U.S. Release Date: 2024-09-27
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Adventure
Director: Chris Sanders
Cast: Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Ving Rhames
Proves to be one of the best animated features to emerge from the American studios post-pandemic in blending artistry with entertainment value.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-09-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Director: Megan Park
Cast: Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Maddie Ziegler, Kerrice Brooks, Percy Hynes White, Maria Dizzia
An effective and affecting coming-of-age story with a large dose of magical realism that is a credit not only to the writing and directing but to the performances of the actors.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-06-13
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Horror
Director: James Whale
Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Una O’Connor, O.P. Heggie, Dwight Frye
Without a question the best sequel in the classic Universal monster cycle, it ranks alongside "Frankenstein" (if not slightly above it) at the apex.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-06-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Evan Holtzman
Smartly written, melding screwball comedy elements with rom-com beats against a Hitchcockian thriller backdrop. The small twists have big payoffs.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-03-21
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari
History has decreed that "Umberto D." is one of the best representations of neo-realism committed to film, presenting believably human characters and avoiding sentimentality in telling their stories.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Lea Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Anya Taylor-Joy
A spectacle to behold with an underlying arc that makes it more satisfying than a 2 1/2-hour bite of eye candy.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-01-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Adult Themes, Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: Ava DuVernay
Cast: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts, Emily Yancy, Blair Underwood, Vera Farmiga
"Origin" offers plenty to ponder and argue; the result is powerful and compelling.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-10-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Justine Triet
Cast: Sandra Huller, Milo Machado Graner, Swann Arlaud, Samuel Theis, Antoine Reinartz
An uncommonly perceptive and thought-provoking procedural that ponders the unknowability of any objective truth.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Disturbing Images, Adult Content – Cannibalism)
Genre: Adventure/Drama
Director: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Matias Recalt, Rafael Federman, Esteban Kukuriczka, Andy Pruss, Agustin Berruti, Tomas Wolf, Felipe Gonzalez Otano, Agustin Della Corte, Agustin Pardella, Esteban Bigliardi
A breathtaking motion picture that enthralls across the length of its 140+ minute running time.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast: Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Yuko Tanaka
Challenging but neither inaccessible nor impossibly dense; director Kore-eda invites intellectual engagement but does not leave the viewer unrewarded.