U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Emerald Fennell
Cast: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Archie Madekwe, Richard E. Grant, Rosamund Pike, Alison Oliver, Carey Mulligan
The film is just bonkers enough to be wildly entertaining and completely disturbing in equal parts.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-08-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Josh Greenbaum
Cast: Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Isla Fisher, Randall Park, Will Forte
Provided the viewer is broad-minded enough not to be bothered by a nearly constant stream of profanity, "Strays" offers a kennel of off-color laughter.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-08-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Randall Park
Cast: Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Tavi Gevinson, Sonoya Mizuno
Shines in its sly observances about Asian American cultural idiosyncrasies even though the overarching narrative at times feels derivative and uninspired.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-09-05
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Action
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Cast: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, Jake Johnson, Issa Rae, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Daniel Kaluuya, Jason Schwartzman
Just as rambunctious, psychedelic, and occasionally spastic as its precursor, but it may not have the same impact following in the footsteps of a trailblazer.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-01-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Maria Schrader
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Jennifer Ehle, Samantha Morton, Ashley Judd
For the most part, "She Said" provides involving material that doesn’t forget the victims in the process of telling how their stories brought down one of Hollywood’s ogres.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-12-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Disturbing Images, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Parker Finn
Cast: Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, Robin Weigert, Jessie T. Usher, Kal Penn, Gillian Zinser
This is a reminder that horror movies have the twin goals of unsettling and upsetting - a mission statement director Parker Finn takes seriously.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-09-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
Director: Tom George
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, Shirley Henderson, David Oyelowo
Director Tom George takes a fairly routine whodunnit? and livens it up with a corkscrew helix of fourth wall-breaking, historical references, slapstick, and self-aware clichés.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-02-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Michel Franco
Cast: Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting McMillan, Samuel Bottomley
Draped in a haze of uncertainty, with writer/director Michel Franco obscuring key details at the outset to keep the audience in a state of partial awareness.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-12-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Jon Watts
Cast: Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, J.K. Simmons, Benedict Wong, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Rhys Ifans, Thomas Haden Church, Alfred Molina, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Zendaya, Tobey Maguire
The supercharged CGI effects are fine and the battles are eye-popping, but the character interactions make "No Way Home" work.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-09-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Fantasy
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Cast: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Fala Chen, Ben Kingsley, Benedict Wong, Florian Munteanu
For the most part, this movie features a different way of doing things even if it eventually loses some of that originality in order to conform to the comic book aesthetic.