U.S. Release Date: 2019-11-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Racial Epithets)
Genre: Drama
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Clarke Peters, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Janelle Monae, Zackary Momoh
By blending facts, myths, and made-up material, Lemmons weaves a strong, engaging tale but there’s a sense of a missed opportunity to do something grander.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-09-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Lorene Scafaria
Cast: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Julia Stiles, Cardi B, Madeline Brewer
There’s something delicious about the way "Hustlers" delivers on its promise of glitz, sex, and raunchiness while delving far enough beneath the surface to subvert the genre.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-03-29
MPAA Rating: "2.35:1" (R)
Genre: Drama
Director: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Thomas Mann, Dean Denton, Kim Dickens
No film is ever going unseat "Bonnie and Clyde" but "The Highwaymen" is a worthy, if lesser, companion piece.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-10-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Donovan Marsh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Zane Holtz, Michael Nyqvist, Michael Gor, Alexander Diachenko, Carter MacIntyre, Common, Linda Cardellini, Gary Oldman, Toby Stephens
Often preposterous, occasionally idiotic, and always compulsively watchable.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-10-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Horror
Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Jefferson Hall, Rhian Rees, Will Patton, Haluk Bilginer, Nick Castle, James Jude Courtney, Andi Matichak, Judy Greer, Toby Huss
This is the sequel "Halloween" fans have been awaiting for four decades as the slow-burn terrors of 1978 reach out across the years to shock and frighten a new generation.
U.S. Release Date: 1990-03-02
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Sean Connery, Courtney B. Vance, Tim Curry, Peter Firth, Richard Jordan, Joss Ackland, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill, Scott Glenn, Alec Baldwin, Stellan Skarsgård
The mix of traditional thriller elements, Cold War storytelling, submarine warfare, and Sean Connery's magnetic performance engage the viewer throughout.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-05-25
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Livolsi
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Alex Wolff, Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Maude Apatow, Michaela Watkins
An emotionally satisfying experience that brings to life a group of appealing characters and allows them to grow and expand in front of the lens.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Patrick Hughes
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Elodie Yung, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Yuri Kolokolnikov
Exactly what the average movie-goer would expect from something with this title and these actors and, judged on that basis, it rarely misfires.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Brett Haley
Cast: Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, Krysten Ritter, Katharine Ross
More about character and performance - specifically, a career-best turn for Sam Elliott as Lee Hayden - than narrative.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Theodore Melfi
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell
An old-fashioned inspirational tale about the undertrodden overcoming.