U.S. Release Date: 2019-06-07
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Chris Renaud
Cast: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Harrison Ford, Eric Stonestreet, Tiffany Haddish, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress
Although not “bad” in a conventional sense, it’s a disappointingly mediocre effort that doesn’t have a lot to offer potential viewers over age 10.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-06-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Simon Kinberg
Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Alexandra Shipp, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jessica Chastain
Suffers from a massive narrative condensation that not only mutes the film’s emotional impact but creates an erratic tone.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-05-31
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Mayhem, Destruction, Profanity)
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Dougherty
Cast: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe, Zhang Ziyi, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Aisha Hinds, O’Shea Jackson Jr., David Strathairn
An overlong, loud spectacle that owes as much to Transformers as kaiju.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-05-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Ry Russo-Young
Cast: Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, John Leguizamo
Although devoid of sophistication, the frothy love story may win over viewers who are predisposed to enjoy this sort of entertainment.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-05-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Chad Stahelski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos, Halle Berry, Asia Kate Dillon, Lance Reddick, Angelica Huston
There’s a point at which the “more of the same” mantra changes to “been there, done that.”
U.S. Release Date: 2019-05-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (War Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: Dome Karukoski
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Derek Jacobi, Colm Meaney, Harry Gilby, Patrick Gibson, Anthony Boyle, Tom Glynn-Carney
More like the dramatization of an Encyclopedia Britannica entry than a fully rendered movie, "Tolkien" loses sight of the character.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Adult Themes, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Ousmane Sembene
Cast: Mbissine Therese Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinck, Robert Fontaine, Momar Nar Sene
A sincere, urgent look at issues that have since metastasized to create problems that plague contemporary Europe.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "G" (Violence)
Genre: Musical/Drama
Director: Carol Reed
Cast:
A tepid version of one of Dickens’ better-known stories with musical numbers that often don’t quite fit the material.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-04-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Justin Kelly
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Jim Sturgess, Diane Kruger, Courtney Love, Stella Maxwell, Kelvin Harrison Jr.
A story as remarkable as that of J.T. LeRoy deserves a more compelling rendition than the one presented in Justin Kelly’s interpretation.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-14
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Eduardo Mendoza de Echave
Cast: Pietro Sibille, Nidia Bermejo, Katerina D’Onofrio, Miguel Vargas, Tono Vega
Despite the occasionally uneven pacing and some dramatically inert moments, the historical elements mesh effectively with the fictionalized action-oriented ones.