U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-04-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Elizabeth Banks
Cast: Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ray Liotta, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Brooklyn Prince, Christian Convery, Margo Martindale, Jesse Tyler Ferguson
"Cocaine Bear" is imperfect but it is fun and will not disappoint many who are titillated by the title.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-02-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Nudity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Sean Ellis
Cast: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran, Amelia Crouch
Relies on a deeper, more primal form of terror built on a foundation of slow-burn tension and a surfeit of atmosphere.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-09-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Joe Callahan
Cast: Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, Alexis Louder, Toby Huss, Ryan O’Nan
Among the best Tarantino-influenced thrillers to have made it to theaters in the last quarter-century.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-08-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Nia DaCosta
Cast: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Toyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Kyle Kaminsky, Vanessa Williams, Tony Todd
Would that more genre films were as thoughtful and thought-provoking, mixing substance with splatter in a fashion that builds uneasiness on more than one level.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-03-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Dominic Cooke
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Angus Wright, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley
A sometimes-riveting old-fashioned spy thriller that is occasionally reminiscent of the fictional works of John Le Carre and Len Deighton.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-02-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
Cast: Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Michael Rispoli, Jeff Wahlberg, Forrest Goodluck, Michael Gandolfini, Daniel R. Hill
A mashup of a variety of common movie material, it does a lot of things adequately but lacks the time and scope to do any of them truly well.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-08-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Richard Tanne
Cast: Lili Reinhart, Austin Abrams, Sarah Jones, Kara Young, Coral Pena, C.J. Hoff, Shannon Walsh, Bruce Altman, Meg Gibson
The sentimentality and mawkishness that undermine many “heartbreaking” YA romances is kept at bay.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Liam Neeson, Tom Bateman, Tom Jackson, Laura Dern, Julia Jones, John Doman, Emmy Rossum, William Forsythe, Domenick Lombardozzi, Nicholas Holmes
The gallows humor is pervasive, giving the production, which sometimes crosses over a line into outright parody, a quirky tone.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Cast: Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig
From its pristine black-and-white cinematography to the austere hopelessness of its doomed love story, "Cold War" is indeed cold.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-10-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Marielle Heller
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Jane Curtain
McCarthy plays it straight, allowing her talent as an actress – often hidden under the dreck for which she draws big paychecks – to shine through.