Hell or High Water
Hell or High Water has a few memorable moments tucked in with its tobacco pouch. But that memorable stuff is as much negative as positive.
Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins reminds us all that, sometimes, passion trumps perfection. That what we love doesn’t always make sense.
Suicide Squad
While it’s not quite as grim as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, it’s even more problematic, and it’s certainly not the tonic that Warner Bros. hoped it would be.
Into the Forest
Poignant, impactful messages about the sanctity of life, however, are delivered in a story that rarely glances away from images of sexual intimacy and raw violence when they intermittently occur.
Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne, the assassin, may be a mysterious figure. But Jason Bourne, the movie, is a known quantity.
Bad Moms
It’s unhealthy to shoot for perfection, and it can damage both parents and kids. But it’s really, really unhealthy to shoot for bad—something that Bad Moms just doesn’t get.
Nerve
Instead of a cautionary commentary, what we’re left with is a collection of pretty people doing reckless stuff while baring just enough skin to attract young viewers but sneak under the R-rated threshold.
Lights Out
Lots of kids are scared of the dark. Martin has reason to be. Shadows are dangerous in Martin’s world: The blackness under the bed. The webbed gloom of the closet. Something lurks in the lightless corners, watching, awaiting her chance. Just fanciful imaginings? Terrors in a little boy’s head? Martin knows differently. But what if […]
Café Society
If there is a point in this mostly pointless movie, it seems Woody Allen is asking: Why choose? Why worry? Why can’t we do what the heart wants to do? Why does it have to be so difficult?
Ghostbusters (2016)
Ghostbusting in any decade is far less kid-friendly than many would have you believe.