U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Supernatural Images, Profanity)
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Director: Gil Kenan
Cast: Paul Rudd, William Atherton, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Logan Kim, Celeste O’Connor, Patton Oswalt, Kumail Nanjiani, McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, Emily Alyn Lind
After 40 years and four movies, "Ghostbusters" is starting to feel as long-in-the-tooth as the returning members of the main cast.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Rose Glass
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Anna Baryshnikov, Jena Malone Ed Harris, Dave Franco
It is a shame that, for all the good things "Love Lies Bleeding" does, the ending is such a complete disaster.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Cast: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole, Anthony Welsh, Nia Ashi, Quan-Dajai Henriques, Alexx A-Game
It is never a good sign when any documentary elements of a bio-pic are more arresting than the dramatized portions.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action
Director: S.J. Clarkson
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Tahar Rahim, Adam Scott, Emma Roberts, Kerry Bishe
"Madame Web" is another example of a comic book movie no one was clamoring for.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-02-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Director: Zelda Williams
Cast: Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Carla Gugino, Joe Chrest, Henry Eikenberry
"Lisa Frankenstein" is a bad Tim Burton movie with two unlikable main characters.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-01-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Musical/Comedy
Director: Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr.
Cast: Angourie Rice, Tim Meadows, Tina Fey, Christopher Briney, Bebe Wood, Avantika, Jaquel Spivey, Auli’I Cravalho, Renee Rapp, Jon Hamm
The haphazard fashion in which the movie has been assembled argues that this should have been left on the stage where a live production can cover all manner of missteps.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-01-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Disturbing Images, Violence)
Genre: Horror
Director: Bryce McGuire
Cast: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amelie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren
The movie is at its best when it is content with being atmospheric and spooky. As soon is it starts explaining things, the story goes down the drain.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: James Wan
Cast: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Randall Park, Temeura Morrison, Dolph Lundgren, Martin Short, Jani Zhao, John Rhys-Davies
Feels like it was mostly constructed in post-production, with CGI working hand-in-hand with editing to fashion something borderline-coherent.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Bloody Violence, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Kid Cudi, Harold Torres, Yoko Hamamura
"Silent Night" is the antithesis of fun. Whatever the director is trying to do with the movie, it makes it for one big lump of coal in the 2023 cinematic stocking.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-22
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn
Cast: Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, Natasha Rothwell, Jennifer Kumiyama
This may be the worst major animated film Disney has released in the past 40 years and its lack of creative energy doesn’t augur well for the immediate future.