U.S. Release Date: 2017-03-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Horror
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanda, Ariyon Bakare, Olga Dihovichnaya
Anyone who’s up for something ominous and unsettling could do worse than to choose "Life".
U.S. Release Date: 2017-03-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Drugs, Sexual Content, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Anjela Nedyalkova
"T2" has targeted a small audience and the group that thinks Boyle has again found greatness will be smaller still.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-03-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Sexual Content, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Horror/Drama
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Ty Olwin, Nora von Waldstatten
Equal parts mesmerizing and perplexing, intriguing and frustrating.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-03-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Julia Ducournau
Cast: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella
Not bad enough to be interesting and not good enough to be worth paying money for.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-03-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Ritesh Batra
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter, Michelle Dockery, Emily Mortimer, Billy Howle, Freya Mavor, Joe Alwyn
The film’s structure is suspect and its ability to develop a bond between the viewer and the characters is strained.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-03-17
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Musical
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Emma Watson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline, Emma Thompson, Ian McKellen, Ewan McGregor, Luke Evans, Dan Stevens, Stanley Tucci
This “tale as old as time” wasn’t made to stand the test of time but to satisfy the craving of the moment.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-03-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Jason Mitchell, Toby Kebbell, Tian Jing, Corey Hawkins, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, Shea Whigham
A good monster movie but not such a good "Kong" movie.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-03-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Ry Russo-Young
Cast: Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Medalion Rahimi, Cynthy Wu, Elena Kampouris, Jennifer Beals
Adopts an oh-so-serious tone and resorts to awkward melodrama to get the point across.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-03-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Action/Drama
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Richard E. Grant
This is like no superhero movie we have ever before seen. Nor is there likely to be another one of this sort anytime soon.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-02-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jordan Peele
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, Caleb Landry Jones, LilRel Howery
It’s the proverbial breath of fresh air blowing through a stale industry.