U.S. Release Date: 2020-01-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Reed Morano
Cast: Blake Lively, Jude Law, Sterling K. Brown, Raza Jaffrey
Spy action-thrillers are supposed to be fun on some level but this one is too much of a chore to properly entertain.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-01-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action
Director: Adil El Arbi, Billal Fallah
Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Joe Pantoliano, Paola Nunez, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Kate del Castillo, Jacob Scipio
It’s more of the same: Violence-saturated eye candy used to buff Smith’s ego and inflate his bank account.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-02-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeff Baena
Cast: Alison Brie, Molly Shannon, John Reynolds, John Ortiz, Debby Ryan, Paul Reiser, David Paymer
Most will find it strange, inert, and confounding.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
Director: Jeff Fowler
Cast: Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Lee Majdoub
Unlikely to elevate the based-on-a-videogame category above the dismal level where it has wallowed for the past quarter-century.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-03-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger, Michael Gaston, Bokeem Woodbine
A mid-budget action/thriller featuring a recognizable star and not requiring much in the way of attention or dedication from a viewer.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-03-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Dave Wilson
Cast: Vin Diesel, Eiza Gonzalez, Guy Pearce, Sam Heughan, Talulah Riley, Toby Kebbell, Lamorne Morris
With too little emphasis placed on and exploring the rich possibilities of the milieu, the movie turns into a ho-hum Vin Diesel action film.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-04-10
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Musical
Director: Walt Dohrn, David P. Smith
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, James Corden, Rachel Bloom, Kelly Clarkson, Sam Rockwell, George Clinton, Mary J. Blige
Too little use of a rich palette of music and too much peddling of important themes like diversity and the evils of cultural appropriation.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-04-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Kristen Schaal, Greg Bryk, Ken Jeong
The screenplay takes a generic situation and does nothing interesting with it, resulting in a subpar motion picture offering little in the way of sustainable entertainment.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-04-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Scott Teems
Cast: Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Bobby Soto, Bruno Bichir, Alvaro Martinez
One note portrayals, skin deep characters, and a glacial pace all combine to prevent "The Quarry" from succeeding either as a slow-burn thriller or a message-oriented drama.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-05-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Musical/Comedy
Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Cast: Jessica Rothe, Alicia Silverstone, Judy Greer, Mae Whitman, Logan Paul, Chloe Bennet, Ashleigh Murray, Jessie Ennis, Josh Whitehouse, Camilla Morrone
A re-imagination of the 1983 film for a generation raised on Baz Luhrmann films and "Glee."