Movie Reviews

Contemporary society’s misguided outlook on sex, from which all regard for the Gospel virtue of chastity has seemingly been banished, permeates the low comedy “Blockers” (Universal).

The documentary “Summer in the Forest” (Abramorama) is filmmaker Randall Wright’s gentle, loving portrait of a man with those same qualities, Canadian advocate for the developmentally disabled Jean Vanier.

Make sure you have your tissues handy when you go to see “The Miracle Season” (Mirror).

Writer-director Tyler Perry pulls out all the stops in the lurid drama “Acrimony” (Lionsgate). Since his treatment of sexuality is as unbridled as all the other aspects of his film, this initially wild, ultimately over-the-top tale has a small appropriate audience.

Atheism is set at defiance once more in the franchise-extending drama “God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness” (Pure Flix).

Those who may have wondered what it would be like to be a pinball crashing around inside a machine amid flashing lights and ear-splitting sounds will find that experience approximated in the sci-fi fantasy “Ready Player One” (Warner Bros).

Fans of 2011’s “Gnomeo and Juliet” may be pleased to discover that James McAvoy and Emily Blunt reprise their voice work as that film’s title players in the animated adventure “Sherlock Gnomes” (Paramount).

More than four centuries have passed since William Shakespeare wrote the mother of all love stories, “Romeo and Juliet.” Since then, there have been countless variations on his tale of teenage star-crossed lovers.