U.S. Release Date: 2020-08-07
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Documentary
Director: Don Hahn
Cast: Howard Ashman, Sarah Gillespie, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Bill Lauch, Alan Menken, Paige O’Hara, Peter Schneider
An affectionate but unremarkable biography of lyricist/writer Howard Ashman, who was in large part responsible for Disney's early-'90s renaissance.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-07-31
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Jessica Swale
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Courtenay, Lucas Bond, Dixie Egerickx, Penelope Wilton
A period piece likely to find more appeal among the Masterpiece Theater/art-house crowd than those in search of something less conventional.
U.S. Release Date: 1971-06-30
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: Fantasy/Musical/Comedy
Director: Mel Stuart
Cast: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone, Denise Nickerson, Dodo Denney, Paris Themmen, Ursula Reit, Michael Bollner
Many aspects of the production are dated, but the movie has become embedded into the childhood experiences of many Generation X’ers.
U.S. Release Date: 1977-08-24
MPAA Rating: ""
Genre: Animated
Director:
Cast: Duncan Watson, Stuart Brotman, Gail Davis, Liam Martin, Jimmy Ahrens, Melanie Kohn, Bill Melendez
As a franchise and a brand, Peanuts undoubtedly has value, but this particular chapter is hermetically sealed in the 1970s.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-06-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Patrick Vollrath
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Carlo Kitzlinger, Aylin Tezel, Omid Memar, Paul Wollin, Murathan Muslu
Not a bad high-concept thriller but, as is often the case with movies hampered by undercooked storylines, something better could have resulted from the same basic plot points.
U.S. Release Date: 1990-08-24
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Jasen Fisher, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson, Bill Paterson, Brenda Blethyn, Charlie Potter, Anne Lambton, Jane Horrocks
Not a lot happens during the course of "The Witches" and that’s part of the problem.
U.S. Release Date: 1988-10-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
Director: Graham Baker
Cast: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, Leslie Bevis
More often frustrating than successful, this is a generic neo-noir buddy cop movie that misses too many opportunities to do anything different.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-05-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Michael Showalter
Cast: Kumail Nanjiani, Issa Rae
More successful when focusing on the unlikely romance between its stars than the silly and underwhelming murder mystery.
U.S. Release Date: 1988-12-14
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers, Ian McDiarmid, Ian McDiarmid
A comedy caper that relies more on the charm of its stars than the twistiness of its narrative, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" isn’t quite clever enough to justify the full 110-minute running length.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-05-15
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Tony Cervone
Cast: Will Forte, Frank Welker, Tracy Morgan, Ken Jeong, Kiersey Clemons, Amanda Seyfried, Zac Efron, Gina Rodriguez, Jason Isaacs, Mark Wahlberg, Billy West & Don Messick
Tries to do a little too much and runs too long but it’s an affable mix of nostalgia and family-friendly animated action/adventure.