Silence (2016) Movie Reviews

Silence (2016)

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

Sleepless (2017) Movie Reviews

Sleepless (2017)

A cop with a connection to the criminal underworld scours a nightclub in search of his kidnapped son.

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.

Collateral Beauty (2016) Movie Reviews

Collateral Beauty (2016)

Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.

Rogue One (2016) Movie Reviews

Rogue One (2016)

The daughter of an Imperial scientist joins the Rebel Alliance in a risky move to steal the plans for the Death Star.

Frank and Lola (2016) Movie Reviews

Frank and Lola (2016)

A psychosexual noir love story, set in Las Vegas and Paris, about love, obsession, sex, betrayal, revenge and, ultimately, the search for redemption.

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.

Nocturnal Animals (2016) Movie Reviews

Nocturnal Animals (2016)

A wealthy art gallery owner receives a draft of her ex-husband’s new novel, and once she starts reading it she just cannot put it down.

Office Christmas Party (2016) Movie Reviews

Office Christmas Party (2016)

When his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, the branch manager throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client and save the day, but the party gets way out of hand…

The Eagle Huntress (2016) Movie Reviews

The Eagle Huntress (2016)

Thirteen-year-old Aisholpan trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle huntress.

Allied (2016) Movie Reviews

Allied (2016)

In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Loving (2016) Movie Reviews

Loving (2016)

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court’s historic 1967 decision.