The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Hermione no more, Emma Watson magically transports herself into a teen romance movie … that winds up with more monsters in it than Harry Potter ever had to face.
End of Watch
South-central Los Angeles is a tough place for anybody to hang out. But if you just so happen to be wearing blue and carrying a badge? Well, this film aims to show us just how gritty, gory and incredibly obscene that experience can be.
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson’s graphically quirky telling of a cult’s formation will leave Scientologists feeling cold, scared and angry. Actually, it will leave everyone feeling cold, scared and angry.
The Cold Light of Day
This Hitchcockian wannabe has a spy-worthy start, but can it follow through for the family when push comes to shove? Or kidnap comes to corruption?
Ben-Hur (2016)
All the betrayal and thirst for revenge, and all its brutality, ultimately help highlight the movie’s heartening message: that love and forgiveness have more power than a thundering horde of chariots.
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Near the Louisiana coast there’s a place called the Bathtub, where people love the land and one another with an unparalleled passion. But will all that love save them from a hurricane blowing in?
Cinderella Man
Ron Howard and a trio of premium actors bring to life a true story as powerful as its hero’s punches.
Final Destination
Alex Browning boards Flight 180 for his senior trip to France. But before the plane can even take off, he gets a creepy premonitions of the plane exploding.
Avatar
Fifteen years in the making, James Cameron’s latest creation is an eye-popping spectacle of conflict between idyllic aliens and greedy humans—saturated with environmental and spiritual themes.