The Infiltrator
Do we need to wade through the brutal, cocaine-laced underworld that Bob Mazur inhabits?
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
The breakdown between naughty and nice in this predictable, formulaic, raunchy flick is about 95% naughty, 5% nice. And that’s probably being generous.
Captain Fantastic
Because God is missing here, Captain Fantastic falls short of its idealistic aspirations.
The Legend of Tarzan
This CGI smorgasbord tells what Warner Bros. hopes is a bankable story, but it’s not a great one.
The Purge: Election Year
This is a gruesome psychodrama of class and racial warfare that projects an almost cartoonishly slanted political message.
The Shallows
The Shallows isn’t just a “We’re gonna need a bigger boat” clone. It actually goes quite a bit deeper than that.
Independence Day: Resurgence
In Independence Day: Resurgence, love—of country, of home, of others—conquers all, even if aliens destroy much of humanity before we get that happy ending.
Free State of Jones
Beneath rivulets of blood and lugubrious storytelling are beautiful messages about freedom, equality, self-reliance and the faith that undergirds it all.
Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence takes some sadly predictable detours.
Warcraft
A film that does live up to its name.