U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Stephen Merchant
Cast: Florence Pugh, Lena Heady, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn, Dwayne Johnson
Pugh’s performance is the best thing about the movie but the story, despite Merchant’s comedic flourishes, feels stale at times.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-22
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Adventure
Director: Dean DeBlois
Cast: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Although the series hasn’t been reduced to the harebrained level of a big-screen children’s cartoon, the latest chapter is the least sophisticated of the movies.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2019-02-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Dux, George Geret, Charles Denner, Bernard Fresson
"Z" doesn’t merely stand the test of time; it transcends it. Watching it today, it’s an eerie, unsettling experience.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror
Director: Christopher Landon
Cast: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Suraj Sharma, Steve Zissis
A passable way to throw away 100 minutes if you’re willing to turn off your brain and pretend it’s making sense.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: : Rosa Salazar, Mahershala Ali, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Keean Johnson, Jackie Earle Haley, Eiza Gonzalez, Ed Skrein
Despite offering a riveting, high-energy origin story, "Alita" lacks a genuine ending and this leaves the narrative frustratingly unfinished.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2019-02-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, Ruth Attaway, David Clennon
The film has stood the test of time remarkably well, seemingly as fresh and relevant today as when it was first released.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2019-02-09
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Mild Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Adventure/Thriller
Director: Gary Nelson
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Deborah Raffin, Ben Masters, John Rhys-Davies, Julia Nickson, Khigh Dhiegh, Gordon Jackson, Burt Kwouk, Ping Wu, Kay Tong Lim, Tia Carrere, Edward Petherbridge, John Houseman, Denholm Elliott
A good match for anyone in search of something to “binge watch” from a time long before that phrase was ever used for productions of this length.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-08
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Adventure
Director: Mike Mitchell
Cast: Chris Pratt, Maya Rudolph, Charlie Day, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Stephanie Beatriz, Tiffany Haddish, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Will Ferrell
Kids will enjoy it more than adults, although there’s enough to keep older viewers from zoning out (at least most of the time).
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Liam Neeson, Domenick Lombardozzi, William Forsythe, Emmy Rossum, John Doman, Julia Jones, Laura Dern, Tom Jackson, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Holmes
The gallows humor is pervasive, giving the production, which sometimes crosses over a line into outright parody, a quirky tone.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Josh Brener, Tracy Morgan, Aldis Hodge, Richard Roundtree, Brian Bosworth, Shane Paul McGhie, Erykah Badu, Max Greenfield
Wastes its premise while offering little more than a sparkling Henson performance to distract us from the underwritten screenplay.