U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-10-17
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin, Reinhold Schunzel
"Notorious" has stood the test of time and deserves the labels of a classic and one of the most formidable early American productions of Alfred Hitchcock.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-10-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Robert Vincent O’Neil
Cast: Donna Wilkes, Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, Rory Calhoun, John Diehl, Steven Porter, Donna McDaniel, Graem McGavin
There are times when it can be fun to revisit a cheesy, poorly-made movie from another era, but this is not one of those instances.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-09-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Christopher Landon
Cast: Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan, Sarah Dumont, David Koechner, Halston Sage, Cloris Leachman
Never remotely scary but there are some solid laughs, a decent amount of over-the-top gore, and a grotesque scene featuring a zombie penis.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-09-04
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Scary Images)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder, Robert Goulet, Dick Cavett, Marie Cheatham
Although the sensibilities of director Tim Burton are offbeat and his humor verges on the macabre, there is an oddball charm to the proceedings.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-08-14
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Documentary
Director: Sara Dosa
Cast: Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft
Feels like a “greatest hits” album, tracking some of the most important volcanoes that the couple visited/investigated during the quarter century of their partnership.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-07-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy, Laurie Metcalf, Will Patton
Blessed with the right script and cast, Seidelman crafts the perfect tone – a grounded whimsy that allows the fairy tale elements to take flight.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-07-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Action
Director: Andy Sidaris
Cast: Ronn Moss, Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton, Harold Diamond, Rodrigo Obregon, Cynthia Brimhall, Wolf Larson
Helped to define not only the filmography of Andy Sidaris, but the 80s exploitation subgenre that became popular in drive-ins and video stores.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-07-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Cast: Ben Messmer, Stacy Chbosky, Ivar Brogger, Lou George, Michael Lawson, Samantha Robson
For all its skill at mimicry, it has nothing to say and no real story to tell. It’s as ephemeral as it is unpleasant – a rancid little curiosity whose impressions are easily flushed.
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. Home Release Date: 2024-05-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: William Malone
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea, Jeffrey Combs
It hurts to search for logic in the wreckage of a screenplay that feels like it was cut into tiny pieces and glued back together in some random order.