U.S. Release Date: 2023-08-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Suggestive Material)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Angel Manuel Soto
Cast: Xolo Mariduena, Bruna Marquezine, Damian Alcazar, George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Belissa Escobedo, Elpidia Carrillo, Susan Sarandon, Raoul Max Trujillo
The primary sin is not that "Blue Beetle" stinks the way really bad movies do but that it is deeply mired in mediocrity.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-07-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Lame Scares)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Justin Simien
Cast: LaKieth Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chase W. Dillon, Jared Leto
Not a bad movie but too long and lifeless for what amounts to a two-hour commercial for a three-minute ride.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-09-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs, Nudity)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Adele Lim
Cast: Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu
A bunch of amusingly raunchy jokes interspersed with a treacly soap opera-level storyline about family and friendship.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-06-30
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Kirk DeMicco
Cast: Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Annie Murphy, Colman Domingo, Jane Fonda
Although the movie has the capacity to engage and entertain young children, its bland storyline and cut-rate animation will not impress many adults.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-06-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Child Imperilment, Bullying, Intense Terror)
Genre: Horror
Director: Rob Savage
Cast: Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair, David Dastmalchian
As horror movies go, this one lacks much to distinguish it; despite the “based on the work of Stephen King” tag, it is generic in approach and result.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-05-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Bahador Foladi, Nina Touissant-White, Travis Fimmel
One of those movies that exists without having a compelling reason for doing do. As a theatrical destination, "Kandahar" is not worth the trip.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-05-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Vin Diesel, Alan Ritchson, Brie Larson, Charlize Theron, Sung Kang, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Jason Momoa, Michelle Rodriguez, Jason Statham
"Fast X" brings little new to a series that has been repeating itself since it went hyperkinetic with installment #4.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-05-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, JD Pardo, Dayo Okeniyi, Jeff Fahey, Jackie Earle Haley, William Fichtner
The convoluted result – low on thrills, lower on coherence, and lowest on acting – is more confusing than compelling.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-04-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Chris McKay
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Shohreh Aghdashlooo
The Nicolas Cage version of Dracula is so outrageous that it puts to shame previous attempts at parodying the Count. Too bad the rest of "Renfield" doesn’t come close to being on the same level.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-04-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Brit McAdams
Cast: Owen Wilson, Ciara Renee, Michaela Watkins, Stephen Root, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Lucy Freyer
Comes across like a mediocre SNL skit that is already running too long before the first half-hour has expired.