U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-03-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Intense Disaster Scenes)
Genre: Action
Director: Jean-Francois Richet
Cast: Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Daniella Pineda, Tony Goldwyn, Paul Ben-Victor, Evan Dane Taylor, Yoson An
The movie offers limited entertainment for those who enjoy this sort of fare but fails as anything more than a throw-away streaming option.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-05-02
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint, Abby Quinn, Kristen Cui
The mediocre mystery/thriller not only fails to draw in viewers but falls short both in terms of world-building and suspense.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-04-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Erwin, Brent McCorkle
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Joel Courtney, Jonathan Roumie, Anna Grace Barlow, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
The narrative is numbingly agreeable, with likable characters working through a drama with no real teeth.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-05-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Hugh Grant, Josh Hartnett, Bugzy Malone, Eddie Marsan, Peter Ferdinando
The lukewarm spy thriller offers a convoluted, meandering storyline almost entirely devoid of tension and suspense.
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: 2023-04-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Brit McAdams
Cast: Owen Wilson, Ciara Renee, Michaela Watkins, Stephen Root, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Lucy Freyer
Comes across like a mediocre SNL skit that is already running too long before the first half-hour has expired.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-04-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Chris McKay
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Shohreh Aghdashlooo
The Nicolas Cage version of Dracula is so outrageous that it puts to shame previous attempts at parodying the Count. Too bad the rest of "Renfield" doesn’t come close to being on the same level.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-05-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, JD Pardo, Dayo Okeniyi, Jeff Fahey, Jackie Earle Haley, William Fichtner
The convoluted result – low on thrills, lower on coherence, and lowest on acting – is more confusing than compelling.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-05-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jason Momoa, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, John Cena, Sung Kang, Charlize Theron, Brie Larson, Alan Ritchson, Jason Statham
"Fast X" brings little new to a series that has been repeating itself since it went hyperkinetic with installment #4.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-05-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Bahador Foladi, Nina Touissant-White, Travis Fimmel
One of those movies that exists without having a compelling reason for doing do. As a theatrical destination, "Kandahar" is not worth the trip.