U.S. Release Date: 2018-08-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Björn Runge
Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons, Christian Slater, Annie Starke, Harry Lloyd, Elizabeth McGovern
A engaging story anchored by two powerful performances, with Glenn Close being is as ferocious as she has ever been.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-04-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror
Director: Fritz Bohm
Cast: Bel Powley, Liv Tyler, Brad Dourif, James Le Gros, Collin Kelly-Sordelet, Mike Faist
Starts strongly but the qualities that make the first 20 minutes harrowing drain away and the movie morphs into an unsatisfying excursion into fantasy-tinged horror.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-12-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Kate Winslet, Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Jim Belushi, Jack Gore
Perhaps the “Wonder” in "Wonder Wheel" is that anyone agreed to produce something so tired, joyless, and uninspired.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-17
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Izabela Vidovic, Mandy Patinkin, Noah Jupe, Bryce Gheisar, Danielle Rose Russell, Daveed Diggs, Nadji Jeter
From its imagination-tinged opening to its Kumbaya ending, "Wonder" never forgets that its mission is to provide a non-threatening, warm-and-fuzzy experience.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-10-27
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Oakes Fegley, Millicent Simmonds, Jaden Michael, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Cory Michael Smith, Tom Noonan, James Urbaniak
An evocative movie with a vaguely disappointing narrative that doesn’t justify the patience viewers must exhibit.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Damian Harris
Cast: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Patrick Stewart, Minnie Driver, Grace Van Patten, Noah Emmerich, Peter Facinelli, Jack Davenport, Yael Stone
There’s always a place for good acting, clever dialogue, and a sense of humor, even if the narrative teeters between incidental and irrelevant.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Marwan Kenzari, Willem Dafoe, Glenn Close, Christian Rubeck
The disappointment of what this movie could have been dogs it as it navigates safe, predictable roads to a preordained conclusion.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham, Jon Bernthal, Julia Jones, Kelsey Chow, Graham Greene
The narrative effectively marries the character based-aspects with the mystery-thriller ones.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-07-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Matt Reeves
Cast: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Karin Konoval, Amiah Miller, Terry Notary, Ty Olsson
This is a vital, original, and emotionally potent chapter to one of the longest-running movie series out there.
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Innuendo, Partial Nudity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Patty Jenkins
Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen, Elena Anaya
"Wonder Woman" may be the best straightforward comic book-inspired movie since Christopher Nolan was making his Batman films.