Drama, Horror
The Witch

The devil truly is in the details in this dreary, demented rumination on wickedness … that has no godly counter …

Drama, Sports
Race

An inspiring story and a great reminder that, while we were not all given Jesse Owens’ speed, we were all …

Drama
Risen

Risen accomplishes something quite remarkable: It tells the familiar, timeless story of Jesus’ death and resurrection from a fresh vantage …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Kids, Musical
Hercules

Born on Mount Olympus to Zeus and Hera, baby Hercules is welcomed into the family of gods.

Comedy
How to Be Single

How to Be Single is a lousy title for this movie. There’s really very little insight of any kind here …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Deadpool

With great power comes great responsibility. That’s what Spider-Man taught us. But Deadpool is as irresponsible as they come.

Comedy
Zoolander No. 2

This might be fashionable these days. But it’ll never be pretty.

Comedy
Hail, Caesar!

There’s always more than “surface” to a Coen collaboration.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Feels a lot like all of its extras: mostly dead.

Drama, Romance
The Choice

The Choice dutifully checks every expected box—both the poignant elements and the problematic ones.

Comedy
Fifty Shades of Black

To truly describe this movie, one must invent new words that mean “ridiculously foul,” only worse.

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Finest Hours

Disney’s The Finest Hours feels like an old-fashioned adventure yarn that wants to inspire as much as thrill.

Drama, Western
Jane Got a Gun

A whole lot of bullets find their final resting places in bad guys’ skulls before that riding-off-into-sunset scene finally comes …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids
Kung Fu Panda 3

As in past entries, the goofball, underachieving panda protagonist has a lot more than dumplings dumped on his plate.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The 5th Wave

There’s a huge difference between difficult topics and difficult—sometimes gratuitous—content.