U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Scenes of Peril)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, McKenna Roberts, Byron Mann, Hannah Quinlivan, Chin Han, Noah Taylor, Pablo Schreiber, Roland Moller, Neve Campbell, Noah Cottrell
A simple story with lots of visual pizzazz and little in the way of complexity or intelligence is a great way to lure viewers of all nationalities into theaters.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Matthew Ross
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Ana Ularu, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Eugene Lipinski, Molly Ringwald
Despite drawbacks related to the casting of Keanu Reeves, "Siberia" is well-paced, offers instances of tension, and doesn’t cheat at the end.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs, Violence)
Genre: Comedy/Science Fiction
Director: Boots Riley
Cast: Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Armie Hammer, Steven Yeun, Danny Glover
Although the production is too long and overreaches, it has a bizarre, crazy appeal that’s difficult to shrug off.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-10
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Jon E. Cohen
Cast: Rancel Edwards, Erin Karpluk, Michael Xavier, Erin Agostino, Jonas Chernick, Mia Kirshner
This superficial and lightweight approach might make for adequate TV viewing but it functions more as a clumsy tease than a satisfying motion picture.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Fantasy/Drama
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast: Mehdi Hashemi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Akbar Abdi
An offbeat and strangely engaging motion picture, "Once Upon a Time, Cinema" is worth a look for those with an interest in the history of Iranian cinema.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-06
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Adult Themes)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Chris Crow
Cast: Mark Lewis Jones, Michael Jibson
An unconventional thriller that combines claustrophobic elements such as those found in submarine movies with the isolation aspects of productions like "Cast Away."
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Comic Book Violence)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Peyton Reed
Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Hannah John-Kamen, Walton Goggins, Michael Pena
Plodding, repetitive, replete with technobabble nonsense and lifeless action, this is easily the worst-written of any of the 20 to-date MCU offerings.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Gerard McMurray
Cast: Y’lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Mugga, Patch Darragh, Marisa Tomei, Totimi Paul
Light on backstory and details and strong on adrenaline and testosterone...not unlike the three films that came before it.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Philip Ober, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Warden
Although entertaining throughout and occasionally moving, the film is less an epic drama than an historically-based soap opera.
U.S. Release Date: 1993-05-07
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: Animated
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi
Remains one of Miyazaki’s most memorable endeavors and is among the handful of “must see” animated films produced in the last 40 years.