Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Code 8

This low-budget sci-fi movie’s popularity on Netflix won’t be augmented by Plugged In’s review of it.

Drama
40: The Temptation of Christ

When Jesus was at His weakest point, His most vulnerable state, He was tested and tempted by Satan.

Drama
Selah and the Spades

This film uses privileged teenagers as a window into a stylized, play-like study of human frailty and corruption.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Underwater

Underwater skips exposition altogether and leaps with videogame-like glee into its deadly, high-pressure destruction.

Drama
Never Rarely Sometimes Always

This is an agonizing tale of a pregnant young woman who never really seems to recognize any other choice but …

The Other Lamb

We’re obviously talking about a cult here, and this one seems pretty messed up even by cult standards.

Drama, War
Resistance

Even many adults should approach this film with care. And yet, it’s a story worth telling, too.

Drama, Sports
The Way Back

If you’re expecting a hard-edged, cheer-worthy comeback story here, well, you’re setting yourself up for disappointment.

Drama, War
1917

World War I is perhaps unequaled in its horrific brutality. 1917 takes us into that horror and doesn’t let us …

Drama, Horror
The Grudge (2020)

An ugly, gruesome and confused meh of a film.

Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Blow the Man Down

This is a film about a small fictional fishing village held together by corruption, murder, guilt and years of iniquity.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Black Christmas

If you resort to violence to end violence, are you really accomplishing anything?

Drama
Richard Jewell

Eastwood’s latest suggests that judging someone based on appearances and assumptions can lead to injustice and tragedy.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Jumanji: The Next Level

This film feels anything but appropriate for families of young kids—the very audience you’d assume it’s made for.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Wendy

Wendy is an imaginative and, I think, moving rumination on youth and age, dreams and grief.