U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Jonathan Eusebio
Cast: Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose, Mustafa Shakir, Lio Tipton, Daniel Wu, Cam Gigandet, Marshawn Lynch, Andre Eriksen, Sean Astin
Love may hurt, but perhaps not as much as sitting through this movie.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama/Science Fiction
Director: Sam Zuchero, Andy Zuchero
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Steven Yeun
The narrative is incoherent and the philosophical meanderings lack depth and intelligence.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Drew Hancock
Cast: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillen, Rupert Friend
With its AI-flavored elements, it seeks to do more with familiar tropes than merely create an unimaginative story around them.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2025-01-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Robert De Niro, Michael Keaton, Michael Bowen, Chris Tucker
Has all the serpentine curves one expects from a well-executed caper/heist film but avoids any turns that are so over-the-top that they tip the whole thing into self-parody.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Mel Gibson
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, Topher Grace
Those hoping for 90 minutes of white-knuckle excitement will wish they had waited until something better came along.
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, Sam Jaeger
The film is light on gore but heavy on shock elements, atmosphere, and (most importantly) emotion, but jettisons most of the traditional werewolf tropes.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2025-01-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Mild Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: John G. Avildsen
Cast: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, William Zabka, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, Randee Heller
A sweetness and innocence to the story avoids entering saccharine territory by incorporating darker themes into the sports/high school movie mix.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Christian Gudegast
Cast: Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Evin Ahmad, Salvatore Esposito, Michael Bisping
Gudegast has crafted a second chapter that is at least as good (and in some ways better) than its predecessor.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-07-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Greg Kwedar
Cast: Colman Domingo, Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, Sean San Jose, Paul Raci, David “Dap” Giraudy, Patrick “Preme” Griffin, Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, Sean “Dino” Johnson
Blending factual story elements with fictional details, this proves to be a different sort of prison story that offers hope and redemption without schmaltz.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-01-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore)
Genre: Horror
Director: Thordur Palsson
Cast: Odessa Young, Joe Cole, Lewis Gribben, Siobhan Finneran, Francis Magee, Rory McCann
Although director Thordur Palsson succeeds in developing the setting and crafting an unnerving atmosphere, the screenplay fails in several critical areas.