Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Vast of Night

This movie, focusing on two small-town kids in small-town America, feels intimate in a way that sci-fi films rarely attempt.

Comedy, Drama
Military Wives

Military Wives deals realistically with the reality of war and deployment—especially its effects on those who stay behind.

Drama, Horror
Brahms: The Boy II

This horror pic becomes less and less credible—not to mention and less and less watchable—by the second.

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Emma. (2020)

The promise of this witty, PG-rated period piece is briefly undermined by some surprising content.

Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Valley Girl

Valley Girl—a remake of Nicholas Cage’s much raunchier, R-rated 1983 version—still has its fair share of PG-13-level concerns.

Drama, Horror
The Turning

The Turning offers a collection of dirty-mirror jump scenes in search of a point. Or a message. Or a story.

Drama
40: The Temptation of Christ

When Jesus was at His weakest point, His most vulnerable state, He was tested and tempted by Satan.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Underwater

Underwater skips exposition altogether and leaps with videogame-like glee into its deadly, high-pressure destruction.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Jumanji: The Next Level

This film feels anything but appropriate for families of young kids—the very audience you’d assume it’s made for.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Wendy

Wendy is an imaginative and, I think, moving rumination on youth and age, dreams and grief.

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Charlie’s Angels (2019)

This reboot’s empowering messages are ultimately undermined by its content concerns.

Drama
The Banker

The Banker offers respect for capitalism, a social conscience and a sense of fun—not a combination you find often.

Drama
Dark Waters

While this film is factual, well-made and eye-opening, it isn’t necessarily … enjoyable.

Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Knives Out

Knives Out layers on a bit more content than your typical Agatha Christie story.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Frozen II

Frozen II is not a slam-dunk, take-the-whole-fam movie for everyone.