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U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-01-15
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tim Burton
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Unevenly paced and narratively scattershot, it offers moments of entertainment but lacks cohesion and consistency.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-02-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Nigel Terry, Patrick Stewart, Liam Neeson, Katrine Boorman, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Addie, Paul Geoffrey, Cherie Lunghi, Nicholas Clay, Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren, Ciaran Hinds
As good as it looks, the incomprehensible storytelling will maroon the viewer in the mists of Avalon.
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U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-03-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Musical
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Rita Moreno, Brian d’Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Josh Andres Rivera, Iris Menas
This is no soulless cash-grab. Spielberg’s "West Side Story" is a resplendent entertainment.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-03-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Richard Jenkins, Willem Dafoe, Toni Collette, David Strathairn, Ron Perlman, Holt McCallany
The end result is unsettling and reminiscent of what Hitchcock might have done with this premise.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-05-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Matt Reeves
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell
At a time when many comic book franchises are seeking to go bigger, this down-to-earth approach offers a welcome reprieve.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-03-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill, Judi Dench, Ciaran Hinds, Lewis McAskie, Lara McDonnell
In addition to being Branagh’s most personal film, it’s also his most intimate, and is unquestionably one of 2021’s most affecting motion pictures
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-05-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Romance/Drama
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Cooper Hoffman, Maya Rudolph, Christine Ebersole, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, John Michael Higgins, Benny Safdie, Bradley Cooper, Tom Waits, Sean Penn, Alana Haim, Skyler Gisondo
Sweet and romantic with plenty of offbeat quirks and unexpected beats while never becoming saccharine or artificial.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-06-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Robert Eggers
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliott Rose, Willem Dafoe, Bjork
It plays out as expected without ever being predictable - a bold, uncompromising film that doesn’t self-censor.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-12-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Gore, Nudity)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Gary Lydon
There’s power in the message conveyed by writer/director Martin McDonagh’s screenplay; it’s less a drama and more a rumination about the failings of humanity.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-12-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Field
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Noemie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, Mark Strong
Cate Blanchett’s inhabitation of Lydia is complete and the movie’s presentation of her life is exacting in every detail; the result is nothing short of mesmerizing.