Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Loft

It wants to be a top-shelf, twisting whodunit. But for a whole barrel full of reasons it never makes it …

Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Project Almanac

I’m a bit happy that Project Almanac has such a clunky name. That alone might make some moviegoers spend their …

Comedy, Drama
Black or White

Kevin Costner squares off against Octavia Spencer in a dramedy about race, identity, love, family, addiction and redemption.

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Mortdecai

This quirky misfire of a comedy is more Austin Powers raunch than Inspector Clouseau madcap.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Boy Next Door

If only the boy would’ve stayed next door. Then we would’ve been spared this tacky, salacious, sexual, violent movie.

Drama
Spare Parts

Sadly, there’s not much at all that’s magical about Seventh Son—unless you want to talk literally about the dark sorcery …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Blackhat

This is something of a computer-hacking non-thriller that feels illogical, ill-defined and, well, rather poorly “coded.”

Comedy
The Wedding Ringer

It’s a dead ringer for a goofy-faced jester who makes you giggle … before hitting you with a clown-car full …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Taken 3

The Taken trilogy has taken its toll on Liam Neeson in more ways than one, and he looks almost as …

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death

Keep calm and smile at the demon, they might say. But since when does that sort of thing save the …

Horror
The Descent

‘The Descent’ begins with a bloody car crash. And it ends with a bloody revenge killing. In between, six women …

Drama
The Gambler

In blackjack, the object is to reach 21 without going over. If Jim played the game like he lives his …

Drama
Big Eyes

Walter Keane’s paintings of big-eyed children were all the rage in Mad Men-era America. But those saucer-wide eyes held a …

Drama, War
Unbroken

Unbroken, then, is hard to watch but easy to praise. The horror of the inhumanity it depicts is wrenching. The …

Drama, War
American Sniper

Clint Eastwood turns his laser-like focus toward a real-life war hero named Chris Kyle—and the price he paid to become …