long way from that beloved story about a boy in green tights who …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Hotel Transylvania 2

Anything in this oddball Halloween party pic worth really sinking your teeth into, though? Not really. But at least the …

Drama
Everest

There’s no real “woo-hoo!” moment by film’s end. It’s quite simply a well-acted, documentary-like chronicling.

cinderella 2015 movie
Drama
Cinderella (2015)

Disney reboots one of its greatest classics, this time as a thoroughly delightful live-action romance that majors not only on …