Contributor: Paul Asay

Tyler Perry presents what may be his least comedic, least melodramatic movie to date. But don’t think for a second that the play on words in the title is an accident.

You just can’t keep a good monster down—not when he’s 350 feet tall. And now Japan’s favorite destroyer of cities has a little company. (We mean big company!)

Yet another typical Jack Black comedy? Not so much. This silly spoof of the movie industry teacheth more than it doth know.

Is this the new ‘Scarface’? Rapper Jay-Z thinks so, and is devoting his new CD to his new gangster muse. (And we can’t think of a clearer condemnation of a movie than that.)

St. Vincent didn’t convince me of Vincent’s sainthood. But it does remind me that people are so much more than a résumé or rap sheet.

Men, Women & Children is not a fun movie. It is not a “good” movie. It is, for lots of reasons, quite difficult to sit through.

Based on an ’80s TV show, this Denzel Washington bloodbath wants to make sure it’s equal to its R rating.

Miley Cyrus wasn’t laughing out loud when her latest movie was yanked out theaters (due to dismal attendance) mere days after it arrived. We’re not laughing out loud now that it’s available on video.

In the midst of that dank darkness, the story works hard to hit at some of the big issues teens deal with.

Vengeful Mormons slaughter men, women and children in this bloody vision of the Sept. 11, 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre.

It’s really nothing more than a lame, sadistically minded thriller that relies on its overbearing musical score to tell you when to jump.

Winter’s in need of a new friend! So it’s the search for a slippery soul mate that gives this clean-water movie its porpoise.

Arsty indie director Terrence Malick’s rumination on faith, nature and grace is vibrant, provocative, relevant and beautifully maddening.

While the flick gives Pierce Brosnan a chance to play a spy again, the suave former 007 feels miscast as the bleak and ruthless November Man, and his charm gets lost in the movie’s sadism.

As a superhero story, Venom ironically lacks teeth.