Blumhouse's Truth Or Dare (2018)

I may see a worse movie in 2018, but I likely won't see one as dumb or as pointless as Blumhouse's Truth Or Dare.

Blockers (2018)

Kay Cannon's directorial debut, Blockers, is a goofy, free-wheeling comedy that sneaks up on you with a surprising message of acceptance, love, and understanding.

A Quiet Place (2018)

A QUIET PLACE, John Krasinski's directorial debut, is not only one of 2018's best films, but a masterfully conceived horror film where making a sound could potentially get you killed.

Michael WardApril 5, 20182018, Horror, A Quiet Place, Yes You Should!!!, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cade Woodward, Scott Beck, Bryan Woods

6 Balloons (2018)

A loving sister is forced to deal with a relapsing, drug-addicted brother in Marja-Lewis Ryan's 6 BALLOONS, premiering on Netflix, but much better than most of the weekly debuts on the service. This is well worth going out of your way to see.

Michael WardApril 5, 2018Abbi Jacobson, Dave Franco, Jane Kaczmarek, Tim Matheson, Dawan Owens, Maya Erskine, Heidi Sulzman, 6 Balloons, 2018, Drama, Marja-Lewis Ryan

Outside In (2018)

Lynn Shelton's OUTSIDE IN tells the story of a nearly 40-year-old man, released after 20 years in jail, wrestling with new and old emotions, returning to a town that looks the same, but may have passed him by.

Michael WardApril 5, 2018Edie Falco, Jay Duplass, Kaitlyn Dever, Ben Schwartz, Charles Leggett, Matt Malloy, Lynn Shelton, 2018, Outside In, Drama

Love After Love (2018)

Russell Harbaugh's directorial debut, Love After Love, is a stunning, powerful drama about a family reeling from the sudden death of a father and husband. Andie MacDowell and Chris O'Dowd have never been better.

Michael WardApril 1, 20182018, Drama, Love After Love, Andie MacDowell, Chris O'Dowd, James Adomian, Juliet Rylance, Dree Hemingway, Gareth Williams, Francesca Faridany, Matt Salinger, Romy Byrne, Russell Harbaugh, Eric Mendelsohn

Ramen Heads (2018)

Ramen restaurants and ramen culture are explored in Koki Shigeno's documentary RAMEN HEADS, focusing on the dedication and the art in crafting the greatest comfort food in all of Japan.

Michael WardApril 1, 20182018, Documentary, Ramen Heads, Osamu Tomita, Shôta Iida, Kumiko Ishida, Katsuya Kobayashi, Yûki Ohnishi, Tom Takahashi, Koki Shigeno

Ready Player One (2018)

Steven Spielberg's hyperkinetic, pop culture-heavy, science-fiction romp thrills you and exhausts you, often all at the same time.

Flower (2018)

Zoey Deutch continues her ascension as an actor we should all be paying attention to, in the misguided and problematic FLOWER...

Michael WardMarch 23, 20182018, Flower, Comedy, Drama, Zoey Deutch, Kathryn Hahn, Tim Heidecker, Joey Morgan, Adam Scott, Dylan Gelula, Maya Eshet, Eric Edelstein, Max Winkler, Alex McAulau, Alex McAulay, Matt Spicer

The Death of Stalin (2018)

Veep creator Armando Iannucci returns to the big screen with the ferocious satire The Death of Stalin, which depicts a #FakeNews recreation of Stalin's last days in 1953 Russia.

Love, Simon (2018)

Tender, funny, endearing, and moving, teen romantic comedy Love, Simon tells the story of a closeted gay high school student slowly gaining the courage to come out and be himself.

Did You Wonder Who Fired The Gun? (2018)

Harrowing, unique, and playing with conventions, Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? documents a filmmaker's discovery of a heinous crime committed within his own family.

Michael WardMarch 16, 20182018, Documentary, Did You Wonder Who Fired The Gun, Travis Wilkerson, Ed Vaughn

A Wrinkle In Time (2018)

Ava DuVernay's highly anticipated A Wrinkle In Time comes to Disney, with a massive budget, an all-star cast, and the weight of high expectations.

Michael WardMarch 9, 20182018, A Wrinkle in Time, Fantasy, Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Levi Miller, Deric McCabe, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Peña, André Holland, Rowan Blanchard, David Oyelowo, Conrad Roberts, Will McCormack

Submission (2018)

Stanley Tucci plays a college writing professor who becomes enamored with the writing of one of his student's in Richard Levine's Submission.

Michael WardMarch 9, 2018Stanley Tucci, Addison Timlin, Kyra Sedgwick, Janeane Garofalo, Ritchie Coster, Colby Minifie, Alison Bartlett, Matt Ballard, Richard Levine, Francine Prose, 2018, Drama, Submission

Western (2018)

Slow, calculating drama Western finds Germans and Bulgarians becoming increasingly tense and volatile during the building of a hydroelectric power plant on the border between Bulgaria and Greece.

Michael WardMarch 9, 20182018, Western, Drama, Foreign, Germany, Bulgaria, Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov, Kevin Bashev, Veneta Fragnova, Vyara Borisova, Valeska Grisebach

Above & Beyond: Giving Up The Day Job (2018)

Veteran EDM trio Above & Beyond move from the club to the big screen in this concert film/documentary hybrid movie made strictly for their fans.

Michael WardMarch 9, 20182018, Documentary, Above & Beyond, Giving Up The Day Job, Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, Paavo Siljamäki, Myles Desenberg, Paul Dugdale

Happy End (2017)

With his first new film in more than five years, Michael Haneke's Happy End is a quasi-sequel to the 2012 Oscar-winning Amour, which finds depression and deception consuming a family's day-to-day existence.

Michael WardMarch 2, 2018Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Franz Rogowski, Fantine Harduin, Laura Verlinden, Toby Jones, Nabiha Akkari, Hassam Ghancy, 2017, Foreign, Amy Jacobsob, Drama, Happy End, Michael Haneke

Annihilation (2018)

Annihilation is intense and polarizing science-fiction, as a team of explorers attempt to understand a unexplained threat known as "The Shimmer."

Michael WardFebruary 23, 20182018, Annihilation, Science Fiction, Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, David Gyasi, Sonoya Mizuno, Alex Garland, Jeff VanderMeer

A Fantastic Woman (2018)

Oscar nominated A Fantastic Woman (Best Foreign Language Film) tells a memorable story of a transgender woman finding strength after being spurned by the family of her recently deceased boyfriend.

Michael WardFebruary 23, 2018Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Saavedra, Amparo Noguera, Alejandro Goic, Antonia Zegers, Trinidad González, Néstor Cantillana, 2018, A Fantastic Woman, Drama, Foreign, Chile, Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo Meza

Black Panther (2018)

Marvel's Black Panther is a big, big deal. Also, it's dynamic, exhilarating, important, and necessary.

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