2019
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- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeongGreed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
- DirectorAlejandro LandesStarsSofia BuenaventuraJulián GiraldoKaren QuinteroOn a remote mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsFranz RogowskiPaula BeerGodehard GieseA man attempting to escape occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsNoémie MerlantAdèle HaenelLuàna BajramiOn an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsFlorence PughJack ReynorVilhelm BlomgrenA couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
- DirectorSophie LorainStarsRomane DenisAnthony TherrienRose AdamThree teenage girls explore their first taste of freedom: Charlotte, the recently heartbroken, Megane, the anti-love anarchist, and Aube, a virgin who dreams of love - all three smitten by the guys at the "Toy Depot."or "Charlotte Has Fun"
- DirectorBenny SafdieJosh SafdieStarsAdam SandlerJulia FoxIdina MenzelWith his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hope of staying afloat and alive.
- DirectorLulu WangStarsShuzhen ZhaoAwkwafinaX MayoA Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies."The Farewell" begins with a lie, opening with a phone call between Billie and her grandmother where the older woman claims that she's sitting at home while she waits for hospital appointment. Therein lies the question of the film: we lie to our loved ones, but is it for our benefit or for theirs? Nai Nai wants to spare Billie from worrying about her, but she is aware that the lie is dubious, growing visibily uncomfortable the hospital paging system goes off repeatedly in the background.
- DirectorRian JohnsonStarsDaniel CraigChris EvansAna de ArmasA detective investigates the death of the patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.
- DirectorJulius OnahStarsNaomi WattsOctavia SpencerKelvin Harrison Jr.A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsLeonardo DiCaprioBrad PittMargot RobbieA faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.Compared to the tight storytelling of Tarantino's movies over the years, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" feels almost plotless. The unhurried pace is an indulgence that allows us, and Tarantino, to just hang out in sunny California of 1969, but it creates a certain tension just the same. After all, this is the year of the gruesome Manson family murders, and we know that one of our characters, the carefree young actress Sharon Tate, will be among their victim.
Tate, played by Margot Robbie, is an endearing presence, but not an especially nuanced character. We watch her charmed life of dancing and partying; she charms theater staff into letting her see one of her movies for free, and she kicks her feet up on the seat, grinning equally at the movie and the laughter of the audience with her in the theater. Much of the character's inner life, such as it is, is conveyed speculatively from male characters from a remove. Steve McQueen sizes up her love triangle with husband Roman Polanski and ex boyfriend Jay Sebring. Kurt Russell, narrating, spells out the humdrum details of her last day of life. Faded TV cowboy Rick Dalton, who lives next door, speculates that if he befriends Tate and Polanski he might raise his profile. - DirectorMarielle HellerStarsMatthew RhysTom HanksChris CooperBased on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.
- DirectorJordan PeeleStarsLupita Nyong'oWinston DukeElisabeth MossAdelaide Wilson and her family are attacked by mysterious figures dressed in red. Upon closer inspection, the Wilsons realize that the intruders are exact lookalikes of them.
- DirectorGreta GerwigStarsSaoirse RonanEmma WatsonFlorence PughJo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.
- DirectorJames GrayStarsBrad PittTommy Lee JonesRuth NeggaAstronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsZachary LeviMark StrongAsher AngelA newly fostered young boy in search of his mother instead finds unexpected super powers and soon gains a powerful enemy.a rousing antidote to the increasing grim direction of superhero cinema.
- DirectorPeter StricklandStarsSidse Babett KnudsenMarianne Jean-BaptisteJulian BarrattIn Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.A woman buys a red dress with an ominous Latin phrase stitched inside from a department store pretty much openly operated by a coven of witches. Strickland’s latest is an unsubtle anti-consumerist fable enlivened with giallo stylings. As the dress moves from owner to owner, the film loses its thread, dabbling in unengaging dadaistic comedy.
- DirectorRobert EggersStarsRobert PattinsonWillem DafoeValeriia KaramanTwo lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.From the director of The VVitch, another New England folk tale in the guise of psychological horror. Meticulously designed and researched, with forceful perfomances by Dafoe and Pattinson, playing respectively a grizzled lighthouse keeper and his put-upon subordinant. Dazzling black and white cinematography, with a cramped aspect ratio that evokes the uncanny quality of silent film and the claustrophobia of our setting (at 1:19, the aspect ratio of The Lighthouse is actually narrower than the old Academy ratio).
As much effort has gone into the construction of the movie and these volcanic performances, one may wish that a bit more had gone into the story, which peters out on a twist ending that feels a little too familiar. Certainly a far cry from the fantastic climax of The VVitch. - DirectorJennifer KentStarsAisling FranciosiMaya ChristieBaykali GanambarrSet in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.An Irish girl on a Tasmanian penal colony is raped by British soldiers and forced to watch as they murder her family. With a stubborn Aboriginal guide in tow, she pursues them across the outback, seeking vengeance. "Babadook" director Jennifer Kent sympathizes absolutely with her quest but denies her catharsis. Meanwhile, as the soldiers carve a bloody swath through the wilderness, the horror of it all becomes numbing.
- DirectorMatt Bettinelli-OlpinTyler GillettStarsSamara WeavingAdam BrodyMark O'BrienA bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.frothy but enjoyable horror comedy with a winning star turn by Samara Weaving.
- DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsRobert Downey Jr.Chris EvansMark RuffaloAfter the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe.
- DirectorJosh CooleyStarsTom HanksTim AllenAnnie PottsWhen a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.
- DirectorWanuri KahiuStarsSamantha MugatsiaNeville MisatiNice Githinji"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
- DirectorOlivia WildeStarsKaitlyn DeverBeanie FeldsteinJessica WilliamsOn the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.
- DirectorJoe TalbotStarsJimmie FailsJonathan MajorsRob MorganA young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.
- DirectorChris ButlerStarsHugh JackmanDavid WalliamsStephen FryMr. Link recruits explorer Sir Lionel Frost to help find his long-lost relatives in the fabled valley of Shangri-La. Along with adventurer Adelina Fortnight, this trio of explorers travel the world to help their new friend.
- DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsKaya ScodelarioBarry PepperMorfydd ClarkA young woman, while attempting to save her father during a category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped in a flooding house and must fight for her life against alligators.
- DirectorIssa LópezStarsPaola LaraJuan Ramón LópezNery ArredondoA dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug war.
- DirectorChad StahelskiStarsKeanu ReevesHalle BerryIan McShaneJohn Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassins' guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.Getting a bit fatigued with this series. Great fights, slick camerawork, but it's not much for story, and the characters are all vicious assassins, so they're hard to like. This one builds to a couple of reversals that frankly feel like they should have happened at the end of part 2, at least. There's a great fight at a weapon shop, with Wick and his opponents backing off ever so often to smash the display cases and rearms themselves. And a fight in a library where he snaps a rival's neck over the spine of a book. But by now, a lot of the action feels a bit too familiar. Sure, the first few dozen time you see Reeves cripple a guy and shoot him point blank in the head it's thrilling, but eventually you get tired of him pulling the same moves.
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsRoman Griffin DavisThomasin McKenzieScarlett JohanssonA young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.A sappy war film and a Taika Waititi comedy. Frankly, though it has some stong laughs and Waititi's Hitler is an inspired comic performance, this is a movie that is working at cross purposes. The Nazis don't deserve the understanding or the pity that is misguidedly extended here. Sure, they were only human. But in the end, that won't save any of us.
I recommend some Kurt Vonnegut instead, "Slaughterhouse Five" and "Mother Night" perhaps. - DirectorTom HarperStarsJessie BuckleyMatt CostelloJane PattersonA troubled young Glaswegian woman dreams of becoming a Nashville country star.
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsRobert PattinsonJuliette BinocheAndré 3000A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.Maybe it's just me, but while this space oddity has some arresting images, it feels needlessly opaque. The scrambled chronology, the montage style, the minimalist dialog and brooding performances don't really add up to the sum of their parts.
- DirectorJon WattsStarsTom HollandSamuel L. JacksonJake GyllenhaalFollowing the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.a big disappointment. Spider-Man: Homecoming is a highlight for the Marvel franchise because of its low key charms. The sequel amps up the spectacle, but it feels hollow from the get-go. That this hollowness is to a degree intentional doesn't excuse it.
- DirectorMike MitchellStarsChris PrattElizabeth BanksWill ArnettIt's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing the huge new threat of Lego Duplo, invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.This had its charms, especially Jon Lajoie's songs (also, an end credits song by Beck and the Lonely Island). But it strongly suggests, as my experience watching The Lego Batman Movie did before, that I just don't need to watch another lego movie ever again. The first Lego movie was improbably entertaining, thanks to wunderkindern Miller and Lord's spirited script that told a funny story that actually took play and creativity as its themes, and it culminated in a fourth wall break that was unexpectedly moving. And though the second film has a nice moral of its own, it just doesn't feel like there's anywhere fresh and new to take the story, except to showcase more fine toys from our friends at the Lego Corporation, naturally! Once the fourth wall is broken, you can't brick it back up and break it again.
- DirectorAnna BodenRyan FleckStarsBrie LarsonSamuel L. JacksonBen MendelsohnCarol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.Convoluted origin story charts Carol Danvers' journey from jet pilot to brainwashed Kree supersoldier to tesseract-enhancing godling but fails to hit the arc's emotional beats. You can add Jude Law to the ever-growing roster of underwhelming Marvel villains. A digitally de-aged Samuel L plays young Nick Fury, demoted into yet another sidekick role. At least the flerken is cute.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsIsabelle HuppertChloë Grace MoretzMaika MonroeA young woman befriends a lonely widow who's harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her.
- DirectorGuy RitchieStarsWill SmithMena MassoudNaomi ScottAladdin, a kind thief, woos Jasmine, the princess of Agrabah, with the help of Genie. When Jafar, the grand vizier, tries to usurp the king, Jasmine, Aladdin and Genie must stop him from succeeding.Fool us once with this reheated schmaltz, then shame on you. By now the shame is definitely on whoever is still going to see this shit.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAnatoliy SolonitsynIvan LapikovNikolay GrinkoThe life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.at AFS
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.60th anniversary screening. A big Hollywood epic, with all the phoniness that implies. Worth seeing for a better appreciation of "Hail, Caesar!" alone. Remember Baird Whitlock shoving through a rough queue of Hebrews to quench his thirst at a desert well, only to find himself staring into the face of a spectacularly blond Jesus? The famous chariot scene is one for the ages, of course. A depiction of combat at sea near the halfway part is somewhat less impressive, although it culminates in a Boschian scene where panicked galley slaves tear at their chains as the ship fills with water. (Pretty gory movie in spots, though it would have you think that leprosy is comparable to a bad case of acne.)
Of course, Ben-Hur paid huge dividends for the Jesus Christ Extended Cinematic Universe, which is still going strong today. Ben Mankiewicz was on hand to inform viewers that Ben-Hur was a box office smash, a hit at the Academy Awards, and a merchandizing sensation, with such quality tie-in products as Ben-His and Ben-Hurs towels. Classy! - DirectorRobin HardyStarsEdward WoodwardChristopher LeeDiane CilentoA puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.at AFS
Easter's got Ben-Hur, and May Day gets a good Pagan rejoinder in The Wicker Man. - DirectorRob ReinerStarsCary ElwesMandy PatinkinRobin WrightA bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love."Flashback Cinema" series at a multiplex
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.AFS
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDanny AielloOssie DavisRuby DeeOn the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.a classic. At the Drafthouse
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsCorinne MarchandAntoine BourseillerDominique DavrayCleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.At the Institut Francais in London
- DirectorNicolas RoegStarsJulie ChristieDonald SutherlandHilary MasonA married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.At Cruzon Bloomsbury in London
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu AmalricA writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.Rooftop Movie Club in London
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsAlec BaldwinGeena DavisMichael KeatonThe spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.Multiplex
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsPeter BillingsleyMelinda DillonDarren McGavinIn the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.Drafthouse
- DirectorSteven KnightStarsMatthew McConaugheyAnne HathawayDiane LaneA fishing boat captain juggles facing his mysterious past and finding himself ensnared in a reality where nothing is what it seems.A new year brings new movies to say "hell naw" to. Like this overripe noir with a twist so bad M Night Shymalan would roll his eyes.
- DirectorChris AddisonStarsAnne HathawayRebel WilsonAlex SharpTwo con women - one low rent and the other high class - team up to take down the men who have wronged them.
- DirectorCory FinleyStarsHugh JackmanRay RomanoWelker WhiteThe beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history.
- DirectorNeil MarshallStarsDavid HarbourMilla JovovichIan McShaneCaught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, Hellboy battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge.In no hurry to see this one. David Harbor's makeup doesn't seem to allow much in the way of expression, all the more a pity because the makeup was so good in the Del Toro movies. And reviews are not good.
- DirectorJoe CornishStarsLouis Ashbourne SerkisDenise GoughDean ChaumooAlex, a 12-year-old boy, and his friends fight an evil sorceress with the help of Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur, in a bid to save the world from her atrocities.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroAl PacinoJoe PesciAn illustration of Frank Sheeran's life, from W.W.II veteran to hit-man for the Bufalino crime family and his alleged assassination of his close friend Jimmy Hoffa.
- DirectorSimon KinbergStarsJames McAvoyMichael FassbenderJennifer LawrenceJean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix, causing the X-Men to have to decide if her life is worth more than all of humanity.don't really care about this one
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsRosa SalazarChristoph WaltzJennifer ConnellyA deactivated cyborg's revived, but can't remember anything of her past and goes on a quest to find out who she is.Sorry Rob, but this don't look too good
- DirectorNoah HawleyStarsNatalie PortmanJon HammZazie BeetzAstronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space, and begins to lose touch with reality in a world that now seems too small.
- DirectorBen WheatleyA band of misfits hunt down and kill underground, nocturnal monsters.Freak Shift mania is running wild
- DirectorDavid YaroveskyStarsElizabeth BanksDavid DenmanJackson A. DunnWhat if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
- DirectorHarmony KorineStarsMatthew McConaugheySnoop DoggIsla FisherA rebellious stoner named Moondog lives life by his own rules.
- DirectorAlex Ross PerryStarsElisabeth MossCara DelevingneDan StevensA self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
- DirectorDavid Robert MitchellStarsAndrew GarfieldRiley KeoughTopher GraceSam, a disenchanted young man, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.
- DirectorAndy MuschiettiStarsJessica ChastainJames McAvoyBill HaderTwenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.
- DirectorJohn CrowleyStarsOakes FegleyAnsel ElgortNicole KidmanA boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsNikolaj Coster-WaldauSøren MallingPaprika SteenA Copenhagen police officer seeks justice for his partner's murder by a mysterious man.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsBill MurrayAdam DriverTilda SwintonThe peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.
- DirectorTrey Edward ShultsStarsTaylor RussellKelvin Harrison Jr.Alexa DemieTraces the journey of a suburban family - led by a well-intentioned but domineering father - as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJosé Luis FerrerIsmael FritschiJuan López-TagleToby, a disillusioned film director, is pulled into a world of time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes himself to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.
- DirectorS. Craig ZahlerStarsMel GibsonVince VaughnTory KittlesOnce two overzealous cops get suspended from the force, they must delve into the criminal underworld to get their proper compensation.
- DirectorRiley StearnsStarsJesse EisenbergAlessandro NivolaImogen PootsAfter being attacked on the street, a young man enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself from future threats.
- DirectorSeverin FialaVeronika FranzStarsRiley KeoughJaeden MartellLia McHughA soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsChao DengLi SunRyan ZhengIn a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.
- DirectorCarlo Mirabella-DavisStarsHaley BennettAustin StowellDenis O'HareHunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.
- DirectorElle CallahanStarsIsaac JayJay LeeAshleigh MorghanA group of college students on a weekend getaway accidentally summon a supernatural entity intent on using them for its deadly ritual.
- DirectorDavid MarmorStarsNicole Brydon BloomGiles MattheyTaylor NicholsSarah tries to start anew in LA, but her neighbours are not what they seem.
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsEwan McGregorRebecca FergusonKyliegh CurranYears following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
- DirectorDwein BaltazarStarsPokwangJoonee GamboaLita LorescoSonya, an old maid is about to give up on herself until one day, she meets a corpse in her family's embalming business that changes her life.
- DirectorDavid GregoryStarsAl AdamsonSamuel M. ShermanChris PoggialiMaverick indie filmmaker Al Adamson's real life was even crazier than one of the 30-plus sex 'n' schlock drive-in movies he made in the '60s and '70s.
- DirectorCraig ZobelStarsBetty GilpinHilary SwankIke BarinholtzTwelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt.
- DirectorMatthew PopeStarsBethany Anne LindWill PattonElisabeth RöhmA woman's panicked decision to cover up an accidental killing spins out of control when her conscience demands she return the dead man's body to his family.
- DirectorRhys ErnstStarsNicholas AlexanderBobbi Salvör MenuezMargaret QualleyAwkward teen Adam spends his last high school summer with his big sister, who throws herself into NYC's lesbian and trans activist scene. In this coming-of-age comedy, Adam and those around him encounter love, friendship and hard truths.
- DirectorAbe ForsytheStarsLupita Nyong'oAlexander EnglandJosh GadA washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids'-show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsAdam DriverScarlett JohanssonJulia GreerNoah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.
- DirectorJames BobinStarsIsabela MercedEugenio DerbezMichael PeñaTeenage explorer Dora leads her friends on an adventure to save her parents and solve the mystery behind a lost city of gold.I mean, this could be or could have been a list of movies that are worth seeing, that I would like to see. A terrible night at the multiplex seeing a shit movie made made for morons and previews for the same suggests that no, no, no, it shouldn't be that. Movies have no magic or mystique, no grand stories left to tell. They're intellectual property mines, they're nostalgia-seeking missiles. Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational Dora the Explorer Extended Cinematic Universe.
Okay, no more endorsements. This list is turtles all the way down from here on out. - DirectorSimon CurtisStarsKevin CostnerMilo VentimigliaJackie MinnsThrough his bond with his owner, aspiring Formula One race car driver Denny, golden retriever Enzo learns that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life.Yes, my pretties, take THAT. And also this! This, preposterous talking dog nonsense in which a puppy gruffly voiced by Kevin Costner opines ENDLESSLY about cars and driving cars. Should a dog think about cars more than "look out for the big fast scary thing that could kill me"? Somehow this imbecilic tripe is not, far as a cursory glance reveals, a return to the A Dog's Purpose Cinematic Universe.
- DirectorChris RenaudJonathan del ValStarsPatton OswaltKevin HartHarrison FordContinuing the story of Max and his pet friends, following their secret lives after their owners leave them for work or school each day.And if you liked that, then choke on this latest offering from Illumination, those purveyors of bottom of the barrel kiddie schlock.
- DirectorJoachim RønningStarsAngelina JolieElle FanningHarris DickinsonMaleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.Oh goody, a return to the cheap and ugly looking fantasy kingdom of 'Maleficent'. This time she's really evil, Disney swears it! They were saving that for a supremely necessary sequel! Because you can have your panderingly stupid 'feminist retelling' and you can eat it, too. Hey, and coming soon from Disney, an origin story for Cruella DeVil! Hopefully with gratuitous puppy murder.
- DirectorJon FavreauStarsDonald GloverBeyoncéSeth RogenAfter the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.Why, what's that over yonder? It's yet another reheated Disney turd on the horizon.
- DirectorCharlie BeanStarsTessa ThompsonJustin TherouxSam ElliottThe romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.And another steaming pile of mouse crap, which promises more of that Look Who's Talking magic. There really is no limit to the money you can make playing people for suckers, is there?
- DirectorTom HooperStarsJames CordenJudi DenchJason DeruloA tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.Inexplicably, they made a movie out of this show, and boy, it looks terrible. Finally, though, Tom Hooper’s found a project appropriate for his negligible talent.