Comedy
The Night Before

The Night Before could have been called The Nightmare Before had Tim Burton not already made off with the name.

Comedy, Drama
Love the Coopers

It’s not Bad Santa, thankfully. Not even close.

Drama
The 33

The fact that all 33 miners made it out of the mine is something of a miracle. And this movie …

Drama, Sports
My All-American

The composition of a player’s heart outweighs the force of his bulk. And in the late 1960s, nobody had a …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Spectre

Spectre’s conspicuous turn to the past also gives us a new opportunity to notice how Bond has changed over the …

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids
The Peanuts Movie

The Peanuts Movie is the perfect representation of some 50 years of Charles Schulz comic strips, condensed into a single …

Drama
Brooklyn

It’s a cinematic construct that relishes taking long, easy moments to just study actress Saoirse Ronan’s serene face, watching her …

Drama
Burnt

A great message, but one that’s ultimately, um, OK, burnt by the crass content baked into this R-rated recipe.

Comedy, Horror
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Just when you’re tempted to think you’ve seen it all, some random filmmaker takes that as a dare.

Comedy, Drama
Our Brand is Crisis

By the time the credits roll, Our Brand Is Crisis feels a lot like a badly run political campaign itself: …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Last Witch Hunter

The Last Witch Hunter never quite even makes it to bland.

Drama, Horror
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

This franchise is at least as problematic as its gore-encrusted cousins—perhaps more so—because of the message it so reliably puts …

Drama, Musical
Jem and the Holograms

Four or five stars would be seriously pushing things here. But I guess it’s a flick that’s probably worth at …

Comedy, Drama
Rock the Kasbah

Bill Murray has the comedically cantankerous genius-in-his-own mind shtick down pat. He unleashes it again in Rock the Kasbah, to …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Goosebumps

I’m not as sanguine as the film’s star regarding the appropriate age to see a movie like Goosebumps.