U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-15
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: James Hawes
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Samantha Spiro, Alex Sharp, Ramola Garai, Ziggy Heath, Jonathan Pryce, Lena Olin, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Flynn, Juliana Moska
Tells a story in a workmanlike fashion that allows viewers to learn more about the central figure and why his life is deserving of a big-screen treatment.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Director: Andrew Haigh
Cast: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, Claire Foy
Although aspects have a cheesy flavor, the raw honesty of the best moments propel the narrative through its less credible pitstops.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Musical/Drama
Director: Blitz Bazawule
Cast: Fantasia Barrino, David Alan Grier, Gabriella Wison ‘H.E.R.’, Ciara, Halle Bailey, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Corey Hawkins, Colman Domingo, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Louis Gossett Jr.
This is high-octane showmanship but one can be justified wondering whether that represents the best choice for this material.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: George Clooney
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Joel Phillimore, Thomas Stephen Varey, Wil Coban, Bruce Herbelin-Earle, Luke Slattery, Jack Mulhern, Thomas Elms, Sam Strike, Peter Guinness, Callum Turner, Hadley Robinson
Sentimental without being saccharine, this based-on-history account offers likeable characters in a well-structured narrative.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Gruesome Images)
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Adam Driver, Shailene Woodley, Penelope Cruz, Gabriel Leone, Jack O’Connell, Sarah Gadon
As a well-acted standard-order bio-pic, "Ferrari" delivers but as something more, it falls short.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Sean Durkin
Cast: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Stanley Simmons, Holt McCallany, Maura Tierney, Lily James
This is an American tragedy. Although the participants may be famous, the demons they fight in their intimate moments are familiar and relatable.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Smoking)
Genre: Drama
Director: Bradley Cooper
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Sarah Silverman, Tim Rogan, Maya Hawke
This telling of the life story of Leonard Bernstein contains moments of cinematic passion and poetry that make it worth seeing even if specific choices create an underlying sense of frustration.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-15
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Musical/Fantasy
Director: Paul King
Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Matt Lucas, Rowan Atkinson, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Grant, Olivia Colman, Tom Davis, Jim Carter, Paterson Joseph, Keegan-Michael Key, Calah Lane, Matthew Bayton
"Wonka" is a fun and imaginative family film – certainly better than one might expect from a production crassly viewed by some as a "cash grab."
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Thematic Material, Suggested Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Cast: Christian Friedel, Sandra Huller
Powerful but dramatically inert. A certain level of artistic pretentiousness overlays much of the film, at times undercutting its effectiveness.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Cord Jefferson
Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Myra Lucretia Taylor
As a calling-card, one could not imagine something more combustible than the one offered by Cord Jefferson with his feature debut.