U.S. Release Date: 2024-08-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Action/Horror
Director: Rupert Sanders
Cast: Bill Skarsgard, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston, Josette Simon, Laura Birn, Sami Bouajila
The characters have no humanity, the romance has no sizzle, and the whole thing turns into a slog where style overwhelms substance to such a degree that there’s too little left of the latter to matter.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-07-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Oz Perkins
Cast: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee
Does a great job setting up a sense of deep unease but that quickly evaporates when it becomes apparent the movie isn’t going anywhere worthwhile.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-06-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Horror
Director: Ishana Night Shyamalan
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouere, Oliver Finnegan, Alistair Brammer, John Lynch
Ironically for something titled "The Watchers," this production lacks the basic quality of watchability.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Adam Wingard
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns
For those who have an orgasmic reaction to kaiju confrontations, far too little of the film is devoted to them and the overreliance on CGI leeches away the awe associated with the spectacle.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-03-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Disturbing Images, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Cast: DeWanda Wise, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Tom Payne, Betty Buckley
There is nothing imaginary about how bad a misfire this movie is even for the Blumhouse base.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-02-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Catherine O’Hara, Bryan Cranston, Henry Cavill, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cena
All the pleasure hinted at by the trailer is illusory. This is the month when Hollywood jettisons its refuse and this particular sampling belongs buried deep in a landfill.
U.S. Release Date: 2024-01-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: David Ayer
Cast: Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Jeremy Irons, David Witts, Phylicia Rashad, Jemma Redgrave, Minnie Driver
A David Ayer/Jason Statham collaboration in 2024 is something to be avoided if any sort of investment of time or money is involved.