U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Charlotte Rampling, Stellan Skarsgård, Lea Seydoux, Christopher Walken, Dave Bautista, Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Anya Taylor-Joy
A spectacle to behold with an underlying arc that makes it more satisfying than a 2 1/2-hour bite of eye candy.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Moritz Mohr
Cast: Bill Skarsgard, Andrew Koji, Sharlto Copley, Quinn Copeland, Yayan Ruhian, Isaiah Mustafa, Brett Gelman, Michelle Dockery, Jessica Rothe, Famke Janssen, H. Jon Benjamin
When the warped humor and unallayed brutality are working hand-in-hand, this is a fun (if bizarre) experience.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Matt Dettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Cast: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir, William Catlett, Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud, Giancarlo Esposito
For those willing to overlook some often-familiar horror movie conventions, the movie is gorily diverting and maintains a light, flippant tone.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Wagener Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman
"Civil War" does a good job dissecting the damage done by a desensitization to violence but it botches the backstory and features an ending that belongs in another movie.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Dev Patel
Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Sikander Kher, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Adithi Kalkunte, Sobhita Dhulipala, Ashwini Kalsekar, Makarand Deshpande
A blood-soaked revenge tale with a high body count that refuses to pull its punches to make the protagonist more likable.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Adult Themes, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Alejandro Monteverde
Cast: Christiana Dell’Anna, David Morse, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Federico Ielapi, Virginia Bocelli, Giancarlo Giannini, John Lithgow, Jeremy Bobb
An engaging account of a woman whose faith and personality allowed her to make a difference in the face of astronomical odds.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-01-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Cast: Chris Messina, John Gallagher Jr., Masha Mashkova, Costa Ronin, Ariana DeBose, Pilou Asbaek
As a sci-fi thriller, it does not disappoint but neither does it go above or beyond what one might reasonably expect based on the trailer.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist
This middling melodrama about power, sex, and tennis is heavy on homoeroticism and light on meaningful storytelling.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Henry Cavill, Freddy Fox, Til Schweiger, Rory Kinnear, Henry Golding, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Cary, Babs Olusanmokun, Eiza Gonzalez, Alex Pettyfer, Alan Ritchson, Danny Sapani
Like many recent Ritchie movies, this one has a lot of frenetic action, a fair amount of spectacle, some cheeky dialogue, and a hefty dose of machismo.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Prosthetic Nudity)
Genre: Adventure
Director: David Zeller, Nathan Zeller
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe Zajac-Denek, Nathan Zeller
Designed to be corny and loopy but with a kernel of sentimentality at its core, and is sufficiently different to make it almost worth seeing for that reason alone.