U.S. Release Date: 2019-06-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Horror
Director: Gary Dauberman
Cast: McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, Michael Cimino, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson
Quickly assembled with little concern for anything more than providing a funhouse experience in exchange for a few bucks.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-05-24
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy/Musical
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad
For a movie about magic, that’s one element sorely lacking in this retread.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-08-13
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Thurop Van Orman
Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Rachel Bloom, Peter Dinklage, Bill Hader, Leslie Jones, Awkwafina, Sterling K. Brown
Anyone with an interest would be advised to wait for this to reach smart phones and tablets where it can be viewed in a medium appropriate to its content and ambitions.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-08-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, More Violence)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Danny Huston, Nick Nolte, Lance Reddick, Piper Perabo, Tim Blake Nelson, Jada Pinkett Smith
Tumbles into the lamentable category of what happens when a movie is assembled for no reason other than to make money, and when everyone involved is doing it for the paycheck.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-10-11
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Elsie Fisher, Allison Janney, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, Nick Kroll, Finn Wolfhard, Chloë Grace Moretz, Charlize Theron, Conrad Vernon
Lackluster and restrained, it employs a dull story to present a message about the importance of diversity and the evils of assimilation.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-10-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Liev Schreiber, Selena Gomez, Jude Law, Diego Luna, Kelly Rohrbach, Cherry Jones
Revisits familiar themes and ideas from other, earlier films that were presented to far better effect the first time around.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-01-18
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Melissa B. Miller
Cast: Brendan Meyer, Jemima Kirke, Molly Ringwald, Brian d’Arcy James, Harley Quinn Smith, Sam McCarthy
Offers a mix of honesty and artifice - some scenes simmer with truth; others are too obviously the construct of a screenplay.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: : Rosa Salazar, Mahershala Ali, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Keean Johnson, Jackie Earle Haley, Eiza Gonzalez, Ed Skrein
Despite offering a riveting, high-energy origin story, "Alita" lacks a genuine ending and this leaves the narrative frustratingly unfinished.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-03-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: James Kent
Cast: Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, Jason Clarke, Flora Theimann
A curiosity for history buffs and those who enjoy middling period piece melodramas.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-07-26
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Nothing Offensive)
Genre: Drama
Director: Shelagh McLeod
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Colm Feore, Krista Bridges, Lyriq Bent, Richie Lawrence, Graham Greene
The film’s first half is promising but it is let down by the rushed ending and confusing changes in character motivations.