U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Drama/War
Director: Russell Crowe
Cast: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Yilmaz Erdogan, Cem Yilmaz
So jammed with subplots and secondary characters that it often feels like the Cliffs Notes version of a complex novel.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Cast: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Ellen Burstyn, Harrison Ford, Kathy Baker
The movie takes a detour into Nicholas Sparks territory and never fully recovers.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Cast: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman, Vincent Cassel, Paddy Considine
The movie hints at a riveting mystery/detective story but is incapable of delivering it.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz
Asks the same questions as "Birdman" but with a lot more talking and without the visual flair.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror
Director: Leo Gabriadze
Cast: Jacob Wysocki, Shelly Hennig, Moses Jacob Storm, Heather Sossaman, Will Peltz, Renee OIstead, Courtney Halverson
"Unfriended" relies too strongly on a gimmick that wears thin after about an hour.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander, Sonoya Mizuno
This is a cautionary tale about where technology could be leading and its low-key, claustrophobic approach lends an immediacy that many bigger, grander spectacles lack.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Rupert Goold
Cast: Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones
True Story's willingness to shed the procedural approach allows it to transcend the mediocrity that often infects tales of this sort.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Partial Nudity)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Cast: Alan Alda, Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood, Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin
To say this long ride is bumpy would be to understate how uncomfortably tedious the trip is.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Ben Stiller, Charles Grodin, Naomi Watts, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Driver
Two movies in one: one relatable and witty, the other dry and distancing. The second undermines the first.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action
Director: James Wan
Cast: Ludacris, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Djimon Hounsou, Kurt Russell, Jason Statham, Nathalie Emmanuel
Paul Walker's death injects an element of poignancy to this fast-free installment.