Drama, Horror
Split

Shyamalan relishes peeling back the layers of an unsettling storyline with disturbingly creepy savor.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
xXx: Return of Xander Cage

This is the sort of movie that makes your standard shoot-em-up videogame look subtle, the Fast and Furious franchise (star …

Drama
The Founder

The Founder tells Ray Kroc’s story, a tale of oversized success built on beef and buns. And in its cautionary …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Sleepless

Sleepless is pretty much a standard-issue R-rated corrupt cop caper. It’s not terrible, by genre standards. Nor is it memorable. …

Comedy, Drama
Paterson

Paterson is enjoyable without being entertaining. It’s a shyly thoughtful story that asks its viewers to stretch themselves and dream …

Drama
Fences

Even though its dialogue can be harsh and its protagonist can be a monster, Fences has some important things to …

Drama
Silence

Even in a place and time when brutal forces mercilessly sought to silence the faithful, their voices could still be …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Assassin’s Creed

Between its tortured logic and its fatalistic view of religion, Assassin’s Creed does little more than kill off a couple …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Passengers

If Passengers teaches us anything, it’s only as an afterthought. The film is an entertainment vehicle. And like the spaceship …

Drama, Horror
Incarnate

So is it possible to make an effective exorcism story without, y’know, all that God stuff? No. And Incarnate proves …

Drama
Jackie

Jackie is a moving, surprisingly spiritual portrait of a woman grieving in the public eye and, in so doing, shaping …

Drama
Miss Sloane

We’re living in a time of intense cultural and political polarization. Miss Sloane determinedly pitches its compelling (though at times …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rules Don’t Apply

It’s sad this film about Howard Hughes lacks any sort of real moral underpinning. It seems the makers took its …

Drama, War
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

The essence of Ang Lee’s perspective seems to be that war is horrifically complicated. And what it does to those …

Comedy
The Edge of Seventeen

The problem with The Edge of Seventeen is that it packs noxious teen-movie content into its humor and insight.