Drama, War
Thank You For Your Service

Adam, Solo and Will are more than just statistics. Through story, we see their faces. Feel, in some small way, …

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Jigsaw

This reboot offers another excuse for its makers to mangle human flesh in order to reap box office rewards.

Comedy, Drama
Suburbicon

The ’50s costumes and scenery look authentic. But then the whole shebang nosedives into something luridly witless, foul and bloody.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Snowman

Though trailers for this film have tried to amp it up as a horror movie, The Snowman isn’t that. Instead, …

Drama
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

Comic book glances are only used to undergird the real focus here: the contorted sexual relationship and societal struggles of …

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Foreigner

The Foreigner is a dark, grim actioner, filled with blood and bad words a-plenty. Rush Hour? Try crushed and dour.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Blade Runner 2049

Both Blade Runner films lead us into an unseemly, seedy milieu in which humanity’s worst impulses have been augmented and …

Comedy, Drama
American Made

If you’re already cynical about alleged government deception and corruption, American Made won’t help matters much.

Drama, Horror
Friend Request

Friend Request is a dumb, salacious slasher flick: But it’s a tragedy, too.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Kingsman: The Golden Circle

This film has a license to ill.

Drama
Stronger

Inspiring as it may be, Stronger never shies away from its painfully traumatic, incredibly profane and alcohol-drenched source material.

Action/Adventure, Drama
American Assassin

American Assassin is a thriller with a sleek, hard and bloody sheen.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Mother!

This film’s take on Christianity might be the most scathing, contempt-filled attack upon it that I’ve ever witnessed onscreen.

Drama
Brad’s Status

Brad’s life shows us the danger of letting our insecurities dictate our emotional state.

Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
IT

A bevy of children star in IT, but they’d be ill-advised to watch it.