Movies with music written by Benjamin Wallfisch
Mortal Kombat was made with fans in mind and, as such, it has little time or patience with those who come to it without the prerequisite background. 40% fight scenes and 60% fan service, Simon McQuiod’s slash-and-gore fest will leave the uni...
U.S. Release Date: 2021-04-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Fantasy
Director: Simon McQuoid
Cast: Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, ...
For better or worse (predominantly the latter, unfortunately), Mortal Kombat II delivers exactly what one might reasonably expect from a sequel to the 2021 franchise reboot. The film introduces two of the most interesting and charismatic character...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Strong Bloody Violence and Gore throughout, and Language)
Genre: Action/Fantasy
Director: Simon McQuoid
Cast: Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Lewis Tan, ...
Finally – for the first time since the original 38 years ago – a Predator movie I can enjoy. The reason is simple: it finally breaks the formula. The previous Predator films have largely lived in the shadow of the 1987 John McTiernan/Arnold Sc...
U.S. Release Date: 2025-11-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Cast: Dimitrius Schuster-Kolomatangi, Elle Fanning
For a while, it seems like Serenity is going to a be a fairly routine neo-noir thriller. That’s not necessarily a bad prospect with a scraggly-looking Matthew McConaughey playing a down-on-his-luck free-spirit and a blond Anne Hathaway as the...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-01-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Steven Knight
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, ...
In Shazam!, the positives outweigh the negatives. The film’s fresh aspects are strong enough to keep the stale ones at bay. With this 2019 feature, one tiny corner of the DC Extended Universe has finally embraced the concept of “humor,” ...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-04-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Comic book monstrosities, Santa Claus abuse)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: David F. Sandberg
Cast: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, ...
Is this really the end of The Conjuring franchise? What began as a one-off haunted house movie in 2013 has since spawned sequels and spin-offs at a pace that would make other horror series envious. But as the creative spark faded and many of the o...
U.S. Release Date: 2025-09-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Terror)
Genre: Horror
Director: Michael Chaves
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mia Tomlinson, ...
For the most part, Netflix has two modes of films: high-profile prestige projects and “lesser” titles that use recognizable stars to lure bigger audiences. The Woman in Cabin 10 fits snugly into the latter category. For lack of a better descri...
U.S. Release Date: 2025-10-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Simon Stone
Cast: Kiera Knightley, Guy Pearce, Art Malik, ...
From the outside looking in, I was dubious about how the filmmakers behind Twisters were going to handle a sequel-not-sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, Twister. With Bill Paxton dead and Helen Hunt not participating, there seemed to be no real p...
U.S. Release Date: 2024-07-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Intense Action, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, ...
Until Dawn is a gimmick movie – a production with just enough tantalizing moments to assemble an intriguing 3-minute trailer but not nearly enough to comprise a full-length feature. It’s technically based on a video game, although the connecti...
U.S. Release Date: 2025-04-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: David F. Sandberg
Cast: Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A’zion, ...
"Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright." If there’s another quote more closely associated with movies having “Wolf Man” in the title, I don’t...
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Disturbing Images, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Leigh Whannell
Cast: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, ...