Contributor: Paul Asay

From acclaimed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki comes a fantasy-laced biopic that flies through the life of WWII Zero engineer Jirô Horikoshi.

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.

Beyoncé Knowles goes mano a mano with Ali Larter in this ‘Fatal Attraction’ takeoff.

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.

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.

Oh, poor Mary Shelley. Frankenstein’s original author would be horrified (as it were) with this misshapen monstrosity her book has indirectly wrought.

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.

Wanna ride along with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube in a crass cop comedy? Maybe read this first.

Waitress is a tale about love, motherhood and baking desserts. Are the themes sweet and filling, or just plain flaky?

Call him the Muscles from Mycenae. This stout, classical demigod has a kingdom to win, a woman to woo … and some biblical allegories to explore?

Load up on silver bullets and get the flea bath ready: The Wolfman is back. And his bite is far worse than his bark.

The latest from Twilight scribe Stephenie Meyer fuses a familiar sci-fi premise with an equally familiar romantic one … with decidedly mixed results.

Sex, lies, war wounds and one exceptionally crude word serve as highlights in this acclaimed but curiously soulless Keira Knightley film.

This deep Meryl Streep-Julia Roberts drama has been called a comedy by some. It’s actually pure Old Testament tragedy.

Can we believe in Justin Bieber? In his new concert film that showcases a world-class talent with some, shall we say, unfortunate blemishes? Not really. But that’s not the end of the story with this surprisingly mature movie.