U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Hanna Alstrom, Julianne Moore, Pedro Pascal, Channing Tatum, Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges, Edward Holcroft, Bruce Greenwood, Elton John
Although there are individual moments that snap, crackle, and pop, the production as a whole is bloated and at times even a little tedious.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Kristen Wiig
With "mother!", director Darren Aronofsky seems determined to baffle, infuriate, and divide his audience.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content, War Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: Danny Strong
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Zoey Deutch, Victor Garber, Hope Davis, Lucy Boynton
"Rebel in the Rye" falls into the trap that ensnares many a bio-pic: trying to present too broad a chronology in too limited a time.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-01
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror
Director: Michael Barrett
Cast: Logan Huffman, Natalia Warner, Brandon Tyler Sklenar, Naoto Takenaka, Asahi Uchida
"Temple" shows a better path for horror films to follow but the screenplay is too threadbare and the characters too poorly developed for it to really work.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-25
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Gill
Cast: Jack Lowden, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jodie Comer, Peter McDonald, Simone Kirby, Katherine Pearce, Vivienne Bell
It’s competently made and sporadically compelling but not likely to pique the interest of anyone unfamiliar with Morrissey.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Horror
Director: Rich Ragsdale
Cast: James Landry Hebert, Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael S. New, Russell Geoffrey Banks, Rich Lee Gray, Mark Boone Junior
A generally well-made but ultimately unsurprising excursion into the supernatural.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, John Bernthal, Lake Bell, Omari Hardwick, Benjamin Bratt, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan
Despite being sold and marketed as a thriller, the most interesting aspects of "Shot Caller" are the dramatic ones.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Marwan Kenzari, Willem Dafoe, Glenn Close, Christian Rubeck
The disappointment of what this movie could have been dogs it as it navigates safe, predictable roads to a preordained conclusion.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Cast: Brie Larson, Woddy Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Sarah Snook, Josh Caras, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ella Anderson, Chandler Head, Max Greenfield
An Oscar-wannabe that didn’t make the cut and is being released in mid-August hoping to find a small audience.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-07-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke
On a purely visual level, "Valerian" is a top contender, but as a complete motion picture experience, it falls considerably short.