41. Elemental
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Sohn
Actors: Mamoudou Athie, Leah Lewis, Ronnie Del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Catherine O'Hara
Plot: In a city where the four elements reside, fiery Ember looks to take over her father's business - provided she can keep her temper under control. But the added pressure makes her burst - and not just her, but the old pipes and watery Wade shows up - an inspector who has bad news and moves to shut down the operation. Ember, who has kept to her family, must venture out and set things right - and along the way may find her own voice.
42. Anyone But You
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Will Gluck
Actors: Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp, Darren Barnet, Bryan Brown, Joe Davidson
43. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic
Actors: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen
Plot: Brothers Mario and Luigi, a pair of Brooklyn plumbers, find themselves whisked away to the Mushroom Kingdom where Mario joins forces with a feisty Princess Peach and the intrepid Toad in order to rescue Luigi from the clutches of the maniacal Bowser - a fire-breathing monster intent on making the Mushroom Kingdom his next conquest.
44. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears
Actors: Nicolas Cantu, Shamon Brown Jr., Brady Noon, Micah Abbey, Ayo Edebiri, Jackie Chan
Plot: In order to prove to the city of New York they can be heroes, the young Turtle brothers must face off against a group of evil mutants who think humans are inferior - and must be eliminated.
45. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Tom Blyth, Hunter Schafer, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Laurel Marsden, Jason Schwartzman
Plot: The 10th Annual Hunger Games are about to begin and for 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow, he sees a chance to change his family's fortunes when he is chosen as a mentor. But rather than a person from his own district, he is charged with teaching a headstrong, rebellious girl from the impoverished 12th District. Despite their difference, he soon finds himself enthralled, but with the devious Dr. Volumnia Gaul and hardened Casca Highbottom in charge, those emotions are used against him.
46. Scream VI
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Actors: Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Courteney Cox, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Hayden Panettiere
Plot: After surviving the most recent Ghostface killings in Woodsboro, the remaining group packs up for New York only to learn that putting the past behind them will not be so easy as a new wave of killings begins.
47. The Creator
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gareth Edwards
Actors: Allison Janney, Gemma Chan, Ralph Ineson, John David Washington, Marc Menchaca, Ken Watanabe
Plot: In the future mankind wages war against and AI-driven robotic army. A former special forces agent, grieving after the disappearance of his wife, is sent on a mission to find and destroy The Creator - the one responsible for the uprising. But the mission turns even more dangerous when he learns there is a new weapon in play - one that could bring an end to the war - and humanity itself - and it comes in the form of a robotic child.
48. Bottoms
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Emma Seligman
Actors: Ayo Edebiri, Dagmara Dominczyk, Rachel Sennott, Nicholas Galitzine, Kaia Gerber, Ruby Cruz
Plot: Unpopular and openly queer, PJ and Josie are at the bottom of the high
school hierarchy. But they see an opening when they are granted permission
to start a self-defense club - which turns into a regular fight club - to
help empower fellow female students, put some jocks in their place and
maybe, just maybe get laid.
49. Extraction 2
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Hargrave
Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Tornike Gogrichiani, Tinatin Dalakishvili, Tornike Bziava
50. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Actors: Chris Pine, Regé-Jean Page, Michelle Rodriguez, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, Justice Smith
Plot: A group of thieves take on a job to steal an incredibly powerful artifact and realize too late they have unleashed a great evil upon the world. Seeking to right their wrong, they recruit their own team of would-be heroes and won't stop no matter what manner of creatures, magic or army may stand in their way.
