U.S. Release Date: 2024-11-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Disturbing Images, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Cast: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East
Does what good psychological horror does best: leaves the viewer unsettled and perhaps a little shaken even after the end credits roll and the lights turn back on.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Sean Baker
Cast: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, ...
Stands out as an airy experience full of surprises (big and small), all anchored by the tremendous performance by lead actress Mikey Madison.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-11-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ron Perlman, Frankie Shaw, ...
Possibly too generic for those with an affinity for movies about larger-than-life figures diminished by infirmity and too downbeat for those who have enjoyed the action/thriller outings of Liam Neeson.
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U.S. Release Date: 2024-11-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Dockery, Gwilym Lee, Ophelia Lovibond, David Fynn
"Here" wants to depict the everyday life of an historically anonymous person and, stripping away the distractions created by the failed artificial structure, it mostly accomplishes that goal.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Berger
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diaz
The acting elevates the material. All the A-list actors bring their A-games.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action
Director: Kelly Marcel
Cast: Tom Hardy, Juno Temple, Alanna Ubach, Rhys Ifans, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andy Serkis
The potential inherent in the Venom symbiont has been wasted and squandered over the course of three movies and this final installment is the worst offender of all.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Anna Kendrick
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson, Tony Hale, Kathryn Gallagher, Pete Holmes, Autumn Best
The screenplay does a good job with the "Dating Games" scenes and the tense, creepy sequence that follows but it founders in establishing a wider canvas.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: John Crowley
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Grace Delaney, Adam James, Lee Braithwaite
The movie occasionally tries too hard to turn on the waterworks and allows its structure to upstage the fine performances by the leads.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Parker Finn
Cast: Naomi Scott, Rosemary DeWitt, Dylan Gelula, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson, Kyle Gallner
"Smile 2" uses the first installment as a jumping-off point for a story that is longer, deeper, just as unsettling, and more intense.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Gabriel LaBelle, Matthew Rhys, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Braun, Kim Matula, Lamorne Morris, Emily Fairn, Dylan O’Brien, Ella Hunt, Rachel Sennott, Matt Wood, Cory Michael Smith, J.K. Simmons
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