U.S. Release Date: 2021-09-03
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Musical/Fantasy
Director: Kay Cannon
Cast: Camila Cabello, James Corden, Charlotte Spencer, Maddie Baillio, Billy Porter, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, Nicholas Galitzine, Idina Menzel, Tallulah Greive
Looking at the list of "Cinderella" adaptations I have seen, none comes close to this level of badness.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-04-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Cartoon Violence)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Ben Falcone
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Jason Bateman, Bobby Cannavale, Pom Klementieff, Melissa Leo, Taylor Mosby
Illustrates what happens when filmmakers take a moderately interesting premise and surround it with witless writing, cringe-inducing acting, stagnant action, humor-deprived comedy, and feckless drama.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-06-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Cast: Liam Neeson, Marcus Thomas, Laurence Fishburne, Amber Midthunder, Benjamin Walker, Holt McCallany, Martin Sensmeier
There’s a depressing predictability to nearly all the action scenes that saps tension and encourages boredom.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-05-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols
The "plot" is just an excuse to present long, lovingly-filmed instances of sadism and torture.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-06-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Patrick Hughes
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Morgan Freeman, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hopper, Frank Grillo, Caroline Goodall
An unfortunate example of what happens when the financial gains of a stand-alone film cause everyone involved to envision a franchise-in-the-making.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-08-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Addison Rae, Tanner Buchanan, Madison Pettis, Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, Peyton Meyer, Isabella Crovetti, Annie Jacob, Myra Molloy
A day-glo, forgettable rom-com demanding minimal attention that rewards those make it through the 90-minute brain-dead experience with the expected sappy ending.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-12-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Lana Wachowski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Christina Ricci, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jada Pinkett Smith, Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Yaha Abdul-Mateen II, Carrie-Ann Moss, Lambert Wilson
For fans of the series, it’s a betrayal that deserves to be ignored and forgotten as soon as possible.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-02-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Mike Cahill
Cast: Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek, Nesta Cooper
Would seem to be as close to a can’t-miss premise as one can imagine yet, despite that, it somehow does miss – and by a wide margin.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-02-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Nicholas Jarecki
Cast: Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez, Kid Cudi, Indira Varma, Lily-Rose Depp
The film’s inability to effectively meld its disconnected stories makes it feel like "Crisis" is two stand-alone movies that were shortened and crammed together.
U.S. Release Date: 2021-03-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Craig Brewer
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Kiki Layne, Shari Headley, Teyana Taylor, Wesley Snipes, James Earl Jones, Nomzamo Mbatha
"Coming 2 America" will disappoint only those who believed Murphy could do something amazing or hilarious with this dubious property.