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Action/Adventure, Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Kubo and the Two Strings

All of Kubo’s eye-, ear- and heart-pleasing stuff masks some spiritual philosophies that parents may not be expecting.

Comedy, Drama
Florence Foster Jenkins

Florence Foster Jenkins reminds us all that, sometimes, passion trumps perfection. That what we love doesn’t always make sense.

Animation, Comedy
Sausage Party

We need about as much nuance to review this sick flick as comedian Seth Rogen used restraint in making it. …

Action/Adventure, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pete’s Dragon

If you’re a parent pausing over concerns about dragons, worry not. Pete’s winged, galumphy bud Elliot is no scary, scaly …

Drama, Western
Hell or High Water

Hell or High Water has a few memorable moments tucked in with its tobacco pouch. But that memorable stuff is …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Suicide Squad

While it’s not quite as grim as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, it’s even more problematic, and it’s certainly …

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Little Prince

Just because the movie isn’t quite as good as the book, that doesn’t make it a bad movie.

Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Nine Lives

Every dad—and really, every Tabby stripe of parent or spouse—can sometimes use a little reminder that the time you spend …

Comedy
Bad Moms

It’s unhealthy to shoot for perfection, and it can damage both parents and kids. But it’s really, really unhealthy to …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Into the Forest

Poignant, impactful messages about the sanctity of life, however, are delivered in a story that rarely glances away from images …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne, the assassin, may be a mysterious figure. But Jason Bourne, the movie, is a known quantity.

Action/Adventure
Nerve

Instead of a cautionary commentary, what we’re left with is a collection of pretty people doing reckless stuff while baring …

Lights Out

Lots of kids are scared of the dark. Martin has reason to be. Shadows are dangerous in Martin’s world: The …

Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Star Trek Beyond

This pic’s plotline brims with optimism and feels as if it could have been beamed right out of the original …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Ice Age: Collision Course

Ice Age: Collision Course may be showing the series’ prehistoric age, but in some important ways it also emphasizes traditional …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Café Society

If there is a point in this mostly pointless movie, it seems Woody Allen is asking: Why choose? Why worry? …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ghostbusters (2016)

Ghostbusting in any decade is far less kid-friendly than many would have you believe.

Drama
The Infiltrator

Do we need to wade through the brutal, cocaine-laced underworld that Bob Mazur inhabits?

Comedy, Drama
Captain Fantastic

Because God is missing here, Captain Fantastic falls short of its idealistic aspirations.

Comedy
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

The breakdown between naughty and nice in this predictable, formulaic, raunchy flick is about 95% naughty, 5% nice. And that’s …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Secret Life of Pets

Occasional toilet humor doesn’t ruin this good-hearted, pro-pet flick, one that reminds us humans not to make hasty decisions or …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The BFG

Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of this children’s classic is a delightful story contrasted with the specter of a rather macabre fate.

Action/Adventure, Horror
The Purge: Election Year

This is a gruesome psychodrama of class and racial warfare that projects an almost cartoonishly slanted political message.

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Legend of Tarzan

This CGI smorgasbord tells what Warner Bros. hopes is a bankable story, but it’s not a great one.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror
The Shallows

The Shallows isn’t just a “We’re gonna need a bigger boat” clone. It actually goes quite a bit deeper than …