Hidden Figures (2016) Movie Reviews

Hidden Figures (2016)

The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.

La La Land (2016) Movie Reviews

La La Land (2016)

While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.

Lion (2016) Movie Reviews

Lion (2016)

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Fences (2016) Movie Reviews

Fences (2016)

A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.

Passengers (2016) Movie Reviews

Passengers (2016)

A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

Sing (2016) Movie Reviews

Sing (2016)

In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario’s attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists’ find that their lives will never be the same.

Manchester by the Sea (2016) Movie Reviews

Manchester by the Sea (2016)

A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies.

Miss Sloane (2016) Movie Reviews

Miss Sloane (2016)

In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price.

Moana (2016) Movie Reviews

Moana (2016)

In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana’s island, she answers the Ocean’s call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) Movie Reviews

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.

The Edge of Seventeen (2016) Movie Reviews

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.

Doctor Strange (2016) Movie Reviews

Doctor Strange (2016)

While on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.

In a Valley of Violence (2016) Movie Reviews

In a Valley of Violence (2016)

A mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drag a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody crosshairs of revenge.

The Accountant (2016) Movie Reviews

The Accountant (2016)

As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.

Deepwater Horizon (2016) Movie Reviews

Deepwater Horizon (2016)

A dramatization of the disaster back in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon created a giant explosion, which created the worst oil spill in American history.

Queen of Katwe (2016) Movie Reviews

Queen of Katwe (2016)

A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.

The Magnificent Seven (2016) Movie Reviews

The Magnificent Seven (2016)

Seven gunmen in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.

Don’t Think Twice (2016) Movie Reviews

Don’t Think Twice (2016)

When a member of a popular New York City improv troupe gets a huge break, the rest of the group – all best friends – start to realize that not everyone is going to make it after all.