U.S. Release Date: 2016-07-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Animated
Director: Sam Liu
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, Ray Wise, Maury Sterling
Feels like it was cobbled together out of different pieces of varying quality and, as such, it doesn’t work as well as it might.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-11-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Tony Cox, Christina Hendricks, Brett Kelly, Jenny Zigrino
At its best, it feels like an echo of its predecessor. At its worst, it’s unfunny, crass, and uncomfortable (not in a good way).
U.S. Release Date: 2016-10-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Nate Parker
Cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Aja Naomi King, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley
Harrowing, compelling cinema - perhaps not as wrenching as "12 Years a Slave" but not far removed.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-09-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Horror
Director: Adam Wingard
Cast: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson, Valorie Curry
"Blair Witch" seems more like a pale homage than a new chapter to the saga.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-09-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Director: Sharon Maguire
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones
"Bridget Jones’s Baby" exceeds expectations and, as a result, makes us willing to forgive the delay in bringing the character back to theaters.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-08-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Adventure/Drama
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Cast: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, Pilou Asbaek, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Morgan Freeman
Won't isn’t make anyone forget the 1959 Charlton Heston classic.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-07-01
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Ruby Barnhill, Mark Rylance, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader, Jermaine Clement
Unlikely to excite the imagination (or the box office) in the way many of Spielberg’s classics have.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-03-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Ben Affleck, Scoot McNairy, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane, Jeremy Irons, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Jesse Eisenberg, Henry Cavill, Holly Hunter
"Batman v Superman" revels in apocalyptic visuals, death, destruction, mayhem, and brutality.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-03-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Isla Fisher, Rebel Wilson, Ian McShane, Penelope Cruz
This may be the first time I have seen something make "Freddy Got Fingered" look classy.