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: 2023-11-17
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. Home Release Date: 2023-04-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller/Horror
Director: Brandon Cronenberg
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Jalil Lespert, Thomas Kretschmann
The film piques the intellect and feeds the bloodlust while offering an experience that only a Cronenberg can deliver.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Sean Durkin
Cast: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Stanley Simmons, Holt McCallany, Maura Tierney, Lily James
This is an American tragedy. Although the participants may be famous, the demons they fight in their intimate moments are familiar and relatable.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sala Baker, Endre Hules
Engages in a typically perverse David Fincher fashion, exerting its pull as much by the development of the plot as by the magnetic presence of Michael Fassbender.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-08-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Terror)
Genre: Horror
Director: Andre Ovredal
Cast: Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian, Woody Norman, Javier Botet
"The Last Voyage of the Demeter" is a harrowing journey but, for those who appreciate horror, it is well worth taking.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-05-26
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina
"The Little Mermaid," with a running length that exceeds that of its predecessor by 52 minutes, explores areas not touched on by the animated version.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Smoking)
Genre: Drama
Director: Bradley Cooper
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Sarah Silverman, Tim Rogan, Maya Hawke
This telling of the life story of Leonard Bernstein contains moments of cinematic passion and poetry that make it worth seeing even if specific choices create an underlying sense of frustration.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton, Gabriel Chung, Elizabeth Yu, Piper Curda
Highlights the ability of director Todd Haynes to explore complex and dysfunctional human relationships with insight and intelligence.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-07-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Vanessa Kirby, Frederick Schmidt, Shea Whigham, Henry Czerny, Cary Elwes
An oversized, big budget popcorn flick, with all the positives and negatives one associates with that sort of glorious but ephemeral brand of filmmaking.