U.S. Release Date: 2018-05-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ben Falcone
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Molly Gordon, Gillian Jacobs, Debby Ryan, Adria Arjona, Maya Rudolph, Luke Benward, Matt Walsh
Too dispiriting to be painful and too pointless to deserve the effort necessary for an additional word of opprobrium.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-30
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Russell Harbaugh
Cast: Andie MacDowell, Chris O’Dowd, James Adomian, Juliet Rylance, Dree Hemingway, Francesca Faridany, Matt Salinger, Gareth Williams
Director Harbaugh presents grief as it is, in all its pain and ugliness, rather than using the convenient, uplifting short-hand that Hollywood prefers.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Greg Berlanti
Cast: Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Talitha Bateman, Keiynan Lonsdale, Logan Miller
Part romantic-comedy and part coming-of-age story, this is an upbeat, uplifting, and teen-friendly crowd-pleaser.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-02-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Tim Hunter
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Robin Tunney, Marc Blucas, Ernie Lively, Jacque Gray, Kassia Conway
Although the screenplay knows how to set things up, it fails to deliver down the stretch, leaving us with a by-the-numbers resolution.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, J. Quinton Johnson
A thoughtful meditation about war and surviving in its aftermath.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Greta Gerwig
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Beanie Feldstein, Lucas Hedges, Odeya Rush, Timothee Chalamet, Lois Smith
Highlighted by an awards-worthy performance by Saoirse Ronan and structured around a light, witty script, the movie delivers a coming-of-age snapshot.
U.S. Release Date: 1986-11-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Tichina Arnold, Michelle Weeks, Tisha Campbell, Levi Stubbs
A second look at the 1986 musical, "Little Shop of Horrors".
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-22
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher, Bob Logan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Michael Pena, Kumail Nanjiani, Abbi Jacobson, Zach Woods, Fred Armisen, Olivia Munn
A 90-second toy commercial is generally innocuous but stretch it out to 90 minutes and it can be a challenge to endure.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-08
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Gore, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Juan Carlos Medina
Cast: Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Eddie Marsan, Douglas Booth, Maria Valverde, Sam Reid, George Flood
An atmospheric period-piece murder mystery, The Limehouse Golem combines elements of Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: William H. Macy
Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Kate Upton, Matt Barr, Matt Jones, Kal Penn, Rob Corddry, Molly Shannon
"The Layover" is an appalling movie – an unpleasant, unwatchable example of why people no longer love romantic comedies.