Comedy, Drama
The Intern

The Intern does some good work. But it never finishes the job.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

An overlong frenetic freefall of a film that, for all its action, feels surprisingly bereft of drama.

Drama
Captive

Families may feel the film depicts more of Ashley’s and Brian’s sinfulness than they want to see. But this difficult …

Comedy, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Visit

Before you know it, the zest of an original perspective explodes against the screen in predictably wincing and foul and …

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

It feels strangely cynical, and its pseudo aversion to cursing—while welcome—can’t completely ameliorate the moral hole at its core.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Hercules

No matter how you parse these spiritual musings, though, there are plenty of other reasons not to see Hercules.

Comedy, Drama, Musical
Ricki and the Flash

This is a story that, in its own damaged way, is about family, healing and grace. It’s about how the …

Comedy, Kids, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Descendants

Descendants offers some great lessons on the power of love, second chances and the acknowledgement that we’re all worthy and …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

This Mission, should you choose to accept it, can be exciting and fun. But it can be dangerous and perhaps …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pixels

Most of the truly creative parts of this cute idea could fit in the space of a trailer … which …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ant-Man

This twelfth entry in the modern series of Marvel Universe movies feels a bit, uh, smaller (less groundbreaking) than the …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Self/less

Self/less is exactly the movie you might expect, given its rating, its star and its summertime release: a crude, violent, …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Terminator Genisys

No matter how much a director strives to change a franchise’s cinematic past when rebooting it, all that change can …

Comedy, Drama
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Makes for a compelling story – told in a way that we haven’t seen a dozen times already as we’re …

Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Jurassic World

Seriously? Some unsavvy insurance company is still issuing coverage policies to this dyno-devoted theme park? And they’re still making movies …