U.S. Release Date: 2025-08-29
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Gore, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
Back for its golden anniversary, "Jaws" remains the ultimate summer thriller, a groundbreaking mix of suspense, spectacle, and craft that no rival has ever managed to equal.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-07-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Dinosaur Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonthan Bailey, Rupert Friend Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Ed Skrein
“Excitement” is not something this installment delivers with relish or consistency.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-05-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Director: Laura Piani
Cast: Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson, Liz Crowther, Alan Fairbairn
The movie wants to be thoughtful and cultured but it ends up dispersing the delightful froth that makes the best movies of the genre so spirited.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2025-01-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Robert De Niro, Michael Keaton, Michael Bowen, Chris Tucker
Has all the serpentine curves one expects from a well-executed caper/heist film but avoids any turns that are so over-the-top that they tip the whole thing into self-parody.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller/Musical
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beetz, Steve Coogan, Harry Lawtey, Leigh Gill
The experience of watching "Joker: Folie a Deux" argues against its very existence.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-06-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama
Director: Annie Baker
Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Sophie Okonedo, Will Patton
"Janet Planet" is emotionally inert, with the straightforward style keeping viewers at arms-length from the characters.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-09-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs, Nudity)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Adele Lim
Cast: Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu
A bunch of amusingly raunchy jokes interspersed with a treacly soap opera-level storyline about family and friendship.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-03-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Chad Stahelski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Clancy Brown, Laurence Fishburne, Shamier Anderson, Hiroyuki Sanda, Marko Zaror, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgard, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick
Has its high points but is characterized by an exhaustive repetitiveness that diminishes what was so good and unique about the first two installments of the series.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-04-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Erwin, Brent McCorkle
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Joel Courtney, Jonathan Roumie, Anna Grace Barlow, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
The narrative is numbingly agreeable, with likable characters working through a drama with no real teeth.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-06-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Dino Violence, Intense Action, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Cast: Chris Pratt, BD Wong, Campbell Scott, Isabella Sermon, Mamoudou Athie, DeWanda Wise, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Omar Sy
It’s a good thing the movie offers an overdose of nostalgia, because there’s precious little else to get excited about.