U.S. Release Date: 2025-05-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, Eiza Gonzalez, Domhnall Gleeson, Arian Moayed, Laz Alonso, Carmen Ejogo, Stanley Tucci
Yet another original streaming “event” movie that rewards viewers for inattentiveness - the less attention one pays to this soulless retread of an action/adventure wannabe, the better it looks.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-05-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Trey Edward Shults
Cast: Abel Tesfaye, Jenna Ortega, Barry Keoghan
"Hurry Up Tomorrow" seems destined for one of two fates: to be buried in the landfill of self-indulgent, ill-advised vanity projects or find a second life as a cult classic.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Stanley Tucci, Alan Tudyk, Giancarlo Esposito, Ke Huy Kuan, Woody Norman, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson
The greatest sin of all is the most difficult to forgive: "The Electric State" is a huge bore.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Dave Bautista, Milla Jovovich, Arly Jover, Amara Okerke, Fraser James, Simon Loof, Deirdre Mullins
The narrative is so slight and the performances so artificial that the whole thing feels like an extended cut-scene from a video game.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-12-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Kyle Mooney
Cast: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, Daniel Zolghadri, Lachlan Watson, Fred Durst, Kyle Mooney
The goal with "Y2K" appears to be to make a film that falls into the "so bad it is good" category, but one cannot plan a cult classic.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-10-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Robert Vincent O’Neil
Cast: Donna Wilkes, Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, Rory Calhoun, John Diehl, Steven Porter, Donna McDaniel, Graem McGavin
There are times when it can be fun to revisit a cheesy, poorly-made movie from another era, but this is not one of those instances.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-08-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Horror
Director: Rupert Sanders
Cast: Bill Skarsgard, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston, Josette Simon, Laura Birn, Sami Bouajila
The characters have no humanity, the romance has no sizzle, and the whole thing turns into a slog where style overwhelms substance to such a degree that there’s too little left of the latter to matter.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-07-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Oz Perkins
Cast: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee
Does a great job setting up a sense of deep unease but that quickly evaporates when it becomes apparent the movie isn’t going anywhere worthwhile.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-07-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Cast: Ben Messmer, Stacy Chbosky, Ivar Brogger, Lou George, Michael Lawson, Samantha Robson
For all its skill at mimicry, it has nothing to say and no real story to tell. It’s as ephemeral as it is unpleasant – a rancid little curiosity whose impressions are easily flushed.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-06-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Horror
Director: Ishana Night Shyamalan
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouere, Oliver Finnegan, Alistair Brammer, John Lynch
Ironically for something titled "The Watchers," this production lacks the basic quality of watchability.