Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
CHiPs

Vulgarity—visual and verbal—runs rampant in this buddy cop reboot that’s ostensibly about law and order.

Comedy, Drama
The Last Word

The Last Word could use an addendum: This R-rated movie wants to say something, but it seems confused about what …

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Table 19

Table 19 delivers an unexpectedly sweet ending by the time the credits role. Less sweet, however, is this PG-13 film’s …

Comedy
Tim Timmerman, Hope of America

Tim Timmerman, Hope of America mostly offers families a nice, watchable alternative to more salacious comedic fare.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Get Out

But whatever important ideas about racial alienation this movie may be trying to illustrate, we also can’t lose sight of …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Rock Dog

Rock Dog is a movie that is at times mildly charming (if predictable and formulaic) but more often just kind …

Comedy
Fist Fight

Fist Fight tries to tell us that what we say and do, and how we live our lives, matters. But …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The LEGO Batman Movie

A tiny bit more restraint could have made this a movie we’d wholeheartedly recommend. As it is, it’s pretty good, …

Comedy
The Comedian

This movie is as funny as a puppy with cancer.

Comedy, Drama
A Dog’s Purpose

A Dog’s Purpose is the kind of movie Christian moviegoers often say that we’d like to see: a sweet story …

Comedy, Drama
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone

Too often the church isn’t seen as a place of grace or honesty, but as a place where hypocrites pretend …

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 …

Comedy, Drama
20th Century Women

This raw, dialogue-heavy slice-of-life story is all aflutter with unmoored musings about self-actualization, rebellious teens, parental frustration and unanswered questions.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids
Monster Trucks

This is a movie about a boy and his monster. It’s a popcorn-munching romp for the tween set, one that …

Comedy, Drama
Paterson

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