Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Peppermint

This flick is a horribly written 102 minutes of bloodletting and spewed foul language.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Little Stranger

This film blends its eerie atmospherics with brief moments of terrible, frighteningly realistic bloodshed.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Searching

This cautionary thriller unspools via security cameras, iPhones, Macbooks, YouTube videos and social media messages.

Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Kin

Kin is darker and far less enjoyable than its publicity materials might have you think.

Drama, War
Operation Finale

This film communicates the horror and aching loss of the Holocaust without actually showing us many gory details.

Action/Adventure, Comedy
The Happytime Murders

I’ve seen worse movies this year. But I don’t know if I’ve seen anything that made me more sad.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
A-X-L

If you were a bullied teen who just happened to stumble upon a huge robotic dog, what would you do?

Drama
Beautifully Broken

No horror—even the horror of genocide—is beyond God’s ability to redeem.

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

What would you do if you had a crush on a guy? Would you tell him? OK, what would you …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Mile 22

Mile 22 is dumb, frenetic and oh-so bloody—a feature-length romp through a hurricane of fists and feet and death.

Drama
The Wife

The Wife offers a beautiful, complex, chaotic portrayal of a married couple whose relationship is haunted by a dark secret.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Alpha

You might want to think twice before you and your family wolf this one down.

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Crazy Rich Asians

A woman of modest means attracts the interest of a crown prince. Haven’t we seen this story before?

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Meg

This fishy tale is essentially Jaws on CGI steroids.

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Slender Man

Slender Man is just a bad movie, and bad in every possible way.