Unstoppable
Motivated by the death of a teenage family friend, Kirk Cameron tackles the difficult subject of why we experience pain and suffering.
Seasons of Gray
It is first and second and last a story. A story told without apology or a lot of excess window dressing.
One Direction: This Is Us
This surging British/Irish boy band already looks like the heir apparent to ’90s acts Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync. Now the group’s concert film hopes to extend the reach of the reign—a reign that’s inching in an increasingly edgy direction.
The Smurfs 2
What exactly might the phrase “turning the air blue” mean when it comes to The Smurfs? Is it the sound of “s(murf)-words” surrounded by self-conscious giggles? Or a blissful blessing to finally find the right family color?
Despicable Me 2
Is the baddie Gru not so bad this time? Can he fight crime instead of perpetrating it? What’s this diabolical world coming to?
Monsters University
Not just anyone gets to work as a scarer at Monsters, Inc.—a lesson some of its most famous future employees have to learn the hard way. (But first there are a few crazy college parties to crash.)
Home Run
Addiction is messy business, but deliverance is possible for those who humble themselves and turn to God for help. That’s the core message in Home Run, a baseball movie only in construct.
Night at the Museum
Museums have been adding more interactivity to their attractions lately. But nobody’s been able to bring Attila the Hun back to life, yet, or coax dino bones into playing a game of fetch…
The Croods
You wouldn’t want to live with the Croods. But spending a couple of hours with ’em? That might actually make for a pretty nice visit.
Oz the Great and Powerful
This is not your grandma’s Wizard of Oz! That’s the refrain being sung about this non-musical reimagining. But could there possibly be more to this one than there is to that one? And is that more most obvious in good ways … or bad?