U.S. Release Date: 2016-10-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Gavin O’Connor
Cast: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons, John Lithgow, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Seth Lee, Robert C. Treveiler
Provides a solid starting place for a series or, if the box office doesn’t warrant a continuation, an engaging stand-alone thriller.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-10-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Mick Jackson
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Jack Lowden, Caren Pistorius
It’s strangely refreshing to watch a courtroom drama where theatricality doesn’t trump meticulous examination.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-10-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Documentary
Director: Leslie Small, Tim Story
Cast: Kevin Hart
You probably don’t need a review to know whether this film will work for you.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-09-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Disturbing Images, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Chris O’Dowd, Terence Stamp, Finlay MacMillan, Lauren McCrostie
A fresh and engaging storybook adventure that should appeal to viewers both inside and out of the core demographic.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-09-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Disaster Images)
Genre: Adventure/Drama
Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O’Brien, John Malkovich, Ethan Suplee, Kate Hudson
"Deepwater Horizon" is structured not so much as a fictionalized chronicle of actual events as it is an old-fashioned disaster movie.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-09-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Director: Sharon Maguire
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones
"Bridget Jones’s Baby" exceeds expectations and, as a result, makes us willing to forgive the delay in bringing the character back to theaters.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-09-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Scenes of peril, profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn
Although not an Oscar-worthy endeavor, "Sully" proves to be by turns engaging, exhilarating, and nail-biting.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-09-09
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Documentary
Director: Adam Nimoy
Cast: Leonard Nimoy, Adam Nimoy, Julie Nimoy, William Shatner, George Takei, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Nicholas Meyer, Neil deGrasse Tyson
A loving tribute in general to "Star Trek" and in particular to the man who gave more than half of his life to Spock.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-09-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown
It’s a well-made, serious drama arriving in an era when those qualities rarely describe multiplex fare.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-09-02
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Horror
Director: Luke Scott
Cast: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Boyd Holbrook, Toby Jones, Michelle Yeoh, Paul Giamatti
An attempt to wed philosophical science fiction concepts with bloody horror - a dubious endeavor that somehow works.