U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-03-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Rude Behavior)
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Tom Hanks, Mariana Trevino, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Cameron Britton, Mike Birbiglia, Truman Hanks
The things that work outweigh those that do not and the performance by Hanks is the glue that holds everything together.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-01-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Mylod
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Hong Chau, Rob Yang, Mark St. Cyr, Arturo Castro, Judith Light, Reed Birney, Paul Adelstein, Janet McTeer, Aimee Carrero, John Leguizamo, Nicholas Hoult, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rebecca Koon
A dark satire that skewers privilege and eviscerates the famous and wealthy, this film from director Mark Mylod takes no prisoners.
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. Release Date: 2022-04-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Harold Torres, Monica Bellucci, Ray Stevenson, Taj Atwal, Antonio Jaramillo, Lee Boardman
What initially looks like “just another opportunity for Neeson to kick ass” turns into something less conventional.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-04-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alan Cumming, Danny Huston, Ian Hart, Colm Meaney
The movie does not do Philip Marlowe a disservice but neither does it successfully re-invent the character for a new era and its attendant audience.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-09-06
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Anthony Fabian
Cast: Lesley Manville, Jason Isaacs, Anna Chancellor, Rose Williams, Lucas Bravo, Alba Baptista, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Ellen Thomas
Matches the tone and aesthetic of one of those feel-good, highbrow art house films that were popular during the 1990s and 2000s.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-03-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Mariama Diallo
Cast: Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, Amber Gray, Ella Hunt, Talia Ryder, Talia Balsam, Bruce Altman
The movie tries to use the supernatural horror aspects to amplify the racial ones but this is where "Master" loses its way.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-02-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Director: Kat Coiro
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Maluma, John Bradley, Sarah Silverman, Chloe Coleman
Not good enough to transcend the limitations of the genre but it’s a passably enjoyable throwback to the heyday of rom-coms.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-07-01
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Romance/Drama
Director: Emma Holly Jones
Cast: Freida Pinto, Zawe Ashton, Sope Dirisu, Theo James, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Naoko Mori, Ashley Park
Genre fans may perceive it as good enough to scratch an itch but no matter how well it incorporates the Jane Austen tropes, it’s hard to see this as more than obligatory and unnecessary.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-06-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Patrick Hughes
Cast: Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Kaley Cuoco, Ellen Barkin, Jasmine Matthews
Derivative and forgettable; fitfully entertaining but ultimately lacking.