U.S. Release Date: 2020-10-09
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Rude Humor, Mild Profanity, Bullying)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tim Hill
Cast: Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Rob Riggle, Oakes Fegley, Laura Marano, Cheech Marin, Jane Seymour, Christopher Walken
"Juvenile" is too sophisticated a word to describe this dumber-than-dumb, unfunnier-than-unfunny comedy.
U.S. Release Date: 1971-06-30
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: Fantasy/Musical/Comedy
Director: Mel Stuart
Cast: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone, Denise Nickerson, Dodo Denney, Paris Themmen, Ursula Reit, Michael Bollner
Many aspects of the production are dated, but the movie has become embedded into the childhood experiences of many Generation X’ers.
U.S. Release Date: 1990-08-24
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Jasen Fisher, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson, Bill Paterson, Brenda Blethyn, Charlie Potter, Anne Lambton, Jane Horrocks
Not a lot happens during the course of "The Witches" and that’s part of the problem.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-04-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Horror
Director: Marc Meyers
Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Maddie Hasson, Amy Forsyth, Johnny Knoxville, Keean Johnson, Logan Miller, Austin Swift
Not enough to expand the movie’s appeal beyond the narrow demographic of fans representing its target audience.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-03-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Gavin O'Connor
Cast: Ben Affleck, Janina Gavankar, Michaela Watkins, Al Madrigal, Melvin Gregg
Although the screenplay occasionally falters, Affleck’s performance is rock-solid throughout and that makes "The Way Back" a journey worth taking.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-08-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Emma Nelson, Kristin Wiig, Judy Greer, Laurence Fishburne, Zoe Chao
Although it suffers from an ungainly structure and uneven pacing, the production as a whole is engaging and uplifting.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-07-01
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: Animated
Director: Yoshifumi Kondo
Cast: Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Keiju Kobayashi, Maiko Kayama, Yoshimi Nakajima
An affecting and endearing collaboration between Miyazaki and Kondo, it weds a coming-of-age story with a flight of fancy to good effect.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-03-15
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Adventure
Director: Dylan Brown, David Feiss, Clare Kilner, Robert Iscove
Cast: Brianna Denski, Jennifer Garner, Ken Hudson Campbell, Kenan Thompson, Mila Kunis, John Oliver, Ken Jeong, Norbert Leo Butz, Matthew Broderick
Eschews the simplistic animated story arc as it explores the power of imagination and innovation to overcome grief.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-03-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Dev Patel, Radhika Apte, Jim Sarbh
An intriguing blend of globetrotting neo-noir and road trip plot elements, it often seems on the cusp of greatness without ever getting there.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Josh Brener, Tracy Morgan, Aldis Hodge, Richard Roundtree, Brian Bosworth, Shane Paul McGhie, Erykah Badu, Max Greenfield
Wastes its premise while offering little more than a sparkling Henson performance to distract us from the underwritten screenplay.