Wonderstruck
This is not your typical kids’ movie. There are no explosions, fantasy flights or cartoon characters to be found anywhere.
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Winnie-the-Pooh is a timeless classic, featuring a honey-loving bear with a forest full of animal friends. But the true story behind it is more complicated.
The Stray
The Stray is a personal story professionally told, a Christian film that incorporates faith without pulling out a Bible and thwacking viewers with it.
The Emoji Movie
There’s not a lot here either to blow heart kisses at or shoot steam out of your nostrils over.
Despicable Me 3
There’s actually a lot more here than meets the whoopee cushion.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
For a slim segment of the populace—say, grade schoolers who consider a wet palm under a flapping arm to be high art—this pic will likely be a winner.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
It’s been six years since we last saw Jack Sparrow wobble his way across a well-swabbed deck. And his return feels pretty hoist-the-main-sail familiar.
Champion
All of us need forgiveness, and all of us need to extend it to those who wrong us. Champion poignantly reminds us of that fundamental spiritual truth.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
All the stuff that passed for “cute” in the Wimpy franchise’s books has been squeezed out of the film series.
Born in China
Born in China pushes the delicate predator-prey visual balance a bit further than Disney’s previous nature documentaries.