U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-19
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Musical
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Emily Blunt, David Warner, Angela Lansbury, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dick Van Dyke
"Mary Poppins Returns" is an imperfect sequel but as a throw-away holiday film designed to provide a family viewing experience, it satisfies a need.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Jenkins
Cast: Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, ...
The sense of optimism never fades and we’re left with images that are more about the enduring power of love than the oppressive force of injustice.
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, ...
Intended to be a feel-good extravaganza – one that sweeps aside considerations of logic and intelligence in a tide of exuberance that crests with an emotional high.
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U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Christian Rivers
Cast: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Leila George, Ronan Raftery, Patrick Malahide, Stephan Lang
As shepherded by filmmakers with a penchant for visual storytelling, "Mortal Engines" is two hours well-spent.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Adventure/Drama
Director: Josie Rourke
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Joe Alwyn, Guy Pearce, Adrian Lester, David Tennant, Jack Lowden, James McArdle, Margot Robbie, Gemma Chan
A respectable venture that fails to generate the kind of gripping, compulsively watchable melodrama and adventure needed to keep the audience engaged.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: David Leitch
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Fred Savage, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Zazie Beetz, Brianna Hildebrand, T.J. Miller, Karan Soni, Stefan Kapicic, Julian Dennison, Leslie Uggams
As an alternative version of "Deadpool 2", "Once Upon a Deadpool" is more unfortunate than bad.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-14
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Animated/Adventure
Director: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Cast: Shameik Moore, Kimiko Glenn, John Mulaney, Nicolas Cage, Zoe Kravitz, Mahershala Ali, Kathryn Hahn, Liev Schreiber, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin
A fresh and breezy way to steer the superhero genre and a testimony to the main character’s appeal and versatility.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Cast: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Nancy Garcia Garcia, Veronica Garcia, Fernando Grediaga, Jorge Antonio Guerrero
For "Roma" to attain its full power (which is considerable), a viewer must exhibit not only patience but fortitude.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast: Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi, Yuri/Lin
Affirms Kore-eda’s status as today’s foremost Japanese director whose careful observations about humanity establish him as a worthy successor to Ozu.
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Drama
Director: Brady Corbet
Cast: Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle, Stacy Martin
A dead-on portrait of a lost soul who may never quite find herself but who makes an uneasy peace with what the world has made of her.