Coming & Current Unreviewed Movies

The Creator

“From the director of ROGUE ONE”

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

Saw X

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

The Exorcist: Believer

North American Theaters: October 6, 2023 (wide release)

Universal Pictures— Starring: Ellen Burstyn (as Chris MacNeil), Leslie Odom Jr (father of a possessed child), Ann Dowd, Raphael Sbarg (as a pastor), Jennifer Nettles | Director: David Gordon Green

The father of a possessed child, desperate for help goes in search of someone who has had similar experiences—Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn). This is a sequel to the 1973 film about a 12-year-old girl who is possessed by a mysterious demonic entity, forcing her mother to seek the help of two priests to save her.

Foe

North American Theaters: October 6, 2023

The Marsh King's Daughter

North American Theaters: October 6, 2023

October 6, 2023 (limited)
Apple TV: October 20, 2023

Freelance

“Retirement didn’t suit him” / From the director “Taken”

North American Theaters: October 27, 2023

Relativity Media, owned by UltraV Holdings— Starring: John Cena, Alison Brie, Alice Eve, Christian Slater, Marton Csokas | Director: Pierre Morel

Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettis (John Cena) is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington (Alison Brie) as she interviews the ruthless-but impeccably dressed-dictator, Juan Venegas (Juan Pablo Raba). When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle AND each other in order to make it out alive.

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

Sony Pictures / Affirm Films — Starring: Antonio Banderas, Antonio Cantos, Stephanie Gi, Lecrae, Milo Manheim, Juan José Marco, Fiona Palomo, Geno Segers | Director: Adam Anders

This live-action musical celebration weaves classic Christmas melodies into new pop songs in a music-infused retelling of the timeless story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus.

A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. This live-action Christmas musical celebration for the entire family, weaves classic Christmas melodies into new pop songs in a music-infused retelling of the timeless story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. A unique new entry into the collection of holiday classic movies, this epic Christmas musical is unlike any before it.

“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 an investigation into a wormhole linked to the Kree, Carol Danvers’ powers become entangled with those of Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan, with the trio swapping places with each other every time they use their powers, forcing them to team up to determine why.

“There are some new trolls on the block”

North American Theaters: November 17, 2023 (wide release)

Universal Pictures — Produced by DreamWorks Animation / Starring: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Amy Schumer, Camila Cabello, Eric André, Troye Sivan, Kid Cudi, Daveed Diggs, RuPaul, Andrew Rannells, Zosia Mamet | Director: Walt Dohrn and Tim Heitz

Poppy discovers that Branch was once part of a boy band, BroZone, with his brothers: Floyd, John Dory, Spruce and Clay. But when Floyd is kidnapped, Branch and Poppy embark on a journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd.

After two films of true friendship and relentless flirting, Poppy and Branch are now officially, finally, a couple (#broppy)! As they grow closer, Poppy discovers that Branch has a secret past. He was once part of her favorite boyband phenomenon, BroZone, with his four brothers: Floyd, John Dory, Spruce and Clay. BroZone disbanded when Branch was still a baby, as did the family, and Branch hasn't seen his brothers since. But when Branch's bro Floyd is kidnapped for his musical talents by a pair of nefarious pop-star villains—Velvet and Veneer—Branch and Poppy embark on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than pop-culture obscurity.

“Everyone hungers for something”

North American Theaters: November 17, 2023 (wide release)

Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)— Starring: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Josh Andrés Rivera, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman, Peter Dinklage, Burn Gorman, and Viola Davis | Director: Francis Lawrence

64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute, and decades before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem, THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray’s charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift their fates. With everything he has worked for hanging in the balance, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will ultimately become a songbird or a snake.

Based on the 2020 novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

“He came from nothing. He conquered everything.”

North American Theaters: November 22, 2023 (wide release)

Sony Pictures Classics, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment— Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Ludivine Sagnier, Ben Miles, Tahar Rahim, Ian McNeiec, Youssef Kerkour, Catherine Walker | Director: Ridley Scott

The film is an original and personal look at Napoleon Bonaparte’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.

North American Theaters: November 22, 2023 (wide release)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures— Starring voices of: Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Ariana DeBose | Director: Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn

‘Wish’ will follow a young girl named Asha who wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her.

In ‘Wish,’ Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force—a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe—the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico—to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.

“Discover how Willy became…”

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North American Theaters: December 15, 2023

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company— Starring: Timothée Chalamet (as Young Willy Wonka), Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Keegan-Michael Key, Simon Farnaby, Matt Lucas, Jim Carter Actor | Director: Paul King

Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book and one of the best-selling children’s books of all time, “Wonka” tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. The story will focus specifically on a young Willy Wonka and how he met the Oompa-Loompas on one of his earliest adventures.

From Paul King, writer/director of the “Paddington” films, David Heyman, producer of “Harry Potter,” “Gravity,” “Fantastic Beasts” and “Paddington,” and producers Alexandra Derbyshire (the “Paddington” films, “Jurassic World: Dominion”) and Luke Kelly (“Roald Dahl’s The Witches”), comes an intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humor. Starring Timothée Chalamet in the title role, this irresistibly vivid and inventive big screen spectacle will introduce audiences to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time—proving that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

North American Theaters: December 15, 2023 (wide release)

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures— Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Darren Barnet, Dermot Mulroney, Glen Powell, Michelle Hurd, Bryan Brow, Rachel Griffiths, Alexandra Shipp | Director: Will Gluck

Two college arch-nemeses reunite years after graduation for a destination wedding and are forced to be a couple, for better or for worse.

“The tide is turning”

North American Theaters: December 20, 2023 (wide release)

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company— Starring: Jason Momoa, Ben Affleck, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Dolph Lundgren, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Kidman, Jani Zhao, Amber Heard, Randall Park | Director: James Wan

Having failed to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father’s death, will stop at nothing to take Aquaman down once and for all. This time Black Manta is more formidable than ever before, wielding the power of the mythic Black Trident, which unleashes an ancient and malevolent force. To defeat him, Aquaman will turn to his imprisoned brother Orm, the former King of Atlantis, to forge an unlikely alliance. Together, they must set aside their differences in order to protect their kingdom and save Aquaman’s family, and the world, from irreversible destruction.

All returning to the roles they originated, Jason Momoa plays Arthur Curry/Aquaman, now balancing his duties as both the King of Atlantis and a new father; Patrick Wilson is Orm, Aquaman’s half-brother and his nemesis, who must now step into a new role as his brother’s reluctant ally; Amber Heard is Mera, Atlantis’ Queen and mother of the heir to the throne; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is Black Manta, committed more than ever to avenge his father’s death by destroying Aquaman, his family and Atlantis; and Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, a fierce leader and mother with the heart of a warrior. Also reprising their roles are Dolph Lundgren as King Nereus and Randall Park as Dr. Stephen Shin.

North American Theaters: December 22, 2023 (wide release)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), owned by Amazon® through MGM Holdings, Inc.— Starring: Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison Keith David, Issa Rae as Sintara Golden, Adam Brody, Patrick Fischler, Michael Cyril Creighton, Sterling K. Brown, Miriam Shor, Erika Alexander, Okieriete Onaodowan, Skyler Wright, John Ales, Leslie Uggams as Agnes Ellison, John Ortiz | Director: Cord Jefferson

Author Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison is peeved because his latest offering hasn’t caught fire with publishers, while a tome called We’s Lives in Da Ghetto by Sintara Golden hits the bestseller lists, leaving Monk seething.

It is Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from ‘Black’ entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish ‘Black’ book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

This film won the People’s Choice Award for Best Film at the Toronto International Film Festival and is based on Percival Everett’s novel Erasure. The film has received high marks from most movie critics.

“Odd ducks welcome”

North American Theaters: December 22, 2023 (wide release)

Universal Pictures — Produced by Illumination — Starring: Carol Kane, Awkwafina, Elizabeth Banks, Danny DeVito, Keegan-Michael Key, Kumail Nanjiani, David Mitchell | Director: Benjamin Renner and Guylo Homsy

A family of mallards convince their over-protective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime as they attempt to migrate from New England, through New York City, and to the Bahamas.

North American Theaters: December 25, 2023 (wide release)

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company— Starring: Halle Bailey, Taraji P. Henson, Elizabeth Marvel, Louis Gossett Jr., Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Danielle Brooks | Director: Blitz Bazawule | Producers: Amblin Entertainment, Quincy Jones, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders

Musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s.

Celie is a young poor, uneducated 14-year-old African-American teenager girl living in the Southern United States in the early 1900s. She writes letters to God because her father, Alphonso, beats and rapes her. Alphonso has already impregnated Celie once, which resulted in the birth of a boy, Adam, whom Alphonso abducted. Celie believes that Alphonso killed Adam. Celie then has a second child, and Celie’s ailing mother dies after cursing Celie on her deathbed. The second child is a girl named Olivia, whom Alphonso takes from Celie shortly after her birth.

North American Theaters: December 25, 2023 (wide release)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), owned by Amazon® through MGM Holdings, Inc.— Starring: Joel Edgerton, Courtney Henggeler, Chris Diamantopoulos, Callum Turner, James Wolk, Alec Newman, Peter Guinness, Hadley Robinson | Director: George Clooney

A 1930s-set story centered on the University of Washington’s rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings to winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. THE BOYS IN THE BOAT is a true story based on the struggles and sacrifices made by the University of Washington rowing team to compete at the highest possible level, rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's eight.

Based on the book by Daniel James Brown

North American Theaters: January 19, 2024

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS— Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding, Leah Lewis, Sandra Oh, Patrick Gallagher | Director: Carlos Baena

The story centers on a normal boy, Tom, who gets drawn into this world against his wishes when his eccentric grandmother who he lives with in San Francisco’s Chinatown turns out to be the guardian of the phoenix egg. When his grandmother perishes in battle and is spirited away in a ghost cart, Tom must apprentice with an unlikely mentor - a tiger, Mr. Hu - to learn ancient magic and become the egg’s new protector. They team with an unlikely band of exotic creatures, each representing a different sign of the Chinese zodiac, who can morph into human form while retaining their innate animal characteristics.

Adapted from Laurence Yep’s trilogy of novels

Ordinary Angels

“From the creators of ‘Jesus Revolution’ and ‘I Can Only Imagine’”

North American Theaters: October 13, 2023 (wide release)

“A story of two ladies going south”

North American Theaters: February 23, 2024 (wide release)

Focus Features, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal/Comcast— Starring: Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Bill Camp, Beanie Feldstein, Joey Slotnick | Director: Ethan Coen

Jamie (Margaret Qualley) regrets her breakup with her girlfriend, while Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan) needs to relax. In search of a fresh start, they embark on an unexpected road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals.

North American Theaters: March 1, 2024

Universal Pictures— Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Lee Majors, Hannah Waddingham, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Winston Duke | Director: David Leitch — “Bullet Train” (2022), “John Wick” (2014), “Atomic Blonde” (2017)

North American Theaters: March 15, 2024

Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company— Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem, Tim Blake Nelson | Director: Denis Villeneuve

This follow-up film will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

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

United Artists Releasing, a subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), a division of MGM Holdings, Inc., Owner: Amazon®— Starring: Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor, Jake Jensen | Director: Luca Guadagnino

Follows three players who knew each other when they were teenagers as they compete in a tennis tournament to be the world-famous grand slam winner, and reignite old rivalries on and off the court.

The story follows Tashi, a tennis player-turned-coach who has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him from a mediocre player into a world-famous Grand Slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a ‘Challenger’ event — close to the lowest level of tournament on the pro tour — where he finds himself standing across the net from the once-promising, now burnt-out Patrick: his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend.

Harold and the Purple Crayon

North American Theaters: August 2, 2024

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

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

Harold and the Purple Crayon is a 1955 children's book by Crockett Johnson. Published by Harper Collins Publishers, it is Johnson's most popular book, and has led to a series of other books, as well as many adaptations.

North American Theaters: Delayed to SAG/WAG strike

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures— Starring: Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Dan Akroydd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Patton Oswalt, Emily Alyn Lind, Ernie Hudson, Kumail Nanjiani, William Atherton, Celeste O'Connor | Director: Gil Kenan

“The road to redemption is twisted”

North American Theaters: Delayed to SAG/WAG strike

Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)— Starring: Mel Gibson, Garrett Hedlund, Willa Fitzgerald, Kat Foster, Ryan Hurst, Woody McClain, Pyper Braun | Director: Nadine Crocker

A Southern Noir thriller, set in a tough-and-tumble Mississippi town where a woman and her young daughter are caught in the crossfire when whiskey, guns, and the desire for revenge violently intersect. This film tells the story of ex-con Russell Gaines (Hedlund), who attempts to rebuild his life with help from his father Mitchell (Gibson). But when Maben (Willa Fitzgerald) arrives and throws Russell’s life into chaos, the pair end up on the run.

Based on the novel Desperation Road by Michael Farris Smith

North American Theaters: Delayed to SAG/WAG strike

20th Century Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company— Starring: Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer, Michael Shannon, Austin Butler, Boyd Holbrook, Norman Reedus, Damon Herriman, Mike Faist | Director: Jeff Nichols

Set in the 1960s, it follows the rise of a fictional Midwestern motorcycle club. Seen through the lives of its members, the club evolves over the course of a decade from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group’s unique way of life. / A fictional story inspired by the 1968 photo-book of the same name by Danny Lyon

White Bird: A Wonder Story

North American Theaters: Delayed to SAG/WAG strike

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.

They Listen

North American Theaters: Delayed to SAG/WAG strike

Sony Pictures— Starring: Katherine Waterston, Riki Lindhome, Keith Carradine, Lukita Maxwell, Havana Rose Liu, John Cho | Director: Chris Weitz

“Villains aren’t born. They’re made.”

North American Theaters: Delayed to SAG/WAG strike

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”.