U.S. Release Date: 1987-07-14
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Anna Paquin, James Van Der Beek, Cloris Leachman, Mark Hamill, Richard Dysart, Jim Cummings
"Castle in the Sky" may be the most straightforward action/adventure movie made by Japanese master animator Hayao Miyazaki, and it provides an excellent introduction to his catalog.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Carlos Sanchez, Jason Sanchez
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Julia Sarah Stone, Denis O’Hare
The screenplay doesn’t rise to the level of the behind-the-camera craftmanship or the acting.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Armando Iannucci
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Palin, Adrian McLoughlin, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Jason Isaacs, Paddy Considine
A recognition that historical politics can be just as bizarre and absurd as the modern flavor.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Roar Uthaug
Cast: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Daniel Wu, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi, Walton Goggins
Possibly the most faithful adaptation of a video game to-date but faithfulness to the source material doesn’t always result in the best cinematic experience.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Greg Berlanti
Cast: Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Talitha Bateman, Keiynan Lonsdale, Logan Miller
Part romantic-comedy and part coming-of-age story, this is an upbeat, uplifting, and teen-friendly crowd-pleaser.
U.S. Release Date: 1983-09-23
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Davidson
Cast: Tom Berenger, Michael Paré, Joe Pantoliano, Matthew Laurance, Helen Schneider, David Wilson, Michael “Tunes” Antunes, Ellen Barkin
Whatever goodwill the movie builds up during its first 85 minutes is thrown away in the idiotic, anticlimactic final ten.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-09
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Ava DuVernay
Cast: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Levi Miller, Deric McCabe, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Zach Galifianakis
Saddled with an unevenly paced screenplay and overly reliant on generic CGI, "A Wrinkle in Time" fails to convey the magic of the book.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: Nash Edgerton
Cast: David Oyelowo, Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, Sharlto Copley, Amanda Seyfried, Harry Treadaway, Thandie Newton
"Gringo" is messy and at times incoherent, filled with pointless subplots and confounding “twists.”
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Cory Finley
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Olivia Cooke, Anton Yelchin, Paul Sparks
This dark twist on the female coming-of-age story is worth seeing as much for its subdued thriller aspects as for its warped sense of humor.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-02
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller/Horror
Director: Ted Geoghegan
Cast: Kaniehtiio Horn, Ezra Buzzington, Eamon Farren, Justin Rain, Jonathan Huber, Robert Longstreet, Noah Segan, Ian Colletti
The muddling of historical fiction with the Grand Guignol is an uneven mix that never fully gels.