U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando
"Godzilla Minus One" is not just a good Godzilla movie. It is an excellent Godzilla movie – arguably among the best ever to grace the screen.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-04-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Drama
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Antony Starr, Jonny Lee Miller, Emily Beecham, Fariba Sheikhan
Ritchie is unquestionably making the attempt to craft a more meaningful and mature movie than anything he has previously done.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-05-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs Use/Addiction)
Genre: Drama
Director: Zach Braff
Cast: Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman, Celeste O’Connor, Molly Shannon, Chinaza Uche
The participation of Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman, both in top form, transforms this from a middling weeper into a deeply felt meditation about the ravages of drug addiction.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-12-09
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
Cast: Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton
I can make a compelling case that this is the best version of Pinocchio to-date, and that includes the Disney classic.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-06-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Sophie Hyde
Cast: Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack
The screenplay, which effectively balances comedic moments with dramatic ones, has some uneven moments, but Thompson’s performance never wavers.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-11-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Supernatural Elements)
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Finn Wolfhard, Ernie Hudson, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, McKenna Grace, Harold Ramis
Nostalgia remains the main selling point and viewers attending for that reason won’t be disappointed.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-07-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: David Lowery
Cast: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Ralph Ineson
Sheds conventional fantasy adventure tropes in exchange for a moody, trippy approach that transforms the well-known Arthurian tale into something offbeat and surprising.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-07-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (War Violence, Profanity)
Genre: War/Thriller
Director: Aaron Schneider
Cast: Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham, Matt Helm, Rob Morgan, Travis Quentin
Hanks’ script is an example of economical storytelling and the end result is a thrilling 75 minutes of the kinds of things one expects from well-made submarine movies.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-08-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gene Stupnitsky
Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon, Molly Gordon, Midori Francis, Millie Davis, Will Forte
The movie’s charm comes from its ability to conjure up the innocence of the twilight of childhood; its humor arises from the adult perspective of certain not-so-innocent things.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-03-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: Keith Behrman
Cast: Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, Maria Bello, Kyle MacLachlan, Niamh Wilson, Peter Outerbridge
There’s something enormously refreshing about the openness and honesty found in Keith Behrman’s coming-of-age film, "Giant Little Ones."