Drama
The Post

It’s not fake news to say that this story is pretty compelling.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

While trying to craft something for your typical 13-year-old’s enjoyment, the new Jumanji writing team dumbed things down.

Drama
Wonder Wheel

Woody Allen goes dark with Wonder Wheel, a movie far more bleak and more adult than its PG-13 rating would …

Drama, War
Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour shines.

Drama
Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Roman J. Israel Esq. tells us that not only is virtue its own reward, it is, ultimately, the only one.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Justice League

In a year filled with top-flight superhero movies, DC’s answer to Marvel’s Avengers barely gets off the ground.

Comedy
Daddy’s Home 2

Between put-downs, profanity and off-color gags, this movie still manages to say something about how important dads are.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Murder on the Orient Express

Let’s not lose sight of what Murder on the Orient Express does offer—a content-light mystery that feels true to the …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Thor: Ragnarok

Thor and Hulk have been replaced by two beefy, good ol’ boy jokesters who’d be right at home in a …

Drama
Breathe

Breathe helps us see that even a severely limited existence is something to be held up as precious.

Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Geostorm

This tale would probably make more sense if you could just turn off the dialogue and watch the splashy images …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Only the Brave

This film’s characters are often heroic. Its language often isn’t.

Drama
Marshall

Marshall inspires. But it disappoints, too.

Drama
Loving Vincent

This story artfully investigates different perspectives on the questions that swirl around Vincent van Gogh’s death.

Comedy
Home Again

Hampered by a laissez-faire, morally minimal worldview, Reese Witherspoon’s latest is a film that could have been better … but …