U.S. Release Date: 2020-08-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
Director: Brandon Trost
Cast: Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Molly Evensen, Eliot Glazer, Kalen Allen
Seth Rogen, playing two roles and showing no chemistry with himself, is in “comedy mode” here but the material isn’t funny enough for that to work.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-06-12
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Collin Farrell, Nonso Anozie, Tamara Smart
Offers a few standout moments set adrift in a sea of underdeveloped characters, incomplete backstory elements, and abbreviated world building.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-01-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action
Director: Adil El Arbi, Billal Fallah
Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Joe Pantoliano, Paola Nunez, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Kate del Castillo, Jacob Scipio
It’s more of the same: Violence-saturated eye candy used to buff Smith’s ego and inflate his bank account.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-07-10
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Gore, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jeffrey A. Brown
Cast: Liana Liberato, Noah Le Gros, Jake Weber, Maryann Nagel
The characters are generic and uninteresting and that neuters tension and suspense.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-08-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dean Parisot
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal, Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, William Sadler, Anthony Carrigan, Erinn Hayes, Jayma Mays
Silly, dumb, and completely nonsensical – exactly what one could reasonably expect from the movie and what the fans (given a choice) would demand.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-03-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Dave Wilson
Cast: Vin Diesel, Eiza Gonzalez, Guy Pearce, Sam Heughan, Talulah Riley, Toby Kebbell, Lamorne Morris
With too little emphasis placed on and exploring the rich possibilities of the milieu, the movie turns into a ho-hum Vin Diesel action film.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-10-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jacob Chase
Cast: Azhy Robertson, Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher Jr., Winslow Fegley
Ultimately feels like just another in a long line of disposable, unmemorable kid-in-danger PG-13 horror films, of which there are too many.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-06-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Musical
Director: David Dobkin
Cast: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, Mikael Persbrandt, Pierce Brosnan, Melissanthi Mahut, Demi Lovato, Graham Norton
A high-concept, low-brow romantic comedy that overstays its welcome and can’t decide whether it wants to buy into or satirize the European singing contest.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-12-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Disaster Sequences, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn
In different times, it might have been possible to give "Greenland" a lukewarm recommendation for anyone looking for something frenetic and mindless.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-02-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeff Baena
Cast: Alison Brie, Molly Shannon, John Reynolds, John Ortiz, Debby Ryan, Paul Reiser, David Paymer
Most will find it strange, inert, and confounding.