U.S. Release Date: 2024-06-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Brief Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Adil & Billall
Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Nunez, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Jacob Scipio
At best, it can be considered as an adequate thriller/comedy chock full of generic action and stale humor.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-05-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Drugs, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson
Cast: Marisa Abela, Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan, Lesley Manville, Juliet Cowan, Sam Buchanan
I could learn a lot more about Winehouse by listening to her music than by watching this by-the-numbers sketch of her adult life.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-05-17
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Fantasy
Director: John Krasinski
Cast: Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Fiona Shaw, Steve Carell, Alan Kim
The narrative is all over the place. Character motivation is confusing. And, worst of all, the story simply is not interesting.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Supernatural Images, Profanity)
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Director: Gil Kenan
Cast: Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, William Atherton, Emily Alyn Lind
After 40 years and four movies, "Ghostbusters" is starting to feel as long-in-the-tooth as the returning members of the main cast.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Rose Glass
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Anna Baryshnikov, Jena Malone Ed Harris, Dave Franco
It is a shame that, for all the good things "Love Lies Bleeding" does, the ending is such a complete disaster.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Cast: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole, Anthony Welsh, Nia Ashi, Quan-Dajai Henriques, Alexx A-Game
It is never a good sign when any documentary elements of a bio-pic are more arresting than the dramatized portions.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action
Director: S.J. Clarkson
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Tahar Rahim, Adam Scott, Emma Roberts, Kerry Bishe
"Madame Web" is another example of a comic book movie no one was clamoring for.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-02-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Director: Zelda Williams
Cast: Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Carla Gugino, Joe Chrest, Henry Eikenberry
"Lisa Frankenstein" is a bad Tim Burton movie with two unlikable main characters.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-01-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Musical/Comedy
Director: Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr.
Cast: Angourie Rice, Tim Meadows, Tina Fey, Christopher Briney, Bebe Wood, Avantika, Jaquel Spivey, Auli’I Cravalho, Renee Rapp, Jon Hamm
The haphazard fashion in which the movie has been assembled argues that this should have been left on the stage where a live production can cover all manner of missteps.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-01-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Disturbing Images, Violence)
Genre: Horror
Director: Bryce McGuire
Cast: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amelie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren
The movie is at its best when it is content with being atmospheric and spooky. As soon is it starts explaining things, the story goes down the drain.