U.S. Release Date: 2016-07-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed
Despite regurgitating elements from the founding trilogy, "Jason Bourne" represents the best the series has yet offered.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-30
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Hamm
Cast: Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Freddie Highmore, John Hurt, Toby Stephens, Ian Beattie, Catherine McCormack
The movie contains some tremendous individual scenes but the whole isn’t better than the sum of its parts.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-04-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Neel Sethi, Ben Kingsley, Baloo, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Esposito
This edition of "The Jungle Book" may not go down in history as a classic but kids (and maybe their parents) will love it all the same.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-10-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
Director: Greg Mottola
Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot, Patton Oswalt
A paint-by-numbers, creatively bankrupt “comedy” emerging from a studio system that has largely forgotten what it means to be genuinely funny.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-10-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Documentary
Director: Leslie Small, Tim Story
Cast: Kevin Hart
You probably don’t need a review to know whether this film will work for you.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-08-19
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mild Violence)
Genre: Animated
Director: Travis Knight
Cast: Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew McConaughey, Rooney Mara, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brenda Vaccaro
" Kubo and the Two Strings" is a magical motion picture in every sense of the word.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-01-29
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh
Cast: (voices), Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, J.K. Simmons, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong
Kids will appreciate what this has to offer. It provides a less fulfilling experience for older viewers, who may be diverted but are unlikely to be enthralled.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-12-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Musical
Director: Damien Chazelle
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend
None of Hollywood’s recent offerings has lifted me up with the potency and grace of "La La Land", one of the year’s most effervescent samples of pure entertainment.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-07-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Adventure
Director: David Yates
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent
Unlike so many of the bloated, disappointing entries into the 2016 big budget sweepstakes, this is good escapist entertainment.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-09-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown
It’s a well-made, serious drama arriving in an era when those qualities rarely describe multiplex fare.