Endless Love
This remake of the 1981 Brooke Shields movie is catnip for moon-eyed teens, a sexually charged fantasy that encourages young girls to dream of sonnet-worthy relationships with the cute criminal in algebra class.
Winter’s Tale
Destiny, magic, time travel, Lucifer in Manhattan, winged souls in the stars. It all gets tossed at the screen.
RoboCop
RoboCop’s violence and other content concerns may be dialed down a bit compared to the original. But that relatively positive divergence shouldn’t be confused with any sort of energetic endorsement.
Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy’s trailer makes it look like a mash-up of Twilight and Harry Potter. And it is. But the movie’s bloodthirsty headmaster also lobs in Gossip Girl and, weirdly, Juno.
The Monuments Men
What if rescuing a Botticelli means a mother in Bristol or a sweetheart in South Carolina might lose the light of her life? Is art worth saving? And at what price? This George Clooney film draws a few conclusions.
Labor Day
In this touching and tender love story, a convicted killer takes a woman and her 13-year-old boy hostage. Yes, it’s one of the stranger love- and family-affirmation stories we’re going to be talking about this year.
That Awkward Moment
Maybe star Zac Efron’s assessment is all we really need here: “This movie’s all about, ‘Bring it on. How can it get more awkward?'”
I, Frankenstein
Oh, poor Mary Shelley. Frankenstein’s original author would be horrified (as it were) with this misshapen monstrosity her book has indirectly wrought.
Gimme Shelter
Based on a true story, Gimme Shelter is a gritty, painfully grown-up depiction of what it looks like when a teenager (Vanessa Hudgens) is forced to grow up too soon. It grapples with and pushes toward hope and life in the midst of pregnancy, abandonment, homelessness and abuse.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
It’s a new star, a new director, a new look and a new history. Chris Pine gives us Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan in a cinematic reboot—without direct help from the late author’s written words this time.