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Run Time: 2:00
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.

Run Time: 1:49
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action
Director: Kelly Marcel
Cast: Tom Hardy, Juno Temple, Alanna Ubach, Rhys Ifans, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andy Serkis

The potential inherent in the Venom symbiont has been wasted and squandered over the course of three movies and this final installment is the worst offender of all.

A story that starts with promise and seems to be going somewhere devolves into a formulaic disappointment.

Run Time: 1:35
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Anna Kendrick
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson, Tony Hale, Kathryn Gallagher, Pete Holmes, Autumn Best

The screenplay does a good job with the "Dating Games" scenes and the tense, creepy sequence that follows but it founders in establishing a wider canvas.

Run Time: 1:48
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: John Crowley
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Grace Delaney, Adam James, Lee Braithwaite

The movie occasionally tries too hard to turn on the waterworks and allows its structure to upstage the fine performances by the leads.

Run Time: 2:07
U.S. Release Date: 2024-10-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Parker Finn
Cast: Naomi Scott, Rosemary DeWitt, Dylan Gelula, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson, Kyle Gallner

"Smile 2" uses the first installment as a jumping-off point for a story that is longer, deeper, just as unsettling, and more intense.

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-10-17
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin, Reinhold Schunzel

"Notorious" has stood the test of time and deserves the labels of a classic and one of the most formidable early American productions of Alfred Hitchcock.

Will appeal strongly to those with a long and lasting connection to the popular late night show; others may find it too frenzied or lacking in a clear narrative through-line.

A feature film adaptation of the best novel from horror maestro Stephen King is deserving of something more epic than this throw-away production.

There are times when it can be fun to revisit a cheesy, poorly-made movie from another era, but this is not one of those instances.