Movies

A young man sleeps with his father’s mistress. Bad idea. Then the movie makes an even worse decision.

The confusing narrative is only a pretext for fairy-tale CGI wonders.

An orthodox Jewish widower fights for the right to raise his son in this gently comic drama.

The adaptation of Jeannette Walls’s 2005 memoir about her upbringing hits the big screen.

This by-the-book fact-based drama follows the formula of the feel-good sports flick.

The Devil-doll horror prequel takes stale ingredients and whips them into a chiffon of shivery dread.

Hollywood somehow makes Stephen King’s magnum opus very, very boring.

Minimalist plot + Oscar winner = a surprisingly effective chase thriller.

A troupe at a girls school is the subject of a moving and positive film.

A Baltimore dance team overcomes odds to become the season’s most awesome superheroes.

This follow-up to “An Inconvenient Truth” is more depressing than alarming.

It’s never quite clear what’s going on inside the actress’s head in this French melodrama.

This eccentric documentary examines the life and career of Hampton Fancher.

SNL’s Kyle Mooney plays a grown man who can’t let go of his favorite television character.

The comedy has positive messages but is only “meh.”