Rating: Empty

Genre: Thriller, Sci-Fi

Studios: Bleecker Street/LD Entertainment

Cast: Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, John Gallagher Jr, Masha Mashkova, Costa Ronin and Pilou Asbaek

Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Writer: Nick Shafir

Producers: Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon

Music by: Anne Nikitin

Rated: R for some violence and language

Release Date: 01/19/24

Runtime: 1h 35m

Tagline: The War on Earth will be Decided in Space.

Favorite Character: Dr. Kira Foster

Quote: N/A

Fun Facts: N/A

Summary: When the war between The American and Russian broke out, their astronauts received a message to take control of the I.S.S., whatever it takes.

The One Liner Review: The are 200 tons of trash orbiting the earth, and one of them is a script for a good premise but a bland low quality space movie called ‘I.S.S.’

Rating: Full

Genre: Action, Thriller, Adventure

Studios: Metro-Goldwyn Mayer/Miramax/Cedar Park

Cast: Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Jemma Redgrave, Minnie Driver, Phylicia Rashad and Jeremy Irons

Director: David Ayer

Writer: Kurt Wimmer

Producers: David Ayer, Bill Block, Chris Long, Jason Statham and Kurt Wimmer

Music by: Jared Michael Fry and Dave Sardy

Rated: R for strong violence throughout, pervasive language, some sexual references and drug use

Release Date: 01/12/23

Runtime: 1h 45m

Tagline: Expose the Corruption. Protect the Hive.

Favorite Character: Adam Clay

Quote: “Why are you calling me on the ‘never call me on this line’ line?”- Janet Harward

Fun Facts: N/A

Summary: A retired agent that used to work in the organization that is known as “Beekeepers’ seeks vengeance against a company that scams their customers out of their money.

The One Liner Review: Remember, you do not want to mess with Jason Sathman’s beehive or else he give you some of his thrilling action sequence attacks (and stings) and some of the other things that would make John Wick want to join the Beekeepers.

Rating: Empty

Genre: Horror, Suspense, Thriller

Studios: Universal Pictures/Blumhouse/Atomic Monster

Cast: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amelie Hoeferle and Gavin Warren

Director: Bryce McGuire

Writers: Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire

Based on: the 2014 short film

Producers: Jason Blum and James Wan

Music by: Mark Korven

Rated: PG-13 for terror, some violent content and language

Release Date: 01/05/24

Runtime: 1h 38m

Tagline: Everything you fear in under the surface

Favorite Character: Ray Waller

Quote: “The Pool is fine. The pool is the greatest thing that has happened to me.”- Ray Waller

Fun Fact: The film is based on the 2014 short film of the same name.

Summary: A former baseball player moved into the house with his family that has a backyard pool…which has an evil secret.

The One Liner Review: From what it looks like, Jason Blum and James Wan supported a so-weird premise that does have a few scares but is more of a campfire story told by the kiddies, yeah it’s pretty lame.

Rating: Half-Full

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Adventure

Studios: Netflix/Aardman Animations

Cast: Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Bella Ramsey, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Ferguson, David Bradley, Jane Horrocks, Romesh Ranganathan, Danial Mays, Josie Sedgwick-Davies, Peter Serafinowicz, Nick Mohammed and Miranda Richardson

Director: Sam Fell

Writers: Karey Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell and Rachel Tunnard

Producers: Leyla Hobart and Steve Pegram

Music by: Harry Gregson-Williams

Rated: PG for peril, action and some thematic elements

Release Date: 12/15/23

Runtime: 1h 41m

Tagline: This time, they’re breaking in!

Favorite Character: Mrs. Tweedy

Quote: “Looks like we’re gonna needa bigger bucket!”- Frizzle

Fun Facts: There were a lot of recasts for various reasons.

This will be Aardman’s final film to use Newclay Products since the factory shut down last March.

The penguin from Wallace and Gromit makes an appearance in the final shot (pause that part and see if you can find him).

In the original film, they were gonna show Ginger and Rocky having a son, but ended up getting cut and for the sequel, it is decided that Ginger and Rocky will have a daughter.

Summary: Taking place after the first film, the chickens plots to break in Mrs. Tweedy’s new factory to rescue Ginger and Rocky’s daughter from being turned into chicken nuggets.

The One Line Review: As it’s good that Aardman decided to continue the story and add some charming new characters, the final product certainly wasn’t as fresh as the original and was and fell into the kinda of a repeat, but hey not everyone wins.