U.S. Release Date: 2020-08-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Richard Tanne
Cast: Lili Reinhart, Austin Abrams, Sarah Jones, Kara Young, Coral Pena, C.J. Hoff, Shannon Walsh, Bruce Altman, Meg Gibson
The sentimentality and mawkishness that undermine many “heartbreaking” YA romances is kept at bay.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-06-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Lars Klevberg
Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Gabriel Bateman, Brian Tyree Henry, Tim Matheson, David Lewis, Mark Hamill
This remake is not only worse than the first film, but worse to the point of unwatchability.
U.S. Release Date: 2020-05-08
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Lara Jean Gallagher
Cast: Otmara Marrero, Sydney Sweeney, Sonya Walger, Will Brittain
The way in which it is presented by first-time feature director Lara Jean Gallagher is slow, awkward, and pretentious.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-01-18
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Extreme Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Vicky Jewson
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Sophie Nelisse, Indira Varma
Disposable action entertainment – a throw-away title that’s not bad enough to turn off but not good enough to seek out.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Liam Neeson, Domenick Lombardozzi, William Forsythe, Emmy Rossum, John Doman, Julia Jones, Laura Dern, Tom Jackson, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Holmes
The gallows humor is pervasive, giving the production, which sometimes crosses over a line into outright parody, a quirky tone.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-07-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Alexandre Aja
Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper
An old-fashioned B-grade monster movie made with 2019 technology.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-04-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Bloody Horror)
Genre: Horror
Director: Michael Chaves
Cast: Linda Cardellini, Roman Christou, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Raymond Cruz, Sean Patrick Thomas, Patricia Velasquez, Marisol Ramirez, Tony Amendola
This example of prepackaged horror is so by-the-numbers that even the jump-scares don’t cause much of a jump.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-06-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Simon Kinberg
Cast: James McAvoy, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters, Alexandra Shipp, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Michael Fassbender, Jessica Chastain
Suffers from a massive narrative condensation that not only mutes the film’s emotional impact but creates an erratic tone.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-09-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Morris
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Marchant Davis, Danielle Brooks, Denis O’Hare, Jim Gaffigan, Kayvan Novak
It unquestionably touches the funny bone but, in doing so, reminds us of some truths we’d rather ignore.
U.S. Release Date: 2019-06-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Bill Murray, Austin Butler, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, Tilda Swinton, Caleb Landry Jones, Danny Glover, Chloë Sevigny, Adam Driver, Selena Gomez
A glimpse of The Zombie Apocalypse according to hipster director Jim Jarmusch and actor Bill Murray (with all that entails).