Coming & Current Unreviewed Movies

The Gentlemen

“Criminal… Class.”

USA Open: January 24, 2020 (wide release)

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Colin Farrell, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Hugh Grant

The Last Full Measure

USA Open: January 24, 2020

The Turning

Open: January 24, 2020 (wide release)

Producers: Amblin Entertainment and Vertigo Entertainment

The Rhythm Section

USA Open: January 31, 2020 (wide release) / AU: Feb 20 / UK: Feb 21

Gretel and Hansel

“A grim fairy tale”

USA Open: January 31, 2020 (wide release)

Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn

“Mind over mayhem”

USA Open: February 7, 2020 (wide release)

Sonic the Hedgehog

USA Open: February 14, 2020 (wide release)

Fantasy Island

“Anything you desire. Everything you fear.”

USA Open: February 14, 2020 (wide release)

The Call of the Wild

USA Open: February 21, 2020 (wide release)

Brahms: The Boy II

USA Open: February 21, 2020

STX Entertainment / Producer: Lakeshore Entertainment / Starring: Katie Holmes, Ralph Ineson / Director: William Brent Bell

A young family unaware of the dark history move into the Heelshire Mansion. Their young son soon makes friends with a life-like porcelain doll called Brahms.

The Invisible Man

“What you can’t see can hurt you”

USA Open: February 28, 2020 (wide release)

Universal Pictures—Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Storm Reid, Aldis Hodge, Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Director: Leigh Whannell

Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister (Harriet Dyer), their childhood friend (Aldis Hodge) and his teenage daughter (Storm Reid).

But when Cecilia’s abusive ex (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax.

As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia’s sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

The film is a very loose modern adaptation of the novel of the same name by H. G. Wells and a reboot of the 1933 film adaptation of the same name.

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USA Open: March 6, 2020 (wide release)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Brand: Pixar / Starring: Chris Pratt (Voice), Tom Holland (Voice), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Voice), Octavia Spencer (Voice), John Ratzenberger (Voice) / Director: Dan Scanlon

Set in a suburban fantasy world, TWO TEENAGE ELF BROTHERS embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there.

The film is set in a world populated with mystical creatures who can use magic. This world, however, where fairy tale was once the reality, is now losing its sense of magic.

Using magic wasn’t easy for the inhabitants to master, so the populace instead turned to using science-created answers to get by, today using modern-day machines such as mobile phones and cars. Two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, find themselves embarking on a quest to see if there is still some magic left in the world so that they can spend one day with their father, who had died shortly before Ian was born, and when Barley was too young to remember him clearly.

Having received a magic staff as a prearranged gift from their father, prompted by Barley, Ian had tried to bring him back using a spell that will do it for 24 hours only for Ian to bring back just his legs, causing them to search for a way to bring back the rest of him before the 24 hours are up.

The Way Back

“Every loss is another fight”

USA Open: March 6, 2020 (wide release)

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company—Starring: Ben Affleck, Janina Gavankar, Michaela Watkins, T.K. Carter / Director: Gavin O'Connor

A former HS basketball phenom, struggling with alcoholism, is offered a coaching job at his alma mater. As the team starts to win, he may have a reason to confront his old demons. But will it be enough to set him on the road to redemption?

USA Open: March 13, 2020 (wide release)

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures—Starring: Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Sam Heughan, Guy Pearce, Toby Kebbell, Talulah Riley Director: Dave Wilson—“Avengers: Age of Ultron” (Creative Supervisor)

Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel), a slain soldier, is re-animated with superpowers.

After he and his wife are suddenly assassinated, Marine Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel) is reborn by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine‒Bloodshot. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he struggles to recall anything from his previous years. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility hellbent on revenge, only to discover that there’s more to the conspiracy than he originally felt.

Bloodshot originated in Valiant Comics form in 1992 and appeared in over 70 issues, becoming the cornerstone of the Valiant Universe. The protagonist is Angelo Mortalli, a ruthless killer for the mob who is set up by the family and framed for a murder. He instead goes into Witness Protection, but is betrayed by an FBI agent guarding him, kidnapped and forcibly subjected to an experimental program in which his body is injected with microscopic computers called nanites. They erase his brain and rebuild it and his body to be a weapon with superhuman strength and healing powers. Bloodshot escapes his makers, and though he isn’t his old self, he tries to figure out who he was. Things get bad for everybody who betrayed him.

Filmed in Cape Town, South Africa, and Prague, Czech Republic, and Budapest, Hungary

I Still Believe

“One love can change your life”

USA Open: March 13, 2020 (wide release)

USA Open: March 20, 2020 (wide release)

USA Open: March 27, 2020 (wide release)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures—Director: Niki Caro / Starring: Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Li Gong, Jason Scott Lee, etc.

A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father. A live-action feature film based on Disney's ‘Mulan’.

“The garden was small potatoes”

USA Open: April 3, 2020 (wide release)

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures—Starring: Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, David Oyelowo, Elizabeth Debicki, Daisy Ridley, Margot Robbie, James Corden / Director: Will Gluck

In PETER RABBIT™ 2: THE RUNAWAY, the lovable rogue is back. Bea, Thomas, and the rabbits have created a makeshift family, but despite his best efforts, Peter can’t seem to shake his mischievous reputation. Adventuring out of the garden, Peter finds himself in a world where his mischief is appreciated, but when his family risks everything to come looking for him, Peter must figure out what kind of bunny he wants to be.

While Thomas McGregor and Bea are on their honeymoon, Peter Rabbit runs away from home. There, he befriends a rabbit who is an old friend of Peter's father. He then finds himself drawn into another life that he never even knew about.

USA Open: April 3, 2020 (wide—April 3, 2020 theaters)

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a division of The Walt Disney Company—Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy as Illyana Rasputin— Magik: a Russian mutant with sorcery powers, who uses teleportation discs to travel
Maisie Williams as Rahne Sinclair— Wolfsbane: a Scottish mutant struggling to reconcile her religious beliefs with her power to turn into a wolf.
Charlie Heaton as Sam Guthrie— Cannonball: a Kentuckian mutant who can propel himself into the air and is invulnerable while doing so
Henry Zaga as Roberto da Costa— Sunspot: a Brazilian mutant with the ability to manipulate solar energy
Blu Hunt as Danielle Moonstar / Mirage: a Native American mutant who has the power to create illusions drawn from the fears and desires of a person's mind
Alice Braga as Cecilia Reyes: a mentor to the group, and a medical doctor who has the ability to generate a protective bio-field around herself / Director: Josh Boone—“The Fault in Our Stars” (2014)

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.

This is a spinoff of the X-Men franchise.

USA Open: April 3, 2020 (wide release)

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary Viacom—Starring: Kumail Nanjiani, Issa Rae, Anna Camp, Kelly Murtagh, Moses Storm, and Betsy Borrego / Director: Michael Showalter

On the brink of breaking up, a couple gets unintentionally embroiled in a bizarre (and hilarious) murder mystery. As they get closer to clearing their names and solving the case, they need to figure out how they, and their relationship, can survive the night.

USA Open: April 10, 2020 (wide release)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)—Starring: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, with Jeffrey Wright, with Christoph Waltz and Ralph Fiennes as ‘M’ / Director: Cary Fukunaga (Cary Joji Fukunaga)

In NO TIME TO DIE, Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

Trolls World Tour

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USA Open: April 17, 2020 (wide release)

Universal Pictures / Brand: DreamWorks Animation / Starring: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, James Corden, Ozzy Osbourne, Rachel Bloom, Anderson Paak, George Clinton, Mary J. Blige, Kelly Clarkson, Sam Rockwell, Ron Funches, Gwen Stefani, Icona Pop, Kunal Nayyar, Jamie Dornan, J Balvin and Kenan Thompson / Director: Walt Dohrn and David P. Smith

Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake return in an all-star sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s 2016 musical hit: Trolls World Tour. In an adventure that will take them well beyond what they’ve known before, Poppy (Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake) discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands and devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder.

A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), aided by her father King Thrash (Ozzy Osbourne), wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Biggie (James Corden), Chenille (Caroline Hjelt), Satin (Aino Jawo), Cooper (Ron Funches) and Guy Diamond (Kunal Nayyar) — set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who’s looking to upstage them all.

Cast as members of the different musical tribes is one the largest, and most acclaimed, groups of musical talent ever assembled for an animated film. From the land of Funk are Mary J. Blige, George Clinton and Anderson .Paak. Representing Country is Kelly Clarkson as Delta Dawn, with Sam Rockwell as Hickory and Flula Borg as Dickory. J Balvin brings Reggaeton, while Ester Dean adds to the Pop tribe. Anthony Ramos brings the beat in Techno and Jamie Dornan covers smooth jazz. World-renowned conductor and violinist Gustavo Dudamel appears as Trollzart and Charlyne Yi as Pennywhistle from the land of Classical. And Kenan Thompson raps as a hip-hop newborn Troll named Tiny Diamond.

“Take her home and take your chances”

USA Open: April 17, 2020 (wide release)

Focus Features, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal/Comcast—Starring: Carey Mulligan Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Adam Brody, Laverne Cox, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Molly Shannon / Director: Emerald Fennell

Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman, until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie’s life is what it appears to be: she’s wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she is living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past.

USA Open: April 17, 2020 (wide release)

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary Viacom—Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Michael Rooker, Ariana Greenblatt, Jessica Henwick, Ellen Hollman / Producer: Shawn Levy / Director: Michael Matthews

Fighting monsters on his way to meet the girl he loves, a young man learns how to survive a monster apocalypse with the help of an expert hunter.

Bad Trip

USA Open: April 24, 2020 (wide release)

United Artists Releasing, a subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)—Starring: Eric Andre, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish, Michaela Conlin / Director: Kitao Sakurai

Two friends embark on a cross-country road trip full of inventive pranks, pulling its real-life audience into the mayhem.

“If it chooses you nothing can save you”

USA Open: April 24, 2020 (wide release)

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (Lionsgate)—Starring: Janelle Monáe, Eric Lange, Jena Malone, Jack Huston, Kiersey Clemons, Gabourey Sidibe / Director: Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz

Successful author Veronica finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.

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USA Open: May 1, 2020 (wide release)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Brand: Marvel Studios / Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz, David Harbour, Ray Winstone, William Hurt, O-T Fagbenle / Director: Cate Shortland

A film about Natasha Romanoff, in her quests between the films ‘Civil War’ and ‘Infinity War,’ she finds herself alone and forced to confront her past. Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as Natasha/Black Widow in Marvel Studios’ action-packed spy thriller ‘Black Widow’—the first film in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Florence Pugh stars as Yelena, David Harbour as Alexei aka The Red Guardian and Rachel Weisz as Melina.

Run

USA Open: May 8, 2020 (wide release)

Summit Entertainment, a division of Lionsgate Films—Starring: Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen, Luke Gross / Director: Aneesh Chaganty—“Searching” (2018)

Sarah Paulson plays a mother who raises her teenage daughter in isolation, only to see her life begin to unravel as she discovers her mother’s sinister secret.

USA Open: May 8, 2020 (wide release)

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures—Starring: Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Rob Morgan / Director: Aaron Schneider

During the early days of the United States’ involvement in World War II, an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by Commander Ernest Krause (Tom Hanks), crosses the treacherous North Atlantic while being hotly pursued by wolf packs of German U-boats. The film focuses on Krause, a career officer who was finally given command of a destroyer, USS KEELING (radio code named ‘Greyhound’). Unlike the prototypical hero, he must battle his own self-doubts and personal demons to be an effective leader of the defenders.

This film is based on The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester.

USA Open: May 8, 2020 (wide release)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)—Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Alanna Ubach, Jessica Cauffiel / Director: Jamie Suk

USA Open: May 8, 2020 (wide release)

Focus Features, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal/Comcast—Starring: Dakota Johnson, Ice Cube, Eddie Izzard, Bill Pullman, June Diane Raphael

A love story set in the Los Angeles music industry. An aspiring music producer (Dakota Johnson) works as an assistant to a legendary singer. As the producer tries to juggle her demanding assistant’s job, she will also have to figure out her own career.

“His epic tail begins”

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USA Open: May 15, 2020 (wide release)

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company—Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried, Mckenna Grace, Jason Isaacs, Gina Rodriguez, Will Forte / Director: Tony Cervone

Scooby and the gang face their most challenging mystery ever: a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this dogpocalypse, the gang discovers that Scooby has an epic destiny greater than anyone imagined.

Scooby-Doo is the hero of his own story in ‘SCOOB!,’ the first full-length, theatrical animated Scooby-Doo adventure, which reveals how he and his best friend Shaggy became two of the world’s most beloved crime busters. The story takes us back to where it all began, when a young Scooby and Shaggy first meet, and team up with Velma, Daphne, and Fred to launch Mystery Incorporated.

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USA Open: May 15, 2020 (wide release)

“A huge journey to find a tiny friend”

USA Open: May 22, 2020 (wide release) / AU: Jul 2

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary Viacom—Director: Tim Hill / Starring voices of: Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Bill Fagerbakke, Awkwafina, Lori Alan, Rodger Bumpass / Composer: Hans Zimmer

USA Open: May 22, 2020 (wide release)

Universal Pictures—Starring: Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren, Michelle Rodriguez, Lucas Black, John Cena, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Michael Rooker / Director: Justin Lin

“Time to believe”

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USA Open: May 29, 2020 (wide release)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures—Starring: Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Tamara Smart, Nonso Anozie, Josh Gad, and Judi Dench / Director: Kenneth Branagh

Artemis Fowl II (Ferdia Shaw), a young Irish criminal mastermind, kidnaps the fairy LEPrecon officer Captain Holly Short (Lara McDonnell) for ransom to fund the search for his missing father in order to restore the family fortune.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh and based on the book by Eoin Colfer, ARTEMIS FOWL follows 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl, a descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds, as he finds himself in a battle of strength and cunning against a powerful, hidden race of fairies who may be behind his father’s disappearance.

Budget: $125 million

USA Open: June 5, 2020 (wide release) / AU: Jun 4

DC Comics, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company—Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal, Kristen Wiig / Director: Patty Jenkins

USA Open: June 19, 2020 (wide release)

USA Open: June 26, 2020 (wide release)

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary Viacom—Starring: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Val Kilmer, Jon Hamm, Miles Teller, Ed Harris, Monica Barbaro, Jean Louisa Kelly / Director: Joseph Kosinski—“TRON: Legacy” (2010), “Oblivion” (2013), “Only the Brave” (2017)

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late best friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”

Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.

USA Open: June 26, 2020 (wide release)

USA Open: July 3, 2020 (wide release) / AU: Jun 18?

Illumination Entertainment, distributed by Universal Pictures—Starring: Steve Carell / Director: Kyle Balda

The continuation of the adventures of the Minions, always in search of a tyrannical leader.

USA Open: July 31, 2020 (wide release)

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures / Producer: Marvel Entertainment / Starring: Jared Leto, Michael Keaton, Jared Harris, J.K. Simmons, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Tyrese Gibson / Director: Daniel Espinosa

Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.

USA Open: September 18, 2020

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures—Director: Michael Rianda

The Mitchell family road trip is interrupted by a tech uprising that threatens mankind.

USA Open: September 18, 2020 (wide release)

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a division of The Walt Disney Company—Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Daniel Brühl , Djimon Hounsou, Stanley Tucci, Charles Dance / Director: Matthew Vaughn

As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.