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Run Time: 1:38
U.S. Release Date: 2024-01-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Disturbing Images, Violence)
Genre: Horror
Director: Bryce McGuire
Cast: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amelie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren

The movie is at its best when it is content with being atmospheric and spooky. As soon is it starts explaining things, the story goes down the drain.

Run Time: 2:37
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahir Rahim, Ben Miles, Matthew Needham, Rupert Everett, Anna Mawn

This portrait of Napoleon is more muddled than nuanced, interweaving impeccably recreated battle sequences with soap opera-ish romantic angst.

Lawrence and Feldman play well off one another, but the movie needs more than that chemistry to be an unqualified success.

Run Time: 1:40
U.S. Release Date: 2022-07-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Quinn Shephard
Cast: Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien, Embeth Davidtz, Mia Isaac

It might be fair to argue that Shephard overreaches but there’s something bracing and fresh about throwing caution to the wind the way she does.

Run Time: 2:10
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-10-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Jordan Peele
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Angel Torres, Michael Wincott, Steven Yeun

Those who see "Nope" might not get exactly what they’re expecting but they may enjoy it anyway.

It plays out as expected without ever being predictable - a bold, uncompromising film that doesn’t self-censor.

Run Time: 1:34
U.S. Release Date: 2021-12-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Disturbing Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Lauren Hadaway
Cast: Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth, Dilone, Jonathan Cherry, Kate Drummond

The escapism on offer here isn’t of a light and airy nature but instead provides insight into the darker, obsessive aspects of the human experience.

The end result is unsettling and reminiscent of what Hitchcock might have done with this premise.

Effective as an ode to cynical realism but it’s uneven at best as a slice of drama.

The film’s occasional overreaches aren’t always a negative; the high points are very high and, when it’s all over, most viewers will remember them.