U.S. Release Date: 1985-10-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Cartoon Violence, Sexual Content, Mild Profanity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Cast: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Diane Franklin, Amanda Wyss, Aaron Dozier, Curtis Armstrong, Daniel Schneider
This is what ‘80s comedies were and all of them, "Better Off Dead" included, are more valuable today as time capsules than as artistic endeavors.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-08-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Augustine Frizzell
Cast: Maia Mitchell, Camila Morrone, Kyle Mooney, Joel Allen
It’s supposed to be a screwball comedy but someone forgot to include the laughs.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-08-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Jessica McNamee, Robert Taylor, Page Kennedy, Olafur Darri Olafsson
By failing to embrace the absurdity of the situation, the movie sets itself up as just another summer blockbuster-of-the-week.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-08-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
Director: Susanna Fogel
Cast: Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Sam Heughan, Hasan Minhaj, Gillian Anderson, Paul Reiser, Jane Curtin, Ivanna Sakhno
The biggest crime of "The Spy Who Dumped Me" isn’t its dearth of humor or reliance on an unimaginative espionage plot but the way it wastes the talents of its leads.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-08-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Cast: Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, Skylan Brooks, Miya Cech, Mandy Moore, Gwendoline Christie, Patrick Gibson, Bradley Whitford
As the credits roll with most of the major plot threads unresolved, the frustration is palpable when one recognizes that there will be no second installment.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-13
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Scenes of Peril/Disaster)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: David M. Rosenthal
Cast: Theo James, Forest Whitaker, Kat Graham, Nicole Ari Parker, Grace Dove, Kerry Bishe
The idiotic ending doesn’t redeem the uneven middle portion. The film's biggest problem is identified by the title.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Scenes of Peril)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Roland Moller, Pablo Schreiber, Noah Taylor, Chin Han, Hannah Quinlivan, Byron Mann, McKenna Roberts, Noah Cottrell
A simple story with lots of visual pizzazz and little in the way of complexity or intelligence is a great way to lure viewers of all nationalities into theaters.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-10
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Jon E. Cohen
Cast: Rancel Edwards, Erin Karpluk, Michael Xavier, Erin Agostino, Jonas Chernick, Mia Kirshner
This superficial and lightweight approach might make for adequate TV viewing but it functions more as a clumsy tease than a satisfying motion picture.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Comic Book Violence)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Peyton Reed
Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Hannah John-Kamen, Walton Goggins, Michael Pena
Plodding, repetitive, replete with technobabble nonsense and lifeless action, this is easily the worst-written of any of the 20 to-date MCU offerings.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-06-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Dino Carnage, Scenes of Peril, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeff Goldblum, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, James Cromwell, Ted Levine, BD Wong, Isabella Sermon
"Fallen Kingdom" isn’t dino-myte. It’s dino doo-doo.