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Now, I like big dumb movies. In fact, I really liked director Brad Peyton's previous movie San Andreas (I know, right?). But boy, this movie is big and dumb in a bad way.

On a high level, this is an engaging political thriller, but digging a little deeper, do we really need another American interpretation of Mideast violence?

One of the tried-and-true clichés of horror movies is the silence before a scare. When it is too quiet, you just know that something bad is going to happen: a demon pulls you under the bed, a bus flattens you on the street, a clown leaps on you and eats your face. A Quiet Place turns that formula on its head, to extreme unnerving effect. What if the entire movie is basically silent, and if you simply make a sound, you're dead?

In an era of new, exciting female action heroes, Tomb Raider is still kind of a dud.

If John Hughes directed a coming-out movie, it would be Love, Simon.

Infused with distinct Hughes-ian touches – the romantically conflicted lead character, the synthesized soundtrack, the high-school archetypes, the loving parents, the suburban setting – and based on Becky Albertalli’s novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, it’s heartfelt, charming and an unabashed feel-good love story destined to have you smiling as you exit the theater.

In the era of the #metoo movement, the time seems right for tales of sexual misconduct to be revisited with a fresh perspective. But Submission isn't it.