U.S. Release Date: 2018-05-18
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
Director: Nicholas Kalikow
Cast: Michael Raymond-James, Samaire Armstrong, Timothy Omundson, James Landry Hebert, Paul Rae, Lindsay Musil
This clumsy, straightforward caper comedy is neither funny nor clever and leaves no lasting impression beyond the desire to warn people to stay away.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-02-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: James Foley
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eric Johnson, Bella Heathcote, Kim Basinger, Marcia Gay Harden
This is a bad film - at times it’s nigh unwatchable - but that doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Sports
Director: Jay Baruchel
Cast: Seann William Scott, Alison Pill, Marc-Andre Grondin, Liev Schreiber, Wyatt Russell, Kim Coates, Elisha Cuthbert, Jay Baruchel, Callum Keith Rennie
"Goon: Last of the Enforcers" is a waste of time, money, talent, and the goodwill of viewers who appreciated the earlier picture.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Director: Hallie Meyers-Shyer
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Michael Sheen, Candice Bergen, Nat Wolff, Pico Alexander, Jon Rudnitsky, Lola Flanery, Eden Grace Redfield
Artificial and reeking of white privilege, this is the kind of movie that causes people to mutter things about “entitlement” when speaking of the “Hollywood elite.”
U.S. Release Date: 2018-06-22
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Christian Papierniak
Cast: Mackenzie Davis, Carrie Coon, Alex Russell, Haley Joel Osment, Alia Shawkat, Annie Potts, Sarah Goldberg, Lauren Miller, Keith Stanfield
Despite a committed performance from Mackenzie Davis, the film corkscrews into a death spiral of trite dialogue meant to obfuscate the lack of a meaningful narrative.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-04
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Luis Prieto
Cast: Halle Berry, Sage Correa, Chris McGinn, Lew Temple
The only way "Kidnap" could possibly work is if the viewer isn’t paying attention.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Partial Nudity)
Genre: Horror/Action
Director: Alex Kurtzman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis, Sofia Boutella, Jake Johnson
One movie in, The Dark Universe is already a black hole of creativity and intelligence.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-01-20
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula, Betty Buckley
The narrative is choppy, the tension is less pervasive than it should be, and there’s no ending.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-10-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: George Clooney
Cast: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Noah Jupe, Glenn Fleshler, Alex Hassell, Karimah Westbrook
A tonal disaster – an awkward and ineffective attempt to blend dark comedy with social commentary.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Santiago Cabrera, Isabela Moner, Stanley Tucci, John Turturro
An orgy of incoherence, a sensory assault that suffocates the viewer in a cavalcade of special effects incontinence.