Comedy, Drama
Dean

Dean is as quirky and meandering as its titular character’s offbeat drawings are, stumbling through its tragicomic (and occasionally profane …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Wonder Woman

In an entertainment landscape obsessed with flawed heroes, unlikeable heroes and antiheroes, Diana is—unapologetically—a real hero.

Drama, Romance
Everything, Everything

Everything, Everything invites us to root for and to romanticize a teen’s decision to potentially risk her life for a …

Comedy, Kids
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

All the stuff that passed for “cute” in the Wimpy franchise’s books has been squeezed out of the film series.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is a passable, if still problematic, diversion. But it’s not Camelot. Not even close.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Whether you saw or avoided the original Guardians, that choice will likely inform what you do with Vol. 2, because …

Comedy
How to Be a Latin Lover

Quite frankly, even if you like the idea of giggling at a pot-bellied, over-the-hill gigolo in a speedo, it’ll be …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Circle

With so much to say, the filmmakers struggled with how to say it, resulting in a confused and rather creepily …

Drama, Horror
Phoenix Forgotten

Phoenix Forgotten is not as problematic as many of its horrific peers. But that doesn’t mean it’s worth buying a …

Drama
The Promise

The Promise’s painful portrait of the Armenian genocide isn’t an easy one to watch. But the story it tells is …

Drama, Sports
Tommy’s Honour

Tommy’s Honour is a heartfelt, sometimes difficult dramatization of two of golf’s founding fathers.

Drama, War
The Lost City of Z

So what we have here is a meticulously crafted and slow-moving film that captures the life of a man consumed …

Action/Adventure
The Fate of the Furious

If the audience ever slipped into idle for 30 seconds, they’d realize just how physics-defying and ridiculous this frenetic cinematic …

Drama
Gifted

Gifted delivers a warm, heartstring-plucking message about our inbuilt need to love and be loved. It proudly proclaims the self-sacrificial, …

Comedy, Drama
Going in Style

Even if Going In Style is intended to be a whimsical farce, it still plants a troubling seed: that successfully …