Action/Adventure, Drama
Point Break

Director Ericson Core drives a needle full of adrenaline into the original pic’s heart and blows the scope out to …

Comedy, Drama
Joy

Joy might be reason for, if not joy, then at least a bit of satisfaction.

Drama, Sports
Concussion

This is a message movie, certainly, wearing its cautionary point of view on its toe tag.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

What can you say about yet another Chipmunk movie? Surely nothing all that surprising. Or even enlightening.

Comedy
Sisters

With every sick, sad reference to sexual anatomy Fey and Poehler make, it just drags out longer and longer.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

It’s not just the Force awakening in Episode VII. It’s the franchise’s charm. And maybe its life lessons, too.

Drama
The Big Short

The movie’s name really says it all. Sure, it’s a big movie. An important movie, perhaps. But it left me …

Action/Adventure, Drama
In the Heart of the Sea

While the surface story is pretty straightforward, there glides underneath (like the white whale itself) a spiritually tinged parable.

Drama
The Letters

Mother Teresa’s story is strong enough to inspire us, no matter how it’s presented. And so The Letters challenges each …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Krampus

The spiritual ideas buried in this unsettling movie can be unearthed more easily in ways that don’t involve a goat …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Good Dinosaur

Those who do decide to jump in this rambunctious and alternate-reality river will at least find a few kid-focused lessons.

Drama, Sports
Creed

I wish they’d left the profanity and sexual nods on the mat right along with the sweat and the blood. …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Victor Frankenstein

A messy experience, any way you want to slice it.

Drama, Romance
Carol

When a love story doesn’t know what real love is, how can we trust it with anything else?

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Secret in Their Eyes

Based on an Oscar-winning Argentinean drama, this is a film that’s uncomfortable and sometimes downright difficult to watch.