U.S. Release Date: 2020-06-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Patrick Vollrath
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Carlo Kitzlinger, Aylin Tezel, Omid Memar, Paul Wollin, Murathan Muslu
Not a bad high-concept thriller but, as is often the case with movies hampered by undercooked storylines, something better could have resulted from the same basic plot points.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-06-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, )
Genre: War/Adventure
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jonathan Majors, Chadwick Boseman, Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Paakkonen, Johnny Nguyen, Jean Reno, Le Y Lan
This is a work of passion and anger and it conveys points in the subtext that provoke an emotional and intellectual response.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2020-06-14
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: 2020-06-12
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Collin Farrell, Nonso Anozie, Tamara Smart
Offers a few standout moments set adrift in a sea of underdeveloped characters, incomplete backstory elements, and abbreviated world building.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2020-08-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs, Violence)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Judd Apatow
Cast: Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, Ricky Velez, Lou Wilson, Moises Arias
The result is familiar Apatow: simultaneously funny and touching with elements of pathos to go along with the raunchiness.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2020-06-07
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Nudity, Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: Chantal Akerman
Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte
Being fascinating and unique, two qualities unquestionably in evidence here, don’t automatically deserve praise.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2020-09-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion
Cast: Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale, Robert Maillet, Amanda Brugel, Ryan McDonald, James McDougall, Isaiah Rockcliffe
A brand of exploitation that feels surprisingly fresh considering how many tropes it recycles.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2020-05-31
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Cast:
Wong Kar-Wai understands longing and his sublime "In the Mood for Love" brings it to life on the screen.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2020-05-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
Director: Graham Baker
Cast: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, Leslie Bevis
More often frustrating than successful, this is a generic neo-noir buddy cop movie that misses too many opportunities to do anything different.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-05-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Andrew Patterson
Cast: Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz
Works not because of anything surprising in the story but because the filmmakers have paid such attention to the way in which it is crafted that it unfolds effortlessly and with great panache.