Movie Reviews from a Christian Millennial Mom who loves movies.

Drummer Boy is a Revolutionary War musical from Angel Studios starring Joel Smallbone of For King & Country. I'm not usually a musical person, but the acting, the story and the faith in this one brought me to tears.

Laika's new stop-motion movie follows Prue into a magical forest to rescue her baby brother. The story about grief, family and community is well done, but the opening suicide scene, a witch's tent covered in satanic symbols and a lot of graphic violence make it far darker than the poster suggests. I gave it 2 out of 5.

Tom Cruise plays an oil tycoon trying to cover up a disaster he caused in this R-rated satire from Alejandro G. Iñárritu. The direction and the stage-play twist are interesting, but the nonstop language, political bias and harsh depiction of Christianity outweigh the redeeming parts. I gave it 1 out of 5.

A diver gets swallowed by a sperm whale while searching for his father's remains. There's a moving story about grief, a complicated dad and perseverance in here, but the gore had me covering my eyes, and the suicide at its center makes it a heavy one. I gave it 2 out of 5.