U.S. Release Date: 2025-11-21
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Musical/Fantasy
Director: Jon M. Chu
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode
The conclusion to the "Wicked" duology delivers lavish spectacle and safe fan service but slips into bloated pacing and thinned out storytelling.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: David Ayer
Cast: Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Arianna Rivas, Emmett J. Scanlan, Eve Mauro, Maximillian Osinski, Andrej Kaminsky, Chidi Ajufo, David Harbour, Michael Pena
For anyone whose primary concern is to see the righteous slaughter of bad guys at the hands of the noble Statham, "A Working Man" does not disappoint.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-11-22
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Musical/Fantasy
Director: Jon M. Chu
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage
This adaptation of the stage musical gives us eye-popping settings, big-screen expansions of Broadway numbers, and far too much stretching of an already-thin narrative.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Anna Kendrick
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson, Tony Hale, Kathryn Gallagher, Pete Holmes, Autumn Best
The screenplay does a good job with the "Dating Games" scenes and the tense, creepy sequence that follows but it founders in establishing a wider canvas.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: John Crowley
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Grace Delaney, Adam James, Lee Braithwaite
The movie occasionally tries too hard to turn on the waterworks and allows its structure to upstage the fine performances by the leads.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-09-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: Jon Watts
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams
A tepid crime thriller with a comedic undertone, the movie struggles with its unremarkable narrative and relies on the palpable chemistry between its stars.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Brief Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
Director: Thea Sharrock
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Malachi Kirby, Anjana Vasan, Gemma Jones, Eileen Atkins, Hugh, Joanna Scanlan, Alisha Weir, Timothy Spall, Olivia Colman, Paul Chahidi
As a comedy, it hits many of the right notes but as a mystery, it is less than impressive.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-03-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Assault, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Sarah Polley
Cast: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Kate Hallett, Liv McNeil, Michelle McLeod, Frances McDormand, Sheila McCarthy, Ben Whishaw
Without offering more than dialogue, "Women Talking" has difficulty sustaining itself for 104 minutes.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-11-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Mystery
Director: Sebastian Lelio
Cast: Florence Pugh, Kila Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke, Elaine Cassidy, Caolan Byrne, Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds
Despite its strong sense of atmosphere and an intense performance by lead actress Florence Pugh, "The Wonder" is strangely uninvolving.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-05-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Amy Adams, Anthony Mackie, Jeanine Serralles, Bryan Tyree Henry, Wyatt Russell, Fred Hechinger, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Mariah Bozeman
An example of something that can work well on the written page but loses a lot when condensed and brought to the screen.