U.S. Release Date: 2025-04-04
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Fantasy/Action
Director: Jared Hess
Cast: Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Hansen, Jennifer Coolidge, Rachel House
Never finds its groove, constantly veering from one set-piece to another with a scattershot storyline and whiplash-inducing tone inconsistencies.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Anamaria Vartolomei
A mostly failed attempt to merge sci-fi with satire, "Mickey 17" suffers from a fragmented narrative and a scenery-chewing performance from Mark Ruffalo.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Osgood Perkins
Cast: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Colin O’Brien, Christian Convery, Elijah Wood, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Osgood Perkins, Adam Scott
This radical reimagining of the Stephen King short story is plenty entertaining for those with a sufficiently warped sense of humor and a love of the grand guignol.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-12-20
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Adventure
Director: Barry Jenkins
Cast: Aaron Pierre, Thandiwe Newton, Mads Mikkelson, Donald Glover, Tiffany Boone, Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, John Kani, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Blue Ivy Carter
A movie absolutely no one in the general public was clamoring for and, although many will see it, the well-earned “unnecessary” label should stick.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-11-27
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller
Cast: Auli’I Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Hualalai Chung, Rose Matafeo, David Fane, Awhimai Fraser, Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, Temeura Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger
Likely please the legions of "Moana" fans and is easily digestible for accompanying parents even if it falls short of being the next Disney classic.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-09-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter
The term "an interesting failure" was coined for movies like this, an incoherent (but often fascinating) excursion into the mind of writer/director Francis Ford Coppola
U.S. Release Date: 2024-09-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Director: Megan Park
Cast: Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Maddie Ziegler, Kerrice Brooks, Percy Hynes White, Maria Dizzia
An effective and affecting coming-of-age story with a large dose of magical realism that is a credit not only to the writing and directing but to the performances of the actors.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-07-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Ti West
Cast: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Kevin Bacon, Giancarlo Esposito, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Moses Sumney, Lily Collins, Halsey, Simon Prast
"Maxxxine" has the ideas. It has the style. It has Mia Goth. But somewhere along the way, writer/director Ti West lost the story.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Eiza Gonzalez, Babs Olusanmokun, Cary, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Henry Golding, Rory Kinnear, Til Schweiger, Freddy Fox, Danny Sapani
Like many recent Ritchie movies, this one has a lot of frenetic action, a fair amount of spectacle, some cheeky dialogue, and a hefty dose of machismo.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Dev Patel
Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Sikander Kher, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Adithi Kalkunte, Sobhita Dhulipala, Ashwini Kalsekar, Makarand Deshpande
A blood-soaked revenge tale with a high body count that refuses to pull its punches to make the protagonist more likable.