U.S. Release Date: 2020-04-10
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Musical
Director: Walt Dohrn, David P. Smith
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, James Corden, Rachel Bloom, Kelly Clarkson, Sam Rockwell, George Clinton, Mary J. Blige
Too little use of a rich palette of music and too much peddling of important themes like diversity and the evils of cultural appropriation.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-05-03
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: AJ Jankel
Cast: Anna Paquin, Holliday Grainger, Emun Elliott, Gregor Selkirk, Lauren Lyle, Kate Dickie
The framing of characters is black-and-white and the far-too-pat ending offers an unearned resolution.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-06-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Tomsic
Cast: Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Jake Johnson, Hannibal Buress, Isla Fisher, Jeremy Renner, Rashida Jones, Leslie Bibb
Falls prey to two common problems: (1) predictable, uninspired humor, and (2) inept attempts to inject drama into the proceedings during the last act.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-06-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth, Giovanni Ribisi
The film fumbles its lame narrative and, although some of MacFarlane's jokes are hilarious, they're just blips on the radar.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-01-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Olivier Megaton
Cast: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace, Dougray Scott, Sam Spruell
Taken 3 is exactly what one might anticipate from ...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-07-02
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Ben Falcone
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Allison Janney, Dan Aykroyd, Mark Duplass, Gary Cole
Tammy is a road trip movie and, like many road ...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-04-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Wally Pfister
Cast: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Kate Mara, Cole Hauser
To be fair, Transcendence contains its share of "...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-11-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: ROMANCE/HORROR
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke, Mackenzie Foy, Michael Sheen, Dakota Fanning
I'm of two minds about Breaking Dawn Part 2. ...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-10-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Olivier Megaton
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Rade Serbedzija
The original Taken, released in the United States ...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-09-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Robert Lorenz
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, Matthew Lillard, John Goodman, Robert Patrick
Following his starring role in 2008's Gran Torino...