Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Chappaquiddick

If you’re expecting an exposé addressing unanswered questions about the events of July 18, 1969, prepare for disappointment.

Drama
Acrimony

Before the credits roll, Acrimony boards an express train to Crazyville.

Drama
God’s Not Dead: A Light in the Darkness

This film does something unexpected: It suggests that winning the culture war isn’t what matters most for Christians.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ready Player One

Director Steven Spielberg has shaped Ready Player One as an over-caffeinated sensory explosion.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs has some nice messages and a worthy moral. But it also can be sad and kinda disturbing …

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Unsane

Unsane is a nightmarish, darkly disturbing and corrosively foul movie.

Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Sherlock Gnomes

This is your standard, plastic, pink flamingo of a movie—colorful and cute and maybe even fun, but kinda tacky, too.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pacific Rim Uprising

This fast-moving, rock-’em-sock-’em pic is what it is: a matinee creature-feature begging for a tub of butter-soaked popcorn.

Drama
Paul, Apostle of Christ

Let me just say this to aspiring faith-oriented moviemakers: This is how it’s done.

Drama, Romance
Midnight Sun

In some ways, this was a pretty typical teen romance movie. In other ways, it surprised me a bit.

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love, Simon

The more you like a flick, the more it’ll potentially influence you. And Love, Simon aims to influence.

Action/Adventure
Tomb Raider

This Lara Croft reboot does female empowerment right, albeit in a slightly over-the-top, cinematic video game sort of way.

Drama
I Can Only Imagine

I was skeptical that a movie based on a song could work—no matter how great that song was. But I’ll …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
7 Days in Entebbe

7 Days in Entebbe is a fascinating and, to my eyes, fair dramatization of that agonizingly long week.

Drama
Thoroughbreds

Thoroughbreds uses its detached female leads to unfold a slow-boiling commentary on our emotionally damaged society.