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: 2018-03-02
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Eli Roth
Cast: Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris, Kimberly Elise, Beau Knapp
In many ways a throwback, which would be okay if there wasn’t already an okay version of the same story kicking around from the 1970s .
U.S. Release Date: 2018-02-23
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Disturbing Images, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Adventure
Director: Kimble Rendall
Cast: Li Bingbing, Kellan Lutz, Kelsey Grammer, Chun Wu, Shane Jacobson, Jason Chong, Eva Liu
The movie feels like what it is – a moderately low-budget action/adventure outing designed primarily for the Asian market.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-02-09
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Musical/Romance/Comedy
Director: Dan Baron
Cast: Brie Larson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Scott Bakula, Saahil Sehgal, Tyne Daly, Donald Sutherland
A forgettable merging of a fish-out-of-water story with a cross-cultural romance, this musical lacks personality.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-02-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: James Foley
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eric Johnson, Eloise Mumord, Rita Ora, Luke Grimes, Arielle Kebbel, Amy Price-Francis
Although there are numerous problems with "Fifty Shades Freed," the fundamental one is also the most obvious: the lack of a compelling story.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-02-04
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Horror
Director: Julius Onah
Cast: Gugu Mbataha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Bruhl, John Ortiz, Chris O’Dowd, Aksel Hennie, Zhang Ziyi, Elizabeth Debicki, Roger Davies
A kluge of bad science and worse science fiction clichés, it tries to be atmospheric and scary but succeeds only at being frustrating and tedious.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-02-02
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Lin Oeding
Cast: Jason Momoa, Stephen Lang, Garret Dillahunt, Jill Wagner, Brendan Fletcher, Sasha Rossof
A standard-order action/thriller with adequate performances, occasional bursts of tension, awful dialogue, and a minimal narrative.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-01-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Sam Neill, Elizabeth McGovern, Jonathan Banks
"The Commuter" delivers exactly what’s advertised – a turn-off-the-brain action film starring Liam Neeson that doesn’t moralize or overplay its hand.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-01-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Horror
Director: Adam Robitel
Cast: Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Ava Kolker, Hana Hayes, Bruce Davision, Kirk Acevedo, Tessa Ferrer, Caitlin Gerard, Spencer Locke
A regurgitated product, familiar bits and pieces of teen-friendly “scary” stuff that mimics horror in disappointingly superficial ways.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Dan Gilroy
Cast: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Lynda Gravatt, Tony Plana
The story is surprisingly unfocused and plunges into quasi-thriller territory that relies on a series of hard-to-swallow contrivances.