U.S. Release Date: 2024-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz, Scoot McNairy
Less a traditional bio-pic and more a picture of an era and an exploration of the impact of Bob Dylan on those around him.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Berger
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diaz
The acting elevates the material. All the A-list actors bring their A-games.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-08-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Horror
Director: Rupert Sanders
Cast: Bill Skarsgard, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston, Josette Simon, Laura Birn, Sami Bouajila
The characters have no humanity, the romance has no sizzle, and the whole thing turns into a slog where style overwhelms substance to such a degree that there’s too little left of the latter to matter.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist
This middling melodrama about power, sex, and tennis is heavy on homoeroticism and light on meaningful storytelling.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Wagener Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman
"Civil War" does a good job dissecting the damage done by a desensitization to violence but it botches the backstory and features an ending that belongs in another movie.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Adult Themes, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Alejandro Monteverde
Cast: Christiana Dell’Anna, David Morse, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Federico Ielapi, Virginia Bocelli, Giancarlo Giannini, John Lithgow, Jeremy Bobb
An engaging account of a woman whose faith and personality allowed her to make a difference in the face of astronomical odds.