U.S. Release Date: 2025-06-13
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Dean DeBlois
Cast: Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Nick Frost
Represents solid family entertainment even if it feels like it is tracing over an existing pattern rather than developing something new.
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. Home Release Date: 2024-07-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Action
Director: Andy Sidaris
Cast: Ronn Moss, Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton, Harold Diamond, Rodrigo Obregon, Cynthia Brimhall, Wolf Larson
Helped to define not only the filmography of Andy Sidaris, but the 80s exploitation subgenre that became popular in drive-ins and video stores.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-06-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Western
Director: Kevin Costner
Cast:
The first chapter of a multi-episode cinematic epic hints at potential greatness if not quite reaching that pinnacle on its own.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Josh Andres Rivera, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Hunter Schafer
If someone was going to make a "Hunger Games" prequel, this is about the best one might hope for.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-10-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Alexander Payne
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The manner in which director Alexander Payne and writer David Hemingson approach this familiar trope imbues it with freshness, honesty, and warmth.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-09-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Tina Fey, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird
For those who enjoy their sleuthing on the big screen with impressively conceived set pieces, evocative performances, gothic twists and turns, and a drizzling of ghostly apparitions.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-10-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Rohan Campbell, James Jude Courtney, Kyle Richards
Considering the various indignities visited upon Michael Myers over the years, it’s not a bad way to go out. At least it has the virtue of trying something new.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-12-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Marlon Joubert, Luisa Ranieri, Renato Carpentieri, Massimiliano Gallo, Betty Pedrazzi
On the whole, this is a charming and at times moving reminder of what it meant to be young in the 1980s.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-10-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Kyle Richards, Charles Cyphers, Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Longstreet, Dylan Arnold, Will Patton, James Jude Courtney, Andi Matichak, Judy Greer, Nancy Stephens
One of the better sequels, containing all the requisite elements to make it popular among horror film lovers regardless of their ages.