"Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" brings the classic game to life with charm and humor and emerges as one of the year's early surprises.

"Lightyear" might feel like a step down after a run of Pixar movies, but the "Toy Story" spin-off has some thrills and moments of surprising emotional power.

To dispense with the obvious, Life of Pi is a technical marvel that seamlessly captures the essential (some would think unfilmable) central story of a young man trapped on a lifeboat in the company of a large Bengal tiger. Yann...