U.S. Release Date: 2020-04-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Eliza Hittman
Cast: Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Theodore Pellerin
Made with such care and focus on the particulars of the situation that one doesn’t have to agree with Hittman’s perspective to be moved by the film.
U.S. Release Date: 1984-07-20
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Thomas Hill, Tami Stronach, Alan Oppenheimer
The passage of time hasn’t been kind to the attempts at worldbuilding through image-oriented spectacle.
U.S. Release Date: 1987-10-21
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Mani Ratnam
Cast: Kamal Haasan, Saranya, Delhi Ganesh, Janagaraj, Karthika, Nasser, Nizhalgal Ravi
Worth watching for anyone with an affinity for Indian films in general and gangster tales in particular.
U.S. Release Date: 1988-02-21
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Mild Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Adventure/Thriller
Director: Gary Nelson
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Deborah Raffin, Ben Masters, John Rhys-Davies, Julia Nickson, Khigh Dhiegh, Gordon Jackson, Burt Kwouk, Ping Wu, Kay Tong Lim, Tia Carrere, Edward Petherbridge, John Houseman, Denholm Elliott
A good match for anyone in search of something to “binge watch” from a time long before that phrase was ever used for productions of this length.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Thriller
Director: Charles Laughton
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce
It's possible to recognize that film’s stylistic mastery while acknowledging that some aspects are artifacts of a bygone era.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-02
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mild Violence)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: Lasse Hallstrom, Joe Johnston
Cast: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Richard E. Grant, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Ellie Bamber
Targeted at prepubescent girls, the holiday-themed fantasy adventure drowns in CGI, underdeveloped characters, and a plot utterly devoid of energy and excitement.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-08-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Augustine Frizzell
Cast: Maia Mitchell, Camila Morrone, Kyle Mooney, Joel Allen
It’s supposed to be a screwball comedy but someone forgot to include the laughs.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Margaret Betts
Cast: Margaret Qualley, Julianne Nicholson, Melissa Leo, Dianna Agron, Liana Liberato, Eline Powell, Morgan Saylor, Rebecca Dayan
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about "Novitiate" is the even-handedness with which it treats religion in general and 1960s Catholicism in particular.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-11-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Tom Ford
Cast: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Ellie Bamber, Armie Hammer, Karl Glusman, Robert Aramayo
Represents an effective melding of visceral and intellectual filmmaking.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-07-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Cast: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer, Kimiko Glenn, Colson Baker
At only 96 minutes, "Nerve" is short enough not to overstay its welcome and, despite a lackluster final 20 minutes, it proves to be solidly entertaining.