U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Osgood Perkins
Cast: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Colin O’Brien, Christian Convery, Elijah Wood, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Osgood Perkins, Adam Scott
This radical reimagining of the Stephen King short story is plenty entertaining for those with a sufficiently warped sense of humor and a love of the grand guignol.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror/Romance/Comedy
Director: Josh Ruben
Cast: Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Devon Sawa, Jordana Brewster
Provides a fun 90-odd minutes whose beats are like that of a familiar tune played in a different key.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Drew Hancock
Cast: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillen, Rupert Friend
With its AI-flavored elements, it seeks to do more with familiar tropes than merely create an unimaginative story around them.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Disturbing Images, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Leigh Whannell
Cast: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger
The film is light on gore but heavy on shock elements, atmosphere, and (most importantly) emotion, but jettisons most of the traditional werewolf tropes.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2025-01-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Mild Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: John G. Avildsen
Cast: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, William Zabka, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, Randee Heller
A sweetness and innocence to the story avoids entering saccharine territory by incorporating darker themes into the sports/high school movie mix.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Christian Gudegast
Cast: Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Evin Ahmad, Salvatore Esposito, Michael Bisping
Gudegast has crafted a second chapter that is at least as good (and in some ways better) than its predecessor.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama/Musical
Director: Michael Gracey
Cast: Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, Anthony Hayes, Kate Mulvany, Frazer Hadfield, Jake Simmance
Although Robbie Williams fails to offer a dramatic life story worthy of a big-screen telling, two stylistic/narrative choices make this overall a compelling bio-pic.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz, Scoot McNairy
Less a traditional bio-pic and more a picture of an era and an exploration of the impact of Bob Dylan on those around him.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sports Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Rachel Morrison
Cast: Ryan Destiny, Brian Tyree Henry, Olunike Adeliyi, De’Adre Aziza
Does not break any molds but expertly crafts familiar material into an end product that will likely appeal to a wide audience.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-12-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Explicit Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama
Director: Brady Corbet
Cast: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Alessandro Nivola, Issach De Bankole
Rewards patience not only in the way it crafts its central character but develops the era in which it transpires.