U.S. Release Date: 2017-12-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Jamie Bell, Annette Bening, Julie Walters, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Graham, Leanne Best, James Bloor
Despite some great acting, this is a largely unpleasant viewing experience and the downbeat tone isn’t helped by a narrative that flits back and forth in time without rhyme or reason.
U.S. Release Date: 1987-07-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: War/Drama
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Matthew Modine, Arliss Howard, R. Lee Ermey, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, Kevyn Major Howard
After 20 years, its depictions of war and how men are molded by war have lost none of their power.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-10-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan, Charlie Murphy, Orla Brady, Dermot Crowley, Rory Fleck Byrne, Ray Fearon
The most compelling reason to see "The Foreigner" is Chan, whose step into new territory reveals things we haven’t previously seen from him.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-10-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Sean Baker
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Valeria Cotto, Christopher Rivera, Caleb Landry Jones, Mela Murder
One of the most honest films about young childhood to reach theaters in several years.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Disturbing Images, Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton, Kiersey Clemons, Kiefer Sutherland
A mediocre remake of a mediocre original – not exactly must-see cinema. "Flatliners" is dead on arrival.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Director: Scott Hicks
Cast: Addison Timlin, Jeremy Irvine, Harrison Gilbertson, Joely Richardson, Lola Kirke, Daisy Head, Hermione Corfield
Whatever small pleasures it may offer are wiped out by the frustrating sense of incompleteness that accompanies the arrival of the end credits.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-04-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley, Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley, Jack Reynor, Noah Taylor, Babou Ceesay
A superior alternative to the big-name, bloated action films hogging the largest screens in most multiplexes.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-04-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Vin Diesel, Kristofer Hivju, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, Scott Eastwood, Kurt Russell, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Charlize Theron, Dwayne Johnson, Helen Mirren
“Dumbing down” was coined for productions like this: big, splashy, testosterone-fueled monstrosities.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-02-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Violence, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richie Keen
Cast: Charlie Day, Ice Cube, Tracy Morgan, Jillian Bell, Christina Hendricks, Dean Norris, JoAnna Garcia Swisher
A trying 90 minutes for anyone who commits to seeing this failed and unfortunate production.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-02-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: James Foley
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eric Johnson, Bella Heathcote, Kim Basinger, Marcia Gay Harden
This is a bad film - at times it’s nigh unwatchable - but that doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things.