My Cousin Rachel
Whether or not Rachel is victim or villainess, though, one thing’s pretty certain here: Wherever she goes, seduction, disarray and death sure seem to follow.
It Comes At Night
For all of the surprising thoughtfulness that this gradually boiling thriller provides, it also comes packing things bleak, befouled and bloody.
Megan Leavey
Megan Leavey is an inspiring story about two war heroes: a determined young woman and the dog she unexpectedly bonds with while serving in the Marines.
Okja
Forget this film’s quart-size protagonist and her whimsical pet pig. Okja is a jarring, unsettling and often difficult-to-watch story.
Dean
Dean is as quirky and meandering as its titular character’s offbeat drawings are, stumbling through its tragicomic (and occasionally profane and suggestive) narrative.
Wonder Woman
In an entertainment landscape obsessed with flawed heroes, unlikeable heroes and antiheroes, Diana is—unapologetically—a real hero.
Baywatch
Even Dwayne Johnson’s formidable biceps and sense of humor can’t save this raunched-up remake from drowning.
Alien: Covenant
It’s probably too much to ask of this franchise to rein in its bloody ways.
Everything, Everything
Everything, Everything invites us to root for and to romanticize a teen’s decision to potentially risk her life for a taste of freedom.
The Wall
By the time The Wall crawls to its grim conclusion, it has mightily sought to subvert the American hero war paradigm.