U.S. Release Date: 2024-11-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Disturbing Images, Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Cast: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East
Does what good psychological horror does best: leaves the viewer unsettled and perhaps a little shaken even after the end credits roll and the lights turn back on.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-11-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Dockery, Gwilym Lee, Ophelia Lovibond, David Fynn
"Here" wants to depict the everyday life of an historically anonymous person and, stripping away the distractions created by the failed artificial structure, it mostly accomplishes that goal.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-08-02
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Cast: Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel, Benjamin Bottani, Lil Rel Howery, Tanya Reynolds, Jermaine Clement, Alfred Molina
The charm of the book is mostly lost in translation although that might not bother younger, less discriminating viewers.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-07-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Action
Director: Andy Sidaris
Cast: Ronn Moss, Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton, Harold Diamond, Rodrigo Obregon, Cynthia Brimhall, Wolf Larson
Helped to define not only the filmography of Andy Sidaris, but the 80s exploitation subgenre that became popular in drive-ins and video stores.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-06-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Western
Director: Kevin Costner
Cast:
The first chapter of a multi-episode cinematic epic hints at potential greatness if not quite reaching that pinnacle on its own.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-06-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Evan Holtzman
Smartly written, melding screwball comedy elements with rom-com beats against a Hitchcockian thriller backdrop. The small twists have big payoffs.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-05-03
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Willard Huyck
Cast: Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale, Chip Zien
This was a bad movie when it was released. It is a bad movie today. And it will continue to be a bad movie long after this planet ceases to exist.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Josh Andres Rivera, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Hunter Schafer
If someone was going to make a "Hunger Games" prequel, this is about the best one might hope for.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-10-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Alexander Payne
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The manner in which director Alexander Payne and writer David Hemingson approach this familiar trope imbues it with freshness, honesty, and warmth.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-09-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Tina Fey, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird
For those who enjoy their sleuthing on the big screen with impressively conceived set pieces, evocative performances, gothic twists and turns, and a drizzling of ghostly apparitions.