U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Horror
Director: Flying Lotus
Cast: Eiza Gonzalez, Aaron Paul, Iko Uwais, Beulah Koale, Kate Elliott, Flying Lotus
Even though this haunted-house-on-an-alien-planet movie is highly derivative, it is enjoyable for precisely that reason.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
Cast: Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Conrad Kemp, Evan Hengst, Betty Gabriel, Matt Walsh
There are times when "Novocaine" is a blast, but then there are the instances when it falls into the trap of believing the action scenes are more exciting than they actually are.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Dito Montiel
Cast: Ed Harris, Lewis Pullman, Jennifer Coolidge, Gabrielle Union, Bill Murray, Pete Davidson, Miles J. Harvey, Emanuela Postachini, Michael Covino
A perfectly adequate thriller with bleakly comedic overtones but, with a cast this accomplished, better expectations are reasonable.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Scenes of Peril, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Alex Parkinson
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole, Cliff Curtis, Mark Bonnar
The production is workmanlike but it feels more like a good made-for-streaming production than an immersive big-screen experience.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Michael Morris
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Mila Jankovic, Casper Knopf, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Nico Parker
Although more mediocre than terrible, this unnecessary installment never should have been made.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sigourney Weaver
The buildup is fantastic. They payoff, with its generic action scenes and generic zombie/alien monster, is not.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore)
Genre: Horror
Director: Thordur Palsson
Cast: Odessa Young, Joe Cole, Lewis Gribben, Siobhan Finneran, Francis Magee, Rory McCann
Although director Thordur Palsson succeeds in developing the setting and crafting an unnerving atmosphere, the screenplay fails in several critical areas.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-12-20
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Adventure
Director: Barry Jenkins
Cast: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., John Kani, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Tiffany Boone, Donald Glover, Mads Mikkelson, Thandiwe Newton, Blue Ivy Carter
A movie absolutely no one in the general public was clamoring for and, although many will see it, the well-earned “unnecessary” label should stick.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-11-27
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller
Cast: Auli’I Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Hualalai Chung, Rose Matafeo, David Fane, Awhimai Fraser, Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, Temeura Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger
Likely please the legions of "Moana" fans and is easily digestible for accompanying parents even if it falls short of being the next Disney classic.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-11-22
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Musical/Fantasy
Director: Jon M. Chu
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage
This adaptation of the stage musical gives us eye-popping settings, big-screen expansions of Broadway numbers, and far too much stretching of an already-thin narrative.