A STAR IS BORN: A Technically Well-Crafted Look at a Bittersweet True Love Story and the State of Modern-Day Music Industry

Genre: Drama, Romance, Musical

Produced by: Bill Gerber, Jon Peters, Bradley Cooper, Lynette Howell Taylor, Todd Phillips

Directed by: Bradley Cooper

Written by: Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters

Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, Dave Chappelle, Andrew Dice Clay 

Runtime: 134 minutes            

SYNOPSIS: 

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) rediscovers his passion for music when he encounters struggling musician Ally (Lady Gaga). Sooner than later, what begins as a professional, musician-to-musician relationship between them blossoms into something much more special. But as they begin to learn the truth about the music industry, the more fame or lack of that comes their way, the more it threatens to tear them apart. 

HALLOWEEN: Jamie Lee Curtis Steals the Show in an Otherwise Competently-Directed, yet Average Slasher Sequel

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Produced by: Jason Blum, Malek Akkad, Bill Block

Directed by: David Gordon Green

Written by: David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Jeff Fradley

Production Company: Universal Pictures

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Will Patton, Nick Castle, Andi Matichak, Omar J. Dorsey      

Runtime: 104 minutes

SYNOPSIS: 

Set 40 years after Michael Myers’ (Nick Castle) killing spree in Haddonfield, Illinois, its sole survivor Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has spent the rest of her adult life secluding herself from the society and preparing for the inevitable return of The Shape himself. When that day eventually comes, and when Michael starts leaving dead bodies in his wake, Laurie has to put all her years of rigorous training to good use to stop Michael and exact revenge on her friends’ death in 1978. 

FIRST MAN: A Beautifully-Directed, Written, and Acted Intimate Look at the Brilliance and Flaws of Neil Armstrong

Genre: Biography, Drama, History

Produced by: Ryan Gosling, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Damien Chazelle

Directed by: Damien Chazelle

Written by: Josh Singer

Production Company: Universal Pictures

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Patrick Fugit, Ciaran Hinds, Ethan Embry, Shea Whigham, Corey Stoll, Pablo Schreiber  

Runtime: 141 minutes                 

SYNOPSIS: 

Set during the 1960’s, First Man tells the untold story of real-life American hero/astronaut Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) leading up to the Moon landing, and how his private human struggle intersects with one of the most revolutionary moments in both American and space exploration history. 

VENOM: Tom Hardy is Good and Bad in This Generic Superhero Mess

Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Produced by: Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, Matthew Tolmach

Directed by: Ruben Fleischer

Written by: Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, Kelly Marcel

Production Company: Sony Pictures, Marvel

Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, Riz Ahmed, Woody Harrelson                          Runtime: 112 minutes

SYNOPSIS: 

Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), an investigative journalist, is obsessed with taking down Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), a space magnate who’s been using humans as part of a shady experiment involving an alien parasite called the Symbiote. Needing more than just his hard-as-nails investigative skills to stop Drake, Brock might have just found his answer when one of Drake’s symbiotes accidentally enters his body, granting him not only with superpowers, but also access to the darker, violent side of his personality: “Venom”. 

JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN: A Laugh Out Loud, Yet Plotless Display of Rowan Atkinson's Mastery in Physical Buffoonery

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Chris Clark

Directed by: David Kerr

Written by: William Davies

Production Company: Universal Pictures

Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko, Emma Thompson, Jake Lacy     

Runtime: 89 minutes                           

SYNOPSIS: 

The British intelligence is under cyber attack, blowing almost all of its secret agents’ cover. With the country’s national security at risk, the higher-ups are left with no choice but to bring the inept Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) out of retirement. Reuniting with his old partner Bough (Ben Miller), English must quickly uncover the orchestrator responsible for the recent panic, while trying not to make a mess out of things.