U.S. Release Date: 2020-07-10
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Gore, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jeffrey A. Brown
Cast: Liana Liberato, Noah Le Gros, Jake Weber, Maryann Nagel
The characters are generic and uninteresting and that neuters tension and suspense.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-07-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Musical/Drama
Director: Thomas Kail
Cast: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Christopher Jackson, Phillipa Soo, Daveed Diggs, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Jasmine Cephas Jones
Provides nearly three hours of superior entertainment both for those who consider themselves devotees and those without previous viewing experience.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-07-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: War/Drama
Director: Rod Lurie
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Milo Gibson, Jack Kesy, Will Attenborough, Taylor John Smith, Cory Hardrict
A better-than-average war movie, merging technical craftsmanship, narrative coherence, and competent acting.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-07-03
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Clementine Grenier, Manon Clavel
"The Truth" is layered and offers a treat for those who savor acting on the highest level, but it is a step down from Kore-eda's best films.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-06-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Musical
Director: David Dobkin
Cast: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, Mikael Persbrandt, Pierce Brosnan, Melissanthi Mahut, Demi Lovato, Graham Norton
A high-concept, low-brow romantic comedy that overstays its welcome and can’t decide whether it wants to buy into or satirize the European singing contest.
U.S. Release Date: 1971-06-30
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: Fantasy/Musical/Comedy
Director: Mel Stuart
Cast: Gene Wilder, Ursula Reit, Paris Themmen, Dodo Denney, Denise Nickerson, Leonard Stone, Julie Dawn Cole, Roy Kinnear, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson, 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: 1977-08-24
MPAA Rating: ""
Genre: Animated
Director:
Cast: Duncan Watson, Stuart Brotman, Gail Davis, Liam Martin, Jimmy Ahrens, Melanie Kohn, Bill Melendez
As a franchise and a brand, Peanuts undoubtedly has value, but this particular chapter is hermetically sealed in the 1970s.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-06-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jon Stewart
Cast: Steve Carell, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Rose Byrne, Brent Sexton, Topher Grace
The comedy offers a gentle reminder that it’s people not slogans that form the spinal cord of America’s democracy.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-06-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Disturbing Images, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror
Director: David Koepp
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Essex
In the realm of throwaway horror flicks, there’s a place for "You Should Have Left" but it doesn’t deliver enough to warrant being labeled as more.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Drama
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Cast: Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitaro Shindo
The visual storytelling allows us to disconnect from our modern-day reality and enter an historical period that is as different from our own as the black-and-white is from color.