Movie: ‘Bad Boys for Life’

In the tradition of its predecessors, the third outing, “Bad Boys for Life” (Columbia), is a gleeful shoot’em-up that revels in violence for its own sake.

Movie: ‘Dolittle’

This take of “Dolittle” (Universal) is a chaotic comic adventure, colorful, jaunty but unfocused and somewhat slipshod.

Movie: ‘1917’

“1917” is a great movie about the Great War — by turns harrowing and lyrically beautiful, and deeply humane throughout.

Movie: ‘Underwater’

Like the ocean depths in which it’s set, director William Eubank’s monster movie “Underwater” (Fox) is dim and murky.

Movie: ‘The Grudge’

The drab horror tale “The Grudge” (Screen Gems) has a complex history and a complicated structure with ever bloodier deaths and ever more hideous sights.

Movie: ‘Spies in Disguise’

As animated pigeon-transformation movies go, “Spies in Disguise” (Fox) hits an avian sweet spot you undoubtedly didn’t know existed.

Movie: ‘Little Women’

Writer-director Greta Gerwig, who proved her bona fides as a screen moralist in 2017 with “Lady Bird,” has repeated the feat with her elegant, vibrantly emotional adaptation of the 19th-century classic “Little Women” (Sony).