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U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-02-06
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory
Issues about the current relevance of the dialogue aside, the presentation offers a clinic in the importance of the non-verbal aspects of filmmaking.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-03-21
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari
History has decreed that "Umberto D." is one of the best representations of neo-realism committed to film, presenting believably human characters and avoiding sentimentality in telling their stories.
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U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-11-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Olivia Wilde
Cast: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Timothy Simons, Kiki Layne
Director Olivia Wilde’s sophomore effort becomes the first high-profile dud of the 2022 autumn season.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-01-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Taylor Russell, Timothee Chalamet, Mark Rylance, Andre Holland, Anna Cobb, Chloë Sevigny
Adding a dash of gore and an undercooked romance cannot save this meandering road trip movie from slipping into monotony and boredom.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-10-04
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Albert Pyun
Cast: Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Darren McGavin, Michael Nouri, Scott Paulin, Kim Gillingham, Melinda Dillon
Worth watching only for those with an insatiable curiosity to see how the iconic character was imagined 21 years prior to being deemed ready for a significant budget.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-12-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Elias, Austin Zajur, Rosario Dawson
A "Clerks" movie doesn’t seem like the best vehicle for ruminations about mortality…especially amidst a flotilla of dated, unfunny humor.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-01-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Shahi, Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Quintessa Swindell, Bodhi Sabongui, Marwan Kenzari, Mohammed Amer
Black Adam embraces many of the worst elements of the superhero genre, resulting in a loud, discordant experience replete with fist-fights, pyrotechnics, and an overdose of CGI.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-02-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Ryan Coogler
Cast: Tenoch Huerta, Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Martin Freeman, Dominique Thorne, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
An overlong blockbuster in search of an editor and a series of impressive action sequences without a compelling narrative to connect them.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-03-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton
The character interactions are often overly theatrical and the central figure turns out to be the second-least interesting individual in this five-person story.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-02-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Musical
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Cast: Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders, Tamara Tunie, Nafessa Williams, Clarke Peters
A by-the-numbers chronicle of the rise and fall of Whitney Houston, the film struggles to find a reason to exist beyond providing an opportunity to listen to her music.