Krampus
The spiritual ideas buried in this unsettling movie can be unearthed more easily in ways that don’t involve a goat demon.
Victor Frankenstein
A messy experience, any way you want to slice it.
Creed
I wish they’d left the profanity and sexual nods on the mat right along with the sweat and the blood. But there’s something undeniably affirming and upright about the rest of this.
Secret in Their Eyes
Based on an Oscar-winning Argentinean drama, this is a film that’s uncomfortable and sometimes downright difficult to watch.
Carol
When a love story doesn’t know what real love is, how can we trust it with anything else?
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is no more a nice movie than Katniss is a nice person. But it is a courageous movie, just as Katniss is courageous. And it cares about a cause, just as she does.
Legend
America cinema has long raised its glass to the gangster. Maybe it’s time for a different vintage.
The Night Before
The Night Before could have been called The Nightmare Before had Tim Burton not already made off with the name.
The 33
The fact that all 33 miners made it out of the mine is something of a miracle. And this movie doesn’t try to deny that God was a part of it.
Love the Coopers
It’s not Bad Santa, thankfully. Not even close.