U.S. Release Date: 2015-05-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Musical
Director: Elizabeth Banks
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin, Birgitte Hjort Sorensen, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks
This isn't cinema; it's vaudeville.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-05-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Action
Director: George Miller
Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton
Mad Max: Fury Road delivers. This drives the concept of the "summer spectacle" to its apex.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-05-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs, Nudity)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Andrew Mogel, Jarrad Paul
Cast: Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn, Jeffrey Tambor, Russell Posner
"The D Train" is a darkly humorous look at a disagreeable character and will appeal to those who don't mind movies that venture into unsettling territory to make points and elicit laughter.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-05-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Action
Director: Anne Fletcher
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Sofia Vergara, Michael Mosley, John Carroll Lynch, Joaquin Cosio
There's hardly an area in which "Hot Pursuit" is not found lacking.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-05-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Michael Sheen, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple
What one would expect from a big budget adaptation of a Victorian classic: stately, beautifully photographed, impeccably acted, and faithful to a condensed iteration of the text.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-05-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Shira Piven
Cast: Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Wes Bentley, Linda Cardellini, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Despite solid acting and a screenplay that refuses to cater to Hollywood stereotypes, the film is at times a chore to sit through.
U.S. Release Date: 2015-05-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Joss Whedon
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, James Spader, Don Cheadle, Paul Bettany, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
"Age of Ultron" disappoints not because it's irredeemably bad but because it fails to achieve the level of its predecessor in nearly every facet.
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.