U.S. Release Date: 2021-05-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Finn Little, Aidan Gillen, Nicholas Hoult, Jon Bernthal, Medina Senghore, Jake Weber
Fundamentally, this is about the hunters and the hunted and, if you don’t look too deeply into the backstory, it works on that level.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-05-12
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Alexandre Aja
Cast: Melanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric
The bad aftertaste from the contrived conclusion diminishes the experience but doesn’t undo the prior 90 minutes of mystery and tension.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-04-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Stefano Sollima
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jamie Bell, Guy Pearce, Lauren London
For something based on a Clancy novel, it’s disappointingly lacking in the author’s trademark complexity and detail. This is pure disposable entertainment – nothing more, nothing less.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-03-05
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Julius Sevcik
Cast: Hanna Alstrom, Carice van Houten, Claes Bang, Alexandra Borbely, Martin Hofmann, Karel Roden, Roland Moller
History buffs, especially those with an affinity for World War II stories and/or an interest in 20th century Czechoslovakia, may enjoy what "The Affair" has to offer
U.S. Release Date: 2021-03-05
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Fantasy
Director: Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada
Cast: Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Izaac Wang, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong
"Raya" offers a screenplay and story geared primarily toward younger audiences and lacks the magic necessary to command long-term adulation.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-01-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Simon Stone
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan, Archie Barnes, Lily James, Ben Chaplin, Johnny Flynn, Ken Stott, Monica Dolan
Feels like a condensed version of a story that, given more time to breathe, might have been fascinating and emotionally effective.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-07-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Animated
Director: Sam Liu
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, Ray Wise, Maury Sterling
Feels like it was cobbled together out of different pieces of varying quality and, as such, it doesn’t work as well as it might.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Patty Jenkins
Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, Lilly Aspell
Falls short of its predecessor on a number of levels and suffers from many of the problems that plague superhero sequels.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-12-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Musical
Director: Ryan Murphy
Cast: Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Jo Ellen Pellman, Ariana DeBose, Keegan-Michael Key, Kerry Washington, Andrew Rannells, Mary Kay Place, Tracey Ullman
Despite its awkward and uneven elements, "The Prom" offers enough high-energy moments to be seen as a passable motion picture adaptation of the stage play.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-11-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Joel Crawford
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Clark Duke, Peter Dinklage, Leslie Mann, Kelly Marie Tran
Kids will enjoy it and parents will be sufficiently diverted that they won’t be tempted to take a nap.