Coming & Current Unreviewed Movies

Despicable Me 4

North American Theaters: July 3, 2024 (wide release)

Fly Me to the Moon

“Will they make history… or fake it?”

North American Theaters: July 12, 2024 (wide release)

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures— Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson, Jim Rash, Peter Jacobson, Ray Romano, Greg Kriek | Director: Greg Berlanti

Set during the 1960s Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union

Brought in to fix NASA’s public image, marketing maven Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis’s (Channing Tatum) already difficult task of putting a man on the moon. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as backup and the countdown truly begins…

Twisters

North American Theaters: July 19, 2024

Deadpool and Wolverine

North American Theaters: July 26, 2024 (wide release)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Marvel Studios — Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine, Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Matthew Macfadyen, Leslie Uggams, Emma Corrin, Shioli Kutsuna, Brianna Hildebrand, Karan Soni, Stefan Kapicic | Director: Shawn Levy

Wolverine joins the ‘merc with a mouth’ in this third installment of the Deadpool film franchise.

Trap

“A new M. Night Shyamalan experience”

North American Theaters: August 2, 2024

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company— Starring: Josh Hartnett, Hayley Mills, Alison Pill, Saleka Shyamalan | Director: M. Night Shyamalan

A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert featuring star Lady Raven, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event.

Harold and the Purple Crayon

“Everything he draws is about to get real”

North American Theaters: August 2, 2024

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures— Starring voices of: Zooey Deschanel, Zachary Levi, Tanya Reynolds, Camille Guaty, Lil Rel Howery | Director: Carlos Saldanha — “Rio” and “Ice Age”

Inside of his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life—and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible. When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own. ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ is the first film adaptation of the beloved children’s classic that has captivated young readers for decades.

It Ends with Us

North American Theaters: August 9, 2024 (wide release)

Sony Pictures— Starring: Blake Lively (as Lily Bloom), Justin Baldoni (as Ryle Kincaid), Brandon Sklenar (as Atlas Corrigan), Jenny Slate, Justin Baldoni, Hasan Minhaj | Director: Justin Baldoni

The compelling story of Lily Bloom, a woman who overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston and chase a lifelong dream of opening her own business. A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall deeply in love, Lily begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents’ relationship. When Lily’s first love, Atlas Corrigan, suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with Ryle is upended, and Lily realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.

Borderlands

“Chaos loves company”

North American Theaters: August 9, 2024

Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)— Starring: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon | Producer: Ari Arad | Director: Eli Roth

Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the universe’s most powerful S.O.B., Atlas (Edgar Ramírez). Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team—Roland (Kevin Hart), a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Florian Munteanu), Tina’s musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; Dr. Patricia Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis), the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity; and Claptrap (Jack Black), a persistently wiseass robot.

These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power. The fate of the universe could be in their hands but they’ll be fighting for something more: each other.

Based on the videogame

North American Theaters: August 16, 2024 (Chapter 2 — wide release)

My Penguin Friend

“Inspired by the true story of an extraordinary friendship”

North American Theaters: August 16, 2024

Roadside Attractions, a division of Lionsgate Films— Starring: Jean Reno, Adriana Barraza, Rochi Hernández, Nicolás Francella | Director: David Schurmann

Inspired by the incredible true story of DinDim the Penguin, this enchanting adventure is about a little lost penguin who - after being rescued from an oil spill - transforms the life and soul of the heartbroken fisherman. The penguin and the fisherman become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them.

Alien: Romulus

North American Theaters: August 16, 2024 (wide release)

20th Century Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company— Starring: Isabela Merced, Cailee Spaeny, Archie Renau, David Jonsson, Aileen Wu, Spike Fearn | Director: Fede Alvarez

Young people from a distant world must face the most terrifying life form in the universe.

A standalone installment in the ‘Alien’ franchise set between the events of ‘Alien’ (1979) and ‘Aliens’ (1986)

The Forge

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North American Theaters: Aubust 23, 2024

Affirm Films, a division of Sony Pictures— Director: Alex Kendrick

Isaiah Wright has some growing up to do. A year out of high school with no plans for his future, Isaiah is challenged by his single mom and a successful businessman to start charting a better course for his life. Through the prayers of his mother and biblical discipleship from his new mentor, Isaiah begins to discover God’s purpose for his life is so much more than he could hope for or imagine. From the Kendrick Brothers, the creators of the No. 1 hit WAR ROOM, comes THE FORGE, a faith-filled new movie with old friends and inspiring new twists.

Blink Twice

North American Theaters: August 23, 2024

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), owned by Amazon® through MGM Holdings, Inc.— Starring: Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie Kyle MacLachlan, Adria Arjona, Geena Davis, Christian Slater, Haley Joel Osment, Simon Rex | Director: Zoë Kravitz (Zoe Kravitz)

When tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) meets cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) at his fundraising gala, sparks fly. He invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. It’s paradise. Wild nights blend into sun soaked days and everyone’s having a great time. No one wants this trip to end, but as strange things start to happen, Frida begins to question her reality. There is something wrong with this place. She’ll have to uncover the truth if she wants to make it out of this party alive.

The Crow

North American Theaters: August 23, 2024

Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)— Starring: Bill Skarsgård (Bill Skarsgard) (as Eric Draven / The Crow), FKA Twigs (as Shelly Webster, Eric’s fiancée), Jordan Bolger, Danny Huston, Laura Birn | Director: Rupert Sanders —“Snow White and the Huntsman” (2012), “Ghost in the Shell” (2017)

Soulmates Eric Draven and Shelly Webster are brutally murdered. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek revenge, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.

They Listen

North American Theaters: August 30, 2024

Sony Pictures— Production company: Depth of Field and Blumhouse Productions / Starring: David Dastmalchian, Keith Carradine, Katherine Waterston, John Cho, Riki Lindhome, Havana Rose Liu | Director: Chris Weitz

“You’ve waited an eternity for this”

North American Theaters: September 6, 2024

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company— Starring: Michael Keaton (as Betelgeuse — pronounced “Beetlejuice”), Monica Bellucci (as Beetlejuice’s wife), Winona Ryder, Willem Dafoe (a detective in the afterlife ), Jenna Ortega, Burn Gorman, Catherine O'Hara, Justin Theroux | Director: Tim Burton

This is a follow-up to the comedy Beetlejuice, about a ghost who’s recruited to help haunt a house.

“Winning is all in the execution”

North American Theaters: September 13, 2024

Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)— Starring: Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Terry Crews, Pom Klementieff, Ben Kingsley, Scott Adkins | Director: J.J. Perry

A veteran assassin is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and authorizes a kill on himself. After ordering the kill, an army of former colleagues pounce and a new piece of information comes to light. Insanity ensues.

North American Theaters: September 13, 2024

Universal Pictures / Producer: BlumHouse— Starring: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler | Producers: Jason Blum, Paul Ritchie | Director: James Watkins

A family invited to spend a weekend in an idyllic country house, goes from a dream vacation to a psychological nightmare.

This is a remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name.

“Witness the origin”

North American Theaters: September 20, 2024 (wide release)

Hasbro and Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS— Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Jon Hamm, Keegan-Michael Key, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Tyree Henry | Director: Josh Cooley

An origin story set on Cybertron, home of both the Autobots and the Decepticons. The film is said to focus on the relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron.

North American Theaters: September 27, 2024

DreamWorks Pictures Animation, a production label of Amblin Partners— Director: Chris Sanders

After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island’s animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

Official description: “From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot.

The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.

North American Theaters: September 27, 2024

Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)— Starring: Halle Berry | Director: Alexandre Aja

A family consisting of a mother and her twin sons has suffered from the torment of a malicious spirit for many years. However, when one of the boys starts to doubt the existence of the evil, the family’s sacred bond is broken, leading to a dangerous fight for survival.

“The world is a stage”

North American Theaters: October 4, 2024

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company— Starring: Joaquin Phoenix (Arthur Fleck / Joker), Lady Gaga (Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn), Zazie Beetz (Sophie Dumond), Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson, Ken Leung, Steve Coogan | Director: Todd Phillips

Sequel to “Joker” (2019)

White Bird: A Wonder Story

“Kindness lives forever.”

North American Theaters: October 4, 2024

Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)— Starring: Gillian Anderson, Helen Mirren, Stuart McQuarrie, Olivia Ross, Bryce Gheisar | Director: Marc Forster — “The Kite Runner” (2007), “Finding Neverland” (2004), “A Man Called Otto” (2022), “Machine Gun Preacher” (2011)

Based on the book by the best-selling author of Wonder, this uplifting movie shows how one act of kindness can live on forever

In R.J. Palacio’s bestselling collection of stories Auggie and Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian’s grandmother, Grandmère. Here, Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with Grandmère’s heartrending story: how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II; how the boy she and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend.

“Y’all need a pilot?”

North American Theaters: October 18, 2024 (wide release)

Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.) / Written by Jared Rosenberg— Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, Topher Grace, Savanah Joeckel | Director: Mel Gibson

A pilot transports an Air Marshal accompanying a fugitive to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.

North American Theaters: October 18, 2024

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS— Starring: Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Naomi Scott, Lukas Gage, Dylan Gelula, Peter Jacobson | Director: Parker Finn

“Til death do they par”

North American Theaters: October 25, 2024

Sony Pictures— Starring: Tom Hardy, Juno Temple, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clark Backo | Director: Kelly Marcel

This is the 6th film in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe / Sequel to “Venom” (2018) and “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” (2021)

North American Theaters: November 8, 2024 (wide release)

Focus Features, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal/Comcast— Starring: Ralph Fiennes (as Cardinal Lomeli), Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini (as Sister Agnes), Brían F. O'Byrneg, Lucian Msamati | Director: Edward Berger

Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events - selecting a new Pope. Amidst this process, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of The Church. He discovers the former Pope had a secret that must be uncovered.

North American Theaters: November 15, 2024 (wide release)

TriStar Pictures, a division of Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment— Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Dockery | Director: Robert Zemeckis

The story covers the events of a single spot of land and its inhabitants spanning from the past to well into the future. From the reunited director, writer, and stars of “Forrest Gump,” HERE is an original film about multiple families and a special place they inhabit. The story travels through generations, capturing the human experience in its purest form.

Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Richard McGuire

157 minutes

North American Theaters: November 27, 2024 (wide release)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures— Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Auli'i Cravalho, Alan Tudyk | Writer/Director: David G. Derrick Jr.

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.

“Everyone deserves a chance to fly”

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North American Theaters: November 27, 2024

Universal Pictures— Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Keala Settle, Peter Dinklage | Director: Jon M. Chu

A vivid reimagining of the classic The Wizard of Oz, Wicked spotlights the untold stories of Oz’s most famous (or infamous) characters, namely the Wicked Witch of the West and her unlikely friend, Glinda the Good Witch. The show follows green-skinned star Elphaba from birth to college and through the life-changing events which eventually label her ‘wicked,’ introducing spoiled rich girl Glinda, local prince and heartthrob Fiyero and even the Wizard of Oz himself, a troubled man very unlike the one you may remember. As Elphaba, a passionate political activist if there ever was one, fights injustice and seeks to undo the mistakes of the past, dark secrets and personal tragedies shape the history of Oz, paying homage to the classic ‘Wizard of Oz” story while simultaneously changing fans' understanding of it forever. A cautionary tale about love, friendship and trust, Wicked effortlessly reveals that there are indeed two sides to every story.

North American Theaters: November 22, 2024

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS— Starring: Paul Mescal (as Lucius Verus), Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Derek Jacobi | Director: Ridley Scott

Follows Lucius, the son of Maximus’s love Lucilla, after Maximus’s death.

North American Theaters: December 13, 2024

New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Animation, Sola Entertainment— Starring: Voices of Brian Cox, Shaun Dooley, Miranda Otto, Lorraine Ashbourne, Benjamin Wainwright, Luke Pasqualino, etc. | Director: Kenji Kamiyama

The untold story behind Helm’s Deep, hundreds of years before the fateful war, telling the life and bloodsoaked times of its founder, Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan.

Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg - a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm’s Deep. Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Hera, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction.

“Villains aren’t born. They’re made.”

North American Theaters: December 13, 2024 (wide release)

Sony Pictures— Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven), Russell Crowe, Fred Hechinger (Dmitri Smerdyakov / Chameleon), Ariana DeBose, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott, Levi Miller | Director: J.C. Chandor

Russian immigrant Sergei Kravinoff is on a mission to prove that he is the greatest hunter in the world. / Set in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU), the same universe in which “Venom,” “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” “Morbius,” “Silver Sable,” “The Black Cat,” “Nightwatch,” “Jackpot”, “Silk,” and “Madame Web” are set. / Taylor-Johnson described his take on the character as a conservationist, a “protector of the natural world”, and an “animal lover”.

North American Theaters: December 20, 2024

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS— Starring: Voices of Idris Elba, James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, etc. | Director: Jeff Fowler

“Orphan. Outsider. King.”

North American Theaters: December 20, 2024

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures— Starring: Voices of Seth Rogen, Aaron Pierre, Billy Eichner, Kelvin Harrison Jr., etc. | Director: Barry Jenkins

Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored.

North American Theaters: January 17, 2025

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures— Starring: Emily Mortimer, Olivia Colman, Ben Whishaw, Antonio Banderas, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Madeleine Harris | Director: Dougal Wilson

Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.

North American Theaters: June 6, 2025 (wide release)

Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)— Starring: Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves, Lance Reddick, Ian McShane, Norman Reedus, Anjelica Huston, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Gabriel Byrne | Director: Len Wiseman

A young female assassin and ballerina (Ana de Armas) seeks revenge against the people who murdered her family.