U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-12-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore)
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
Director: David O. Russell
Cast: Christian Bale, Rami Malek, Zoe Saldana, Taylor Swift, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Matthias Schoenaerts, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Andrea Riseborough, Alessandro Nivola, John David Washington, Margot Robbie, Robert De Niro
It takes over an hour before "Amsterdam" decides what it wants to be and, by that time, viewers may be exasperated by the film’s quirkiness and exhausted by its meandering storyline.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-09-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Allan Ungar
Cast: Josh Duhamel, Elisha Cuthbert, Mel Gibson, Nestor Carbonnell
Offers more of a diversion than an experience; it retains the look and feel of something not quite “theatrical” in its ambitions.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-09-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Wootliff
Cast: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires
The chemistry between the leads, played by Ruth Wilson and Tom Burke, is flammable but the movie needs more.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-11-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Adamma Ebo
Cast: Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown, Nicole Beharie, Conphidance, Austin Crute, Devere Rogers
The movie is at times funny, at times blistering, and at times insightful, but it lacks consistency, thereby arguing that perhaps the short film that provided its basis offered a better length.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-08-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Baena
Cast: Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Alessandro Nivola, Molly Shannon, Lil Rel Howery, Tim Heidecker, Ben Sinclair
In navigating the curves that connect romance, humor, horror, and murder mystery, the movie suffers a few spin-outs.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-10-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Intense Peril)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Scott Mann
Cast: Grace Fulton
As B-movies go, this one is good enough to hold the attention and wring out the tension without doing anything more ambitious.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-07-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Andrew Semans
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper
More notable for the performances of Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, and especially Rebecca Hall than the supernatural elements or the narrative.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-07-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Billy Bob Thornton, Jessica Henwick, Dhanush, Alfre Woodard, Rege-Jean Page, Julia Butters
The filmmakers do a good enough job of crafting exciting moments but the lack of a compelling storyline keeps the movie from attaining escape velocity.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-09-06
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Anthony Fabian
Cast: Lesley Manville, Jason Isaacs, Anna Chancellor, Rose Williams, Lucas Bravo, Alba Baptista, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Ellen Thomas
Matches the tone and aesthetic of one of those feel-good, highbrow art house films that were popular during the 1990s and 2000s.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-09-13
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Action
Director: Angus MacLane
Cast: Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, Taika Waititi, Dale Soules, James Brolin
It features enough eye candy to keep most kids engaged and boasts just enough heft that adults won’t spend 100 minutes looking at their watches.