U.S. Release Date: 2021-08-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Addison Rae, Tanner Buchanan, Madison Pettis, Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, Peyton Meyer, Isabella Crovetti, Annie Jacob, Myra Molloy
A day-glo, forgettable rom-com demanding minimal attention that rewards those make it through the 90-minute brain-dead experience with the expected sappy ending.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Drama
Director: Alain Resnais
Cast: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada
The film’s emotional impact is at times undercut by its tendency to treat its characters more as props than people.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2021-08-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Patrick Hughes
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Morgan Freeman, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hopper, Frank Grillo, Caroline Goodall
An unfortunate example of what happens when the financial gains of a stand-alone film cause everyone involved to envision a franchise-in-the-making.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-11-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Drugs, Mature Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Amy Adams, Gabriel Basso, Owen Asztalos, Glenn Close, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins
An affecting story of a man’s conflicted relationship with family members who have bigger-than-life personalities.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-10-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Mark Williams
Cast: Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney, Jeffrey Donovan, Anthony Ramos, Robert Patrick
A tedious, overlong embarrassment that not even Liam Neeson’s craggy countenance can save.
U.S. Release Date: 1993-07-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Walking Corpses)
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Director: Kenny Ortega
Cast: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw
Like so many films that mix genres, in trying to do too much, "Hocus Pocus" succeeds at very little.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-10-02
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Documentary
Director: John Scheinfeld
Cast: Herb Alpert, Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Moyers, Questlove, Jerry Moss, Richard Carpenter, Burt Bachrach, Randy Badazz Alpert, Lani Hall Alpert, Sting
This movie will likely go down as the definitive documentary about Herb Alpert and, as such, it’s not a bad way to be remembered.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-08-07
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Documentary
Director: Don Hahn
Cast: Howard Ashman, Sarah Gillespie, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Bill Lauch, Alan Menken, Paige O’Hara, Peter Schneider
An affectionate but unremarkable biography of lyricist/writer Howard Ashman, who was in large part responsible for Disney's early-'90s renaissance.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-07-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Musical/Drama
Director: Thomas Kail
Cast: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Christopher Jackson, Phillipa Soo, Daveed Diggs, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Jasmine Cephas Jones
Provides nearly three hours of superior entertainment both for those who consider themselves devotees and those without previous viewing experience.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-05-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Bill Pullman, Ice Cube, Zoe Chao, June Diane Raphael, Eddie Izzard
Plays well on the small screen because the essence of the film – an exploration of characters and their relationships – remains unchanged.