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. Release Date: 2024-07-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Matthew Macfadyen, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney
Its anarchic and rambunctious approach to the genre results in an entertaining hybrid of comic book action and straightforward satire.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-07-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore)
Genre: Horror
Director: Damian Mc Carthy
Cast: Carolyn Bracken, Gwilym Lee, Caroline Menton, Tadhg Murphy, Steve Wall
Director Damian Mc Carthy crafts a plot that is intriguing and engaging, adds a dose of suffocating dread, and caps everything off with a satisfying ending.
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. Release Date: 2024-07-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Intense Action, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Maura Tierney, David Corenswet
By placing itself in the shadow of "Twister" and relying so much on story beats of the original, it feels like the most unnecessary of films.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-07-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Mark Molloy
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Taylour Paige, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser, Kevin Bacon, Mark Pellegrino
Although better than it has a right to be and represents a worthy way to dispose of a couple of hours lying on the couch at home, this is hardly a triumphant return for Axel.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-07-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Oz Perkins
Cast: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee
Does a great job setting up a sense of deep unease but that quickly evaporates when it becomes apparent the movie isn’t going anywhere worthwhile.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-07-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Greg Berlanti
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson, Ray Romano, Jim Rash, Anna Garcia
Although not a complete failure to launch (thanks primarily to the charisma and energy of Johansson), neither does it have the thrust to make it into orbit.
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. Release Date: 2024-07-03
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animation
Director: Chris Renaud, Patrick Delage
Cast: Steve Carrell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Will Ferrell, Sofia Vergara, Dana Gaier, Madison Polan, Miranda Cosgrove, Chris Renaud, Steve Coogan, Stephen Colbert, Joey King, Chloe Fineman
More of a big screen cartoon than a legitimate animated feature, this sixth outing for Gru and his Minion cohorts shows how overextended the franchise has become.