The essence of Ang Lee’s perspective seems to be that war is horrifically complicated. And what it does to those …
Despite this dramedy’s tender reflections on grief and its strong emphasis on family and forgiveness, the profanity here feels pretty …
Shut In is a thriller without the thrill, an exercise in jump scenes without the jumps. While it stays within …
Hacksaw Ridge is riveting cinema. But it’s also bloody—as bloody as we’ve seen on screen for a long, long time.
Everything is much like you’d expect it to be on this ride. The characters. The plot. The peril. The content. …
Madea represents a kind of no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners justice. She’ll get folks to act “right” even if she has to beat …
As this fright flick’s occult mayhem gets predictably unleashed, it quickly falls back on all that evil-spirit-possession, scream-and-die blech that …
Some funny flicks weave a little too much yuck in with their yuk-yuk. Before you know it, a guffaw becomes …
The Accountant is violent popcorn fare—an exuberant, illogical action-packed thriller that’s only message is, “Sit down and watch Ben Affleck …
The Birth of a Nation is a powerful, convicting tale. But it’s steeped in horrific displays of violence. And it …
Tim Burton’s infatuation with the macabre and the grim is very much present here.
By PG-13 standards, Masterminds doesn’t push the envelope to the edge in terms of sexual content, violence or profanity. But, …
From shrapnel-torn flesh to protruding bones, thundering eruptions to chunks of metal yanked from hideous wounds, this heroic story is …
This violent remake presents its seven stars as flawed heroes—bad men with good hearts who sacrifice themselves to deal with …
Is the sympathy Oliver Stone strives to stir up for his subject something we should embrace or something we should …














