all you need is kill
Action/Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
All You Need Is Kill

‘All You Need Is Kill’ has an inventive premise and some heroic messages—but there’s a lot of animated blood and …

Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Skipping ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,’ even if it means leaving the franchise behind, just might be the best …

greenland 2: migration
Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Greenland 2: Migration

This action-heavy disaster sequel is full of PG-13 violence and peril, along with some language. But a lot of humanity …

Horror
Primate

‘Primate’ clocks in with an under-90-minute runtime. But that feels about 75 minutes longer than this movie deserves.

Drama
The Choral

‘The Choral’ is a period war drama with a great cast and some serious potential. But it doesn’t lift up …

Biography/History, Drama, War
I Was a Stranger

Angel’s ‘I Was a Stranger’ evokes sympathy for refugees escaping horrific conditions by displaying their violent circumstances onscreen.

avatar: fire and ash
Action/Adventure
Avatar: Fire and Ash

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ feels much like what we’ve seen before, only more. But that more will leave family viewers …

Drama, Horror
The Plague

‘The Plague’ is more than just the film’s name. It describes how perhaps we should treat this film itself: Avoid …

Drama, Horror
We Bury the Dead

‘We Bury the Dead’ is a bloody zombie pic with a thoughtful side. But the movie is still a foul …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Anaconda (2025)

Anaconda is a comedic take on the 1997 film of the same name, but it constricts audiences with violence and …

Comedy, Drama
Is This Thing On?

‘Is This Thing On?’ has some unexpectedly resonant thoughts on marriage but also pervasive profanity and plenty of sexually charged …

Comedy, Drama, Sports
Marty Supreme

A24’s ‘Marty Supreme’ is the bloodiest, foulest, most obscene movie about table tennis that you’ll ever see.

the housemaid
Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Housemaid

‘The Housemaid’ is clever, forgettable and quite problematic in a great many ways.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ puts our porous pal right into the nefarious clutches of the Flying Dutchman.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Biography/History, Christian, Musical, War
David

Angel Studios’ ‘David’ tells the story of King David’s rise to the throne—while omitting some violent moments and adding in …