Stephen Dorff plays an abusive MMA fighter who winds up in a match with his teenage son in Nick Sarkisov's drama Embattled. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Dana Nachman's documentary Dear Santa shines a light on the U.S. Postal Service's Operation Santa and the volunteers who adopt children's letters to St. Nick and attempt to fulfill their wishes. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck