Rated R for strong violence including a sexual assault, and for language.Starring Owen Wilson, Lake Bell and Pierce BrosnanDirected by John Erick Dowdle (As Above, So Below, Devil and Quarantine)No Escape is one of the most intense films of the year.An international thriller, No Escape centers on an American businessman (Wilson) as he and his family settle into...

Rated R for language.Starring Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall and Joel EdgertonDirected by Joel EdgertonI thought this was going to be a horror/thriller, but The Gift turned out to be an intense drama with a strong message about bullying.Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn (Rebecca Hall) are a young married couple whose life is going just as planned until a chance...

Rated R for sequences of strong violence, and some language.Starring Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto and Hannah WareDirected by Aleksander BachUnfortunately this Hitman misses the mark.Hitman: Agent 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the...

Rated PG for fantasy action violence, language and some thematic material. Starring Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara and Amanda SeyfriedDirected by Joe Wright (Hanna and The Soloist)It was really hard to think happy thoughts through this one.Pan, a live-action Peter Pan feature directed by Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice). Offering a new take on the...

Rated PG for thematic elements including some racial tension/violence. Starring Sean Astin, Jon Voight, C. Thomas Howell, Nic Bishop and Caleb CastilleDirected Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin (Mom’s Night Out)Without a doubt, Woodlawn is the best Christian film in years.In 1973, a spiritual awakening captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team, including...

Rated PG for action violence, peril, brief language and some thematic elements.Starring Lauren Graham, Thomas Haden Church, and Josh WigginsDirected by Boaz Yakin (Remember the Titans)Max is a heart warming story that will almost certainly tug on your heart-strings.A precision-trained military dog, Max serves on the frontlines in Afghanistan alongside his han-dler, U.S. Marine Kyle Wincott. But when things...

Rated PG-13 for some language and suggestive comments.Starring Adam Sandler, Michelle Monaghan, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage and Kevin JamesDirected by Chris Columbus (Mrs. Doubtfire and Home Alone)I wish there was a reset button for this one.In Pixels, when intergalactic aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the...