Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Murder on the Orient Express

Let’s not lose sight of what Murder on the Orient Express does offer—a content-light mystery that feels true to the …

Comedy, Drama
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

British writer/director Martin McDonagh paints a discordant picture here of an awful, provincialized middle America.

Comedy, Drama
The Florida Project

This movie felt like a tragedy to me: a tiny family slowly drowning—incapable of swimming, unwilling to grab lifelines dangling …

Comedy
Daddy’s Home 2

Between put-downs, profanity and off-color gags, this movie still manages to say something about how important dads are.

Comedy, Drama, War
Last Flag Flying

Last Flag Flying is a powerful, emotive film. That said, it’s also an extremely profane one.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Thor: Ragnarok

Thor and Hulk have been replaced by two beefy, good ol’ boy jokesters who’d be right at home in a …

Comedy, Drama
Lady Bird

This coming-of-age film drills down into the intimate micro-contradictions of life even as it explodes onscreen with many visually problematic …

Comedy
A Bad Moms Christmas

A Bad Moms Christmas is at times sweet, often silly, but almost constantly salacious.

Drama, War
Thank You For Your Service

Adam, Solo and Will are more than just statistics. Through story, we see their faces. Feel, in some small way, …

Drama
Let There Be Light

Some might watch a movie like this and say, “That never happens.” But Kevin Sorbo’s own story suggests otherwise.

Drama
All I See is You

This film is like a cake made entirely of food coloring. It’s bad, plain and simple.

Drama
Breathe

Breathe helps us see that even a severely limited existence is something to be held up as precious.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Jigsaw

This reboot offers another excuse for its makers to mangle human flesh in order to reap box office rewards.

Comedy, Drama
Suburbicon

The ’50s costumes and scenery look authentic. But then the whole shebang nosedives into something luridly witless, foul and bloody.

Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Geostorm

This tale would probably make more sense if you could just turn off the dialogue and watch the splashy images …