U.S. Release Date: 2019-01-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard
Overlong, talky, filled with meta references, and with a strangely low-energy tone, the movie never fully gels.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-01-18
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Melissa B. Miller
Cast: Brendan Meyer, Jemima Kirke, Molly Ringwald, Brian d’Arcy James, Harley Quinn Smith, Sam McCarthy
Offers a mix of honesty and artifice - some scenes simmer with truth; others are too obviously the construct of a screenplay.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Hedges
Cast: Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton, Rachel Bay Jones
By adding cumbersome elements to the narrative, it ultimately detracts from the core human story.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: James Wan
Cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temeura Morrison
Devoid of complex plotting, comprehensive world-building, and narrative twists, "Aquaman" seems strangely out-of-step with where the genre is going.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Adam McKay
Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Alison Pill, Eddie Marsan, Lily Rabe, Tyler Perry
There’s nothing surprising or especially interesting - anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of politics will find the terrain familiar and a little stale.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Julie Andrews, Debbie Turner, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Heather Menzies, Charmian Carr, Peggy Wood, Richard Haydn, Eleanor Parker, Christopher Plummer, Kym Karath
Intended to be a feel-good extravaganza – one that sweeps aside considerations of logic and intelligence in a tide of exuberance that crests with an emotional high.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Adventure/Drama
Director: Josie Rourke
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, James McArdle, Jack Lowden, David Tennant, Adrian Lester, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Gemma Chan
A respectable venture that fails to generate the kind of gripping, compulsively watchable melodrama and adventure needed to keep the audience engaged.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: David Leitch
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Julian Dennison, Stefan Kapicic, Karan Soni, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Zazie Beetz, Morena Baccarin, Josh Brolin, Fred Savage, Leslie Uggams
As an alternative version of "Deadpool 2", "Once Upon a Deadpool" is more unfortunate than bad.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Mark O’Brien, Molly Ephraim, Alfred Molina, Mamoudou Athie, Sara Paxton, Kaitlyn Dever
Well-made but uneven, "The Front Runner" is a less a film for general movie-goers than for political junkies.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Frightening Images)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: David Yates
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Jude Law, Johnny Depp, Zoe Kravitz, Carmen Ejogo, Claudia Kim, Callum Turner
Does an excellent job assembling pieces and preparing viewers for the larger picture but disappoints in its ability to tell a stand-alone story.