U.S. Home Release Date: 2025-01-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Mild Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: John G. Avildsen
Cast: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, William Zabka, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, Randee Heller
A sweetness and innocence to the story avoids entering saccharine territory by incorporating darker themes into the sports/high school movie mix.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-12-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: J.C. Chandor
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott, Russell Crowe, Levi Miller
The advance word-of-mouth has oversold its badness; instead of being truly awful, it is simply mediocre.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-09-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: J.J. Perry
Cast: Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Ben Kingsley, Pom Klementieff, Terry Crews
At its best, this can be enjoyable in an undemanding sort of way. At its worst, it is damn near unwatchable.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-06-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Violence, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Mamoudou Athie, Joe Alwyn
It is not a masterpiece nor is it even a great movie, but the inherent unpredictability in the approach makes for a fun and surprising three hours.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-05-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Wes Ball
Cast: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, Lydia Peckham, Travis Jeffery, William H. Macy
As we travel with the apes through this wreckage of a human-designed world that is being reclaimed by nature, there is a sense of awe at how real everything seems.
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: 2023-10-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Drama/Western
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Cara Jade Myers, Scott Shepherd
This is epic filmmaking and a reminder that the kinds of characters who have long fascinated Scorsese do not exist exclusively on the mean streets of modern-day America.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-05-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Bahador Foladi, Nina Touissant-White, Travis Fimmel
One of those movies that exists without having a compelling reason for doing do. As a theatrical destination, "Kandahar" is not worth the trip.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-05-02
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint, Abby Quinn, Kristen Cui
The mediocre mystery/thriller not only fails to draw in viewers but falls short both in terms of world-building and suspense.
U.S. Release Date: 2022-01-21
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Sean McNamara
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, William Hurt, Kaya Scodelario, Benjamin Walker, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Bingbing Fan, Pablo Schreiber, Crystal Clarke
Calling a movie a “fairy tale” is not a sufficient reason to abandon things like intelligent plotting and compelling character development.