U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Liam Neeson, Domenick Lombardozzi, William Forsythe, Emmy Rossum, John Doman, Julia Jones, Laura Dern, Tom Jackson, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Holmes
The gallows humor is pervasive, giving the production, which sometimes crosses over a line into outright parody, a quirky tone.
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.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Emma Forrest
Cast: Jemima Kirke, Lola Kirke, Jamie Dornan, Ben Mendelsohn, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Grey, Alice Eve, Scott Caan
The screenwriter’s guiding hand is too obviously present and becomes an impediment to any appreciation of the characters’ evolutions.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Cast: Gina Rodriguez, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Cristina Rodlo, Damian Alcazar, Anthony Mackie
Although the lead character’s arc is troubled and conflicted, the ending makes her seem more like a superhero than the material warrants.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Thriller
Director: Charles Laughton
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce
It's possible to recognize that film’s stylistic mastery while acknowledging that some aspects are artifacts of a bygone era.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Nicolas Pesce
Cast: Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa
The director’s macabre flourishes and garish visuals can’t completely camouflage the hollow space at the production’s core.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles, Susannah York, Nigel Davenport, John Hurt
Offers an engaging, if somewhat dry, history lesson leavened with low-key drollness and powerful acting.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-01-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Steven Knight
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong, Rafael Sayegh
Esoteric qualities don’t merit an unqualified recommendation for a production more apt to deliver frustration than gratification.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-01-25
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Bullying, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Joe Cornish
Cast: Louis Ashboure Serkis, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor, Rhianna Dorris, Angus Imrie, Rebecca Ferguson, Patrick Stewart
This fantasy-adventure inspired by Arthurian legends, although entertaining for children in the age 8-12 bracket, may be a bore and a chore for adults.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Drama/War
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Dita Parlo
Renoir’s vision, themes, and implementation are as strong today as when he committed them to celluloid more than 80 years ago.