Comedy, Drama
St. Vincent

St. Vincent didn’t convince me of Vincent’s sainthood. But it does remind me that people are so much more than …

Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
One Chance

Beyond a few notes about content, there are some movies that you shouldn’t know too much about going in. And …

Comedy, Kids
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Walt Disney wrote the book on sweet, silly, slapstick family movies like this one.

Horror
Seed of Chucky

The evil, mass-murdering dolls Chucky and Tiffany are back, and now they have a child. Is it any surprise that …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
Kingdom of Heaven

For a movie about a religious war, there’s little faith to be found onscreen. Instead, Ridley Scott brings a 21st …

Comedy, Horror
Piranha

The director of The Hills Have Eyes should have called his gorefest The Fish Have Teeth. Lots of them. More …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Gone Girl

This adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel is filled with enough graphic content to earn the strongest warning Plugged In …

Drama, War
The Good Lie

Much like the 2006 award-winning documentary God Grew Tired of Us, this drama grabs Americans by the collar.

Drama, Horror
Annabelle

Threatened babies, ceiling-crawling demons, screeching occultists and bloody suicides do not a watchable movie make. Even in the horror genre.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Left Behind

It struggles sometimes with plot holes and special effects but tries to make up for that by working hard to …

Drama
The Emperor’s Club

Here’s a story worth telling that does a lot right, yet fails to heed its own lesson.

Drama
Men, Women & Children

Men, Women & Children is not a fun movie. It is not a “good” movie. It is, for lots of …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Punisher: War Zone

Marvel reboots an ultra-violent franchise … now with even more ultra-violence!

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Equalizer

Based on an ’80s TV show, this Denzel Washington bloodbath wants to make sure it’s equal to its R rating.

Comedy, Drama
Believe Me

That tension between satire and salaciousness on the one hand and godly convictions and calling on the other is something …