Mud
A boy finds a man who’s living in a boat that’s stuck in a tree. That may sound outlandish. But in this delta world it’s as normal as catfish pie and broken hearts.
Pain & Gain
Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson team up with Transformers director Michael Bay to tell the dark story of a bizarre real-life kidnapping gone murderously awry … in the form of a comedy.
Oblivion
Tom Cruise’s latest sci-fi actioner mashes up all sorts of things. And some of them aren’t even alien. It’s clever and mindless. It’s fun and foul. It’s instructive and destructive.
Scary Movie V
The Scary Movie flicks haven’t ever been all that scary. Oh! These things are supposed to be parodies? That’s odd. They’ve never been funny either.
Disconnect
This cautionary drama graphically demonstrates what’s at stake when online relationships become more “real” than the flesh and blood ones closest to us.
Not Today
By highlighting the plight of one father and one daughter in India, Not Today tackles the subject of human trafficking in microcosm, while painting a broader picture globally.
To the Wonder
Inspirational (and insufferable) director Terrence Malick is back with a sometimes wonderful, sometimes sexual (and always unusual) rumination on love and faith.
Evil Dead
You’ve already seen the title. So you don’t need to read this review. Really, you don’t. Don’t even bother. Move the cursor away. Click on something that’s quick instead of dead. Something green instead of red. Please. No, no, DON—
The Place Beyond the Pines
It’s a nice sounding title, but there’s no peaceful breeze wafting through these trees. This father-son micro-epic snaps off limbs and uproots saplings in a gale of horrific choices.
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Marriage is about sticking together, for better or worse, ’til death do us part. But those vows can be get tested when a handsome, Ferrari-driving tech mogul comes slithering through the door—especially in a Tyler Perry morality tale.