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. Home Release Date: 2023-05-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: David F. Sandberg
Cast: Zachary Levi, Caroline Grace-Cassidy, D.J. Cotrona, Ross Butler, Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Lucy Liu, Rachel Zegler, Adam Brody, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Meagan Good
An undercooked casserole of cliched narrative elements, underdeveloped characters, juvenile humor, and a deus ex machina cameo.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-08-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action
Director: Julius Avery
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton, Pilou Asbaek, Dascha Polanco, Sophia Tatum, Moises Arias, Martin Starr, Jared Odrick
Feels like the warmed-up leftovers of a superhero franchise that both Marvel and DC passed on.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-08-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Adult Situations)
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ponsoldt
Cast: Lia Barnett, Sanai Victoria, Madalen Mills, Eden Grace Redfield, Lake Bell, Sarah Cooper, Ashley Madekwe, Megan Mullally
Ponsoldt taps into nostalgia as the jumping-off point for a movie that ultimately goes nowhere, with underdeveloped characters whose stories never gel.
U.S. Release Date: 1980-10-03
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Bill Erwin, George Voskovec
A frustrating series of missed opportunities and hokey sci-fi gibberish; the passage of more than forty years hasn’t softened the view.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-01-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Cast: Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Marley Shelton, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Skeet Ulrich, Roger L. Jackson
When an old property achieves new life, it’s because of better creative decisions than the ones made by the men and women behind the fifth "Scream".
U.S. Release Date: 2021-07-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Cartoon Violence)
Genre: Animated/Adventure
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: LeBron James, Eric Bauza, Jeff Bergman, Harper Leight Alexander, Ceyair J. Wright, Sonequa Martin-Green, Khris Davis, Cedric Joe, Don Cheadle, Zendaya
Feels more like a two-hour commercial for the entire Warner Brothers catalog and a means of stroking LeBron James' ego.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-06-04
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Elaine Bogan, Ennio Torresan
Cast: Isabela Merced, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marsai Martin, McKenna Grace, Julianne Moore, Walton Goggins, Eiza Gonzalez, Andre Braugher
As generic, made-for-quick-consumption animated productions go, there’s nothing especially bad about "Spirit Untamed." Unfortunately, there’s nothing especially good, either.
U.S. Release Date: 1983-10-23
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Chris Marker
Cast:
Although one could argue that the movie is loosely about memory and time, that would be ascribing order to a random series of stream-of-consciousness philosophical ramblings.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-08-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Disturbing Images, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Horror
Director: Amy Seimetz
Cast: Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Chris Messina, Katie Aselton, Kentucker Audley, Tunde Adebimpe, Jennifer Kim
Seimetz is trying to get at some compelling truths about the human experience but the cold, distant filmmaking style creates a barrier.