Kajillionaire

A morose woman stares blankly.

Based on the title alone you might think you’re getting an amateur Ocean’s Eleven. But you’re not. Not even close.

Fatale

A man and a woman share a drink and smile at a bar.

Fatale is packed with carnal infidelity, heartless betrayal, vile manipulation and bloody murder.

Monster Hunter

A woman screams as she fires a huge gun.

Monster Hunter has just enough gore and brutish fiends to cause a few nightmares in young or sensitive viewers.

Greenland

A man and his son look into the sky.

Starring Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin, this nonstop roller coaster ride centers on familial love, commitment and forgiveness.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Blues legend Ma Rainey performs at a jazz club in 1927.

This is a difficult movie, but not a gratuitous one. It, like the blues, gets down in the muck. But it also makes its own sort of music.

Infidel

A bound man sits in a chair with tape across his mouth.

Infidel reminds us that faith in the face of real-world persecution isn’t always a comfortable thing to watch.

The Prom

Four adults look excited in a hotel lobby.

In a season filled with new movies celebrating gay identity and acceptance, The Prom is the tiara-wearing Queen of the Ball.

I’m Your Woman

A woman looks out a car window.

This R-rated thriller’s gratuitous violence and peppering of foul language will make it a hard pass for many viewers.

Wolfwalkers

Two girls are surrounded by curious animated wolves in a forest.

Artistically and aesthetically, Wolfwalkers wows. But theologically, it has some issues.

The Last Champion

A man stares thoughtfully across the landscape at sunset.

The first half feels like a slow-burn indie movie. The second half feels like The Karate Kid, with wrestling replacing karate.