The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a rollicking, satisfying conclusion to Peter Jackson’s second Tolkien trilogy. It’s also easily the most violent.
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice is a whacked-out, confused, incoherent mess of a movie—and intentionally so.
Exodus: Gods and Kings
It’s not how God looks that’s the most troubling thing: It’s how He acts in Exodus: Gods and Kings.
Top Five
Too bad this serious Chris Rock comedy won’t even make our Top 500.
Ragamuffin
This is the cautionary, complicated tale of Christian singer/songwriter Rich Mullins.
Still Alice
Through a tearfully gripping story of early-onset Alzheimer’s we’re shown that love is well worth clinging to.
Wild
By the end of this two-hour-but-oh-so-much-longer-feeling journey we too have some extra baggage to hoist, most of it visual.
The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game is a well-made, well-acted, thought-provoking film. Certainly its subject matter makes it a difficult one, and its snide dismissals of God don’t help.
Horrible Bosses 2
Horrible Bosses 2 is desperately trying to be even more horrible than its predecessor. It’s really no more than that, and it’s certainly no less
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Despite the title, Katniss’ struggle now is no game. There is no arena, there are no tributes. What we’re left with is a bitter war and a dim vision of a better tomorrow.