U.S. Release Date: 2025-04-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror
Director: Ryan Coogler
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Li Jun Li, Delroy Lindo, Omar Benson Miller, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku, Jack O’Connell, Miles Caton, Hailee Steinfeld, Yao
Warts and all, "Sinners" is a wholly original motion picture full of bravura moments, strong performances, and horror-appropriate gore and violence.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Alex Scharfman
Cast: Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Richard E. Grant, Will Poulter, Tea Leoni, Anthony Carrigan, Jessica Hynes, Sunita Mani, Steve Park
This one is definitely not for pre-teen girls.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2025-03-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jason London, Parker Posey, Ben Affleck, Wiley Wiggins, Michelle Burke, Anthony Rapp, Adam Goldberg, Rory Cochrane, Shawn Andrews, Milla Jovovich, Joey Lauren Adams, Matthew McConaughey
This film was made to celebrate a lost culture, and those who were part of it, or are merely curious, will find a path into the past through it.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Osgood Perkins
Cast: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Colin O’Brien, Christian Convery, Elijah Wood, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Osgood Perkins, Adam Scott
This radical reimagining of the Stephen King short story is plenty entertaining for those with a sufficiently warped sense of humor and a love of the grand guignol.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror/Romance/Comedy
Director: Josh Ruben
Cast: Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Devon Sawa, Jordana Brewster
Provides a fun 90-odd minutes whose beats are like that of a familiar tune played in a different key.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Drew Hancock
Cast: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillen, Rupert Friend
With its AI-flavored elements, it seeks to do more with familiar tropes than merely create an unimaginative story around them.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Disturbing Images, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Leigh Whannell
Cast: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger
The film is light on gore but heavy on shock elements, atmosphere, and (most importantly) emotion, but jettisons most of the traditional werewolf tropes.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2025-01-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Mild Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: John G. Avildsen
Cast: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, William Zabka, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, Randee Heller
A sweetness and innocence to the story avoids entering saccharine territory by incorporating darker themes into the sports/high school movie mix.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Christian Gudegast
Cast: Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Evin Ahmad, Salvatore Esposito, Michael Bisping
Gudegast has crafted a second chapter that is at least as good (and in some ways better) than its predecessor.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama/Musical
Director: Michael Gracey
Cast: Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, Anthony Hayes, Kate Mulvany, Frazer Hadfield, Jake Simmance
Although Robbie Williams fails to offer a dramatic life story worthy of a big-screen telling, two stylistic/narrative choices make this overall a compelling bio-pic.