Coming & Current Unreviewed Movies

John Wick: Chapter 4

North American Theaters: March 24, 2023

A Good Person

“Sometimes we find hope where we least expect it”

North American Theaters: March 24, 2023 (wide release)

United Artists Releasing, a joint venture of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Annapurna Pictures— Starring: Florence Pugh as Allison, Morgan Freeman, Molly Shannon, Celeste O'Connor | Writer, Director, Producer: Zach Braff

Years after being involved in a fatal accident, Allison forms an unlikely relationship with her would-be father-in-law. Sometimes we find hope where we least expect it.

Creed III

“You can’t run from your past”

North American Theaters: March 3, 2023 (wide release)

United Artists Releasing, a joint venture of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Annapurna Pictures— Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Florian Munteanu, Phylicia Rashad | Director: Michael B. Jordan

Seven years after ‘Creed II’ (2018), after dominating the boxing world, Adonis ‘Donnie’ Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian ‘Dame’ Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Donnie must put his future on the line to battle Dame—a fighter who has nothing to lose.

Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre

North American Theaters: March 3, 2023 (wide release)

Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)— Starring: Jason Statham (as Orson Fortune), Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Hugh Grant, Josh Hartnett, Eddie Marsan | Director: Guy Ritchie

Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order.

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

North American Theaters: March 31, 2023 (wide release)

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS— Starring: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, Chloe Coleman, Jason Wong, Daisy Head | Director: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein

On a Wing and a Prayer

North American Theaters: April 5, 2023 (wide release)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), a division of MGM Holdings, Inc., Owner: Amazon®— Producer: Roma Downey, Autumn Bailey, Karl Horstmann — Starring: Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, Jesse Metcalfe, Anna Enger Ritch, Brandon Quinn | Director: Sean McNamara—known for “Soul Surfer” and “The Miracle Season”

In this extraordinary true story of faith and survival, On a Wing and a Prayer follows passenger Doug White's (Dennis Quaid) harrowing journey to safely land a plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger, after their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight.

Air

“Some icons are meant to fly”

North American Theaters: April 5, 2023 (wide release)

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company— Starring: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck alongside Jason Bateman, Chris Messina, Marlon Wayans, Chris Tucker, and Viola Davis | Director: Ben Affleck

Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon), a shoe salesman at Nike, works to sign rookie Michael Jordan to a deal to wear their shoes.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

North American Theaters: April 5, 2023 (wide release)

Universal Pictures— Starring: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen | Director: Aaron Horvath; Michael Jelenic

A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother, Luigi, trying to save a captured princess. Feature film adaptation of the popular video game.

Renfield

North American Theaters: April 14, 2023 (wide release)

Universal Pictures— Starring: Nicolas Cage as Dracula, Nicholas Hoult as Renfield, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Awkwafina, Jenna Kanell, Ben Schwartz | Director: Chris McKay—“The Tomorrow War,” “The Lego Batman Movie”

R.M. Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) decides to leave his centuries-long line of work as a henchman and familiar to Count Dracula (Nicolas Cage) and finds a new lease on life in modern day New Orleans when he falls in love with a feisty but perennially aggressive traffic cop named Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina).

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

“A bond. A pledge. A commitment.”

North American Theaters: April 21, 2023

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), a division of MGM Holdings, Inc., Owner: Amazon®— Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Emily Beecham, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig | Director: Guy Ritchie

Follows Sergeant John, who on his last tour of duty in Afghanistan is teamed with local interpreter Ahmed, who risks his own life to carry an injured John across miles of grueling terrain to safety.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

North American Theaters: April 28, 2023 (wide release)

Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)— Starring: Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Benny Safdie | Director: Kelly Fremon Craig

When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.

Margaret Simon is just eleven going on twelve when her family moves from New York City to Farbrook, New Jersey. Margaret’s mother is Christian and her father is Jewish. Margaret has been raised without an affiliation to either faith, and does not practice an organized religion, although she frequently prays to God in her own words, beginning by saying, ‘Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret.’ She is beginning to feel uncomfortable with her lack of a religious affiliation. For a school assignment, she chooses to study people’s religious beliefs, hoping to resolve the question of her own religion in the process. Part of her study involves attending different places of worship to better understand religious practice and also to see if one of them might be right for her. She enjoys spending time with her Jewish paternal grandmother, Sylvia Simon (Kathy Bates), who loves her as she is, and hopes Margaret will embrace Judaism after taking her to her synagogue for Rosh Hashanah services.

The recipient of national honors and book awards, the novel has been challenged for its frank discussion of sexual and religious topics.

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World

North American Theaters: April 28, 2023

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures— Produced by Affirm Films / Director: George Tillman Jr.

Follow the remarkable life and times of Foreman, from Olympic Gold medalist to World Heavyweight champion, from the Rumble in the Jungle fight with Muhammad Ali in Zaire to finding his faith, retiring, and becoming a preacher. When financial hardship hits his family and church, he steps back into the ring and regains the championship at age 45, becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in boxing history.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

“Once more with feeling”

North American Theaters: May 5, 2023 (wide release)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures— Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel (voice), Bradley Cooper, Will Poulter, Elizabeth Debicki, Sylvester Stallone, Sean Gunn, Maria Bakalova, Chukwudi Iwuji | Director: James Gunn

After purchasing Knowhere from the Collector, the Guardians of the Galaxy attempt to make it a safe haven for alien refugees. Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own—a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.

“Destiny has a plan”

North American Theaters: May 12, 2023 (wide release)

Screen Gems, a division of Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment— Starring: Priyanka Chopra Jonas as Mira, Sam Heughan, Celine Dion as herself, Lydia West, Russell Tovey, Celia Imrie | Director: Jim Strouse

A young woman (Priyanka Chopra) tries to ease the pain of her fiancé’s death by sending romantic texts to his old cell phone number… not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns’ new work phone. A journalist, Rob (Sam Heughan) is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Celine Dion (playing herself in her first film role), he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person…and win her heart. / Based on Sofie Cramer’s novel Text for You

“The end of the road begins”

North American Theaters: May 19, 2023 (wide release)

Universal Pictures— Starring: Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, John Cena, Jason Momoa, Brie Larson, Tyrese Gibson, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sung Kang, Scott Eastwood, Michael Rooker, Daniela Melchior, Alan Ritchson, Cardi B, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, Charlize Theron | Director: Louis Leterrier

Dominic Toretto must protect his crew and family from Cipher, who now joins forces with Dante Reyes, the son of drug lord Hernan Reyes, seeking revenge for his father’s death in “Fast Five” (2011).

North American Theaters: May 26, 2023 (wide release)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures— Starring: Halle Bailey as Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, Javier Bardem as King Triton, Jude Akuwudike, Noma Dumezweni, Kajsa Mohammar, Lorena Andrea, Daveed Diggs as Sebastian (voice), Jacob Tremblay as Flounder (voice), Awkwafina as Scuttle (voice), Lin-Manuel Miranda as Chef Louis, | Director: Rob Marshall

A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch, to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.

THE LITTLE MERMAID tells the story of Ariel (Halle Bailey), the youngest daughter of King Triton (Javier Bardem), the ruler of the underwater kingdom Atlantica. Ariel, already fascinated by the world of humans, falls deeply in love with the handsome Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King) after saving him during a shipwreck, and resolves to meet him in the world above water. Her quest brings her in conflict with her father and in the clutches of the scheming sea witch Ursula (Melissa McCarthy).

“This memorial weekend, feathers will be ruffled”

North American Theaters: May 26, 2023 (wide release)

Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)— Starring: Robert De Niro, Kim Cattrall, Sebastian Maniscalco as Sebastian, Leslie Bibb, Anders Holm, Brett Dier | Director: Laura Terruso

When Sebastian tells his old-fashioned Italian immigrant father Salvo (Robert De Niro) that he is going to propose to his American girlfriend, Salvo insists on crashing a weekend with her parents. Though the two cultures clash and it seems like the two families have nothing in common, by the end of one summer holiday weekend, they will be one big family.

North American Theaters: June 2, 2023 (wide release)

“Don’t let it out”

North American Theaters: June 2, 2023 (wide release)

20th Century Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company— Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, David Dastmalchian, Marin Ireland, Vivien Lyra Blair, Madison Hu | Director: Rob Savage

Based on the 1973 short story of the same name by Stephen King

High school student Sadie Harper and her little sister Sawyer are still reeling from the recent death of their mother. Devastated by his own pain, their father Will, a therapist by profession, gives them neither the support nor the affection that they try to claim from him. When a desperate patient shows up unexpectedly at their house asking for help, they bring in a terrifying entity that preys on the families and feeds on their greatest suffering.

North American Theaters: June 9, 2023

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS— Starring: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Luna Lauren Vélez | Director: Steven Caple Jr.

In 1994, a pair of archaeologists from Brooklyn come into an ancient conflict through a globe-trotting adventure that ties in with three factions of Transformers: the Maximals, the Predacons and the Terrorcons.

North American Theaters: June 16, 2023 (wide release)

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company— Starring: Ezra Miller, Michael Shannon, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Antje Traue | Director: Andy Muschietti

Worlds collide in “The Flash” when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian… albeit not the one he’s looking for. Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?

North American Theaters: June 23, 2023 (wide release)

Focus Features, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal/Comcast— Starring: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Jeff Goldblum, Liev Schreiber, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Adrien Brody, Rupert Friend, Rita Wilson, Fisher Stevens, Matt Dillon, Tony Revolori, Sophia Lillis, Hope Davis, Jason Schwartzman, etc. | Director: Wes Anderson

In 1955, students and parents from across the country gather for scholarly competition, rest, recreation, comedy, drama, and romance at a Junior Stargazer convention held in a fictional American desert town. The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

North American Theaters: June 23, 2023 (wide release)

Sony Pictures— Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew Broderick, Natalie Morales, Ebon Moss-Bachrach | Director: Gene Stupnitsky

Plot under wraps

North American Theaters: June 30, 2023

Universal Pictures / Produced by DreamWorks Pictures, aka DreamWorks Studios, a production label of Amblin Partners— Starring: Voices of Jane Fonda, Toni Collette, Annie Murphy, Will Forte, Sam Richardson Lana Condor | Director: Kirk DeMicco and Faryn Pearl

Shy 16-year-old Ruby Gillman learns that she is in the next legendary line of sea krakens. Despite her lofty destiny, she is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High. Ruby struggles even more to fit in when her mother (Toni Collette) forbids her from going to the beach. After disobeying her mother’s rules, she discovers that she is descended from the warrior Kraken queens and will ascend to the throne as the Warrior Queen of the Seven Seas, her grandmother (Jane Fonda). The krakens are a race sworn to protect the world oceans from the vain, power-hungry mermaids by battling for eons. Ruby would need to embrace herself to fight Chelsea, a mermaid-turned-human who enrolls at Oceanside High School.

North American Theaters: June 30, 2023 (wide release)

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures— Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Zachary Levi, Tanya Reynolds, Camille Guaty, Lil Rel Howery | Director: Carlos Saldanha

A young boy named Harold embarks on a magical mission with the help of his purple crayon.

North American Theaters: June 30, 2023 (wide release)

North American Theaters: July 7, 2023 (wide release)

Screen Gems, a division of Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment— Starring: Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Hiam Abbass | Director: Patrick Wilson

The Lamberts 10 years after the last installment, as Dalton begins college.

North American Theaters: July 14, 2023 (wide release)

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS— Starring: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Vanessa Kirby, Rebecca Ferguson, Shea Whigham, Cary Elwes, Angela Bassett, Simon Pegg, Indira Varma, Esai Morales | Director: Christopher McQuarrie

North American Theaters: July 21, 2023 (wide release)

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company— Starring: Margot Robbie as Barbie, Ryan Gosling as Ken, Will Ferrell, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Rhea Perlman, Nicola Coughlan, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera | Director: Greta Gerwig

North American Theaters: July 21, 2023

Universal Pictures— Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Josh Hartnett, Matthew Modine, Kenneth Branagh, Jason Clarke, Tony Goldwyn, Gary Oldman, Casey Affleck, James D'Arcy | Director: Christopher Nolan

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. The film follows the life of Oppenheimer, the manager of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project and his contributions that led to the creation of the atomic bomb.

“Home is where the haunt is.”

North American Theaters: July 28, 2023 (wide release)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures— Starring: Rosario Dawson, LaKeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Madame Leota, Winona Ryder, Jared Leto, Danny DeVito, Dan Levy, Ben Matthias | Director: Justin Simien

A single mom named Gabbie (Rosario Dawson) and her 9-year-old son, who are looking to start a new life, move into a strangely affordable mansion in New Orleans, only to discover that the place is much more than they bargained for. Desperate for help, they contact a priest (Owen Wilson), who, in turn, enlists the aid of a widowed scientist-turned-failed-paranormal expert (LaKeith Stanfield), a French Quarter psychic (Tiffany Haddish), and a crotchety historian (Danny DeVito) to help exorcise the mansion.

North American Theaters: August 4, 2023 (wide release)

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS— Starring: Seth Rogen, Shamon Brown Jr. | Director: Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears

After years of being sheltered from the human world in the sewers of New York City, four Turtle brothers, who spent their lives learning ninjitsu set out to the surface to be accepted as normal teenagers when their new friend April O’Neil, helps them take on a notorious crime syndicate and an army of mutants.

North American Theaters: August 18, 2023

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company— Produced by: DC Entertainment (15th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU)) | Starring: Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle, Susan Sarandon, George Lopez, Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo, Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Trujillo | Director: Angel Manuel Soto

A Mexican teenager finds an alien beetle that gives him superpowered armor.

North American Theaters: August 25, 2023 (wide release), August 18, 2023 (limited)

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.

North American Theaters: September 29, 2023 (wide release)

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS— Producer: Nickelodeon Animation Studios — Starring: Mckenna Grace, Kristen Bell, James Marsden, Taraji P. Henson, Dax Shepard, Tyler Perry, Christian Convery, Lil Rel Howery | Director: Cal Brunker

When a magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City, it gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The MIGHTY PUPS! For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true. But things take a turn for the worse when the pups' archrival Humdinger breaks out of jail and teams up with a mad scientist to steal the superpowers for the two villains. With the fate of Adventure City hanging in the balance, the Mighty Pups have to stop the supervillains before it's too late, and Skye will need to learn that even the smallest pup can make the biggest difference.

“Higher. Further. Faster. Together.”

North American Theaters: November 10, 2023 (wide release)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures— Starring: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson | Director: Nia DaCosta

Following the events of Ms. Marvel (2022), Carol Danvers, Kamala Khan, and Monica Rambeau begin swapping places with each other every time they use their powers and must team-up to figure out why.