U.S. Release Date: 2023-08-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Suggestive Material)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Angel Manuel Soto
Cast: Xolo Mariduena, Bruna Marquezine, Damian Alcazar, George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Belissa Escobedo, Elpidia Carrillo, Susan Sarandon, Raoul Max Trujillo
The primary sin is not that "Blue Beetle" stinks the way really bad movies do but that it is deeply mired in mediocrity.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-10-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Disturbing Images, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Leslie Odom Jr., Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum, Ellen Burstyn
It might have helped if Green understood "The Exorcist" a little better rather than just copying from it.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-10-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Horror
Director: Emma Tammi
Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio, Elizabeth Lail, Matthew Lillard, Mary Stuart Masterson
As a motion picture, it is disjointed and ultimately unsatisfying but as part of a larger cog in a cross-platform franchise, it does everything expected from it.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Drama
Director: Sofia Coppola
Cast: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen, Dagmara Dominczyk, Tim Post
This mean-spirited and unpleasant production is unlikely to find favor with many either inside or outside of the Elvis fan base.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-22
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn
Cast: Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, Natasha Rothwell, Jennifer Kumiyama
This may be the worst major animated film Disney has released in the past 40 years and its lack of creative energy doesn’t augur well for the immediate future.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Bloody Violence, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Kid Cudi, Harold Torres, Yoko Hamamura
"Silent Night" is the antithesis of fun. Whatever the director is trying to do with the movie, it makes it for one big lump of coal in the 2023 cinematic stocking.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: James Wan
Cast: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Randall Park, Temeura Morrison, Dolph Lundgren, Martin Short, Jani Zhao, John Rhys-Davies
Feels like it was mostly constructed in post-production, with CGI working hand-in-hand with editing to fashion something borderline-coherent.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-03-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Horror
Director: Gerard Johnstone
Cast: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, Jen Van Epps, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Ronny Chieng, Jenna Davis
Although aspects of "M3gan" are disappointing, the movie aims higher than most early-year releases.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-03-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Nick Johnson, Will Merrick
Cast: Storm Reid, Nia Long, Ken Leung, Joaquim de Almeida, Megan Suri, Daniel Henney, Amy Landecker, Tim Griffin
Works well enough as a popcorn flick that doesn’t demand much in the way of concentration and is a better fit for at-home viewing than watching in a theater.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-02-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Director: Aline Brosh McKenna
Cast: : Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Jesse Williams, Zoe Chao, Wesley Kimmel, Tig Notaro, Steve Zahn
One cannot help but wish the fantasy is better realized and the ending does not feel rushed and unearned.