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.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-06
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Adult Themes)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Chris Crow
Cast: Mark Lewis Jones, Michael Jibson
An unconventional thriller that combines claustrophobic elements such as those found in submarine movies with the isolation aspects of productions like "Cast Away."
U.S. Release Date: 2016-07-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Disturbing Images, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: David F. Sandberg
Cast: Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia, Maria Bello
It’s a shame to see a clever premise developed in such an underwhelming fashion.
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: 2016-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Garth Davis
Cast: Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, Sunny Pawar, Abhishek Bharate, Pryanka Bose
Flaws aside, it’s an amazing tale of resilience and determination.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-03-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Babak Najafi
Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Charlotte Riley, Alon Aboutboul, Waleed Zuaiter, Angela Bassett, Radha Mitchell
To the extent that the movie’s primary purpose is to provide 90 minutes of “sound and fury, signifying nothing,” "London Has Fallen" accomplishes its goal.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-04-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Drama/Adventure
Director: James Gray
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Edward Ashley, Angus Macfadyen, Ian McDiarmid, Clive Francis
With too much material to fit into a 141-minute movie, there are times when the approach feels superficial.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-16
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fiona Gordon, Dominque Abel
Cast: Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel, Emmanuelle Riva
A flight of whimsical fancy; a comedy fueled by meticulously choreographed humor.