U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-09-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Taika Waititi
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Chris Pratt, Taika Waititi, Russell Crowe
Has a free-spirited sense of fun and mischief that allows the viewer to uncover something more enjoyable than the monotonous sameness of the CGI overload.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-10-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Jordan Peele
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Angel Torres, Michael Wincott, Steven Yeun
Those who see "Nope" might not get exactly what they’re expecting but they may enjoy it anyway.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-11-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Sexual Content, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: George Miller
Cast: Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton, Aamito Lagum, Burcu Golgedar, Pia Thunderbolt
Suffused with hypnotic visuals and anchored by a tremendous performance by Idris Elba, the movie takes its cues from the fantasy workings of Guillermo del Toro and is only occasionally found wanting.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-10-31
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Intense Action)
Genre: Action/Drama
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jean Louisa Kelly, Glen Powell, Danny Ramirez, Jay Ellis, Lewis Pullman, Monica Barbaro, Charles Parnell, Jon Hamm, Bashir Salahuddin, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer, Ed Harris
Although relying on some of the alchemy that made the formula successful in 1986, the film’s awareness of cultural shifts makes for a more complete cinematic experience.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-09-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Musical/Drama
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh, Kelvin Harrison Jr., David Wenham
At times frustrating and at times exuberant, the movie is effective in capturing both the triumph and tragedy of the title character’s life.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-04-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Ruben Ostlund
Cast: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Vicki Berlin, Dolly De Leon, Woody Harrelson, Zlatko Buric, Sunnyi Melles, Henrik Dorsin
Although there’s probably never a minute that goes by without some kind of barb being tossed, Ostlund reserves his sharpest daggers for illustrating how utterly out-of-touch the ultra-rich are.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-09-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Drama
Director: John Michael McDonagh
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As much about atonement and forgiveness as it is a critique of Colonial attitudes of racism and white supremacy that are deeply entrenched in Western society.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-08-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Director: Tim Story
Cast: Antoinette Robertson, Dewayne Perkins, Sinqua Walls, Grace Byers, X Mayo, Melvin Gregg, Jermaine Fowler
Beneath all the gags, jokes, and one-liners, it dissects not only the role of Black characters in horror movies but the perception of Black viewers of those characters.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-09-06
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Rude Comments, Naked Minion Butts)
Genre: Animated
Director: Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan Del Val
Cast: Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Alan Arkin, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, Julie Andrews, Russell Brand, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, Lucy Lawless
We know what the Minions are and they deliver no less (or more) than we expect from them.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-08-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Matt Johnson
Cast: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Rich Sommer, Michael Ironside, Martin Donovan, Cary Elwes
A classic rags-to-riches-to-rags story; a feel-good tale that transforms into a meditation on arrogance and neglect.