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: 2016-10-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Tate Taylor
Cast: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Edgar Ramirez
"The Girl on the Train" doesn’t derail but it’s not the smoothest of rides.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-10-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Nate Parker
Cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Aja Naomi King, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley
Harrowing, compelling cinema - perhaps not as wrenching as "12 Years a Slave" but not far removed.
U.S. Release Date: 2016-09-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jared Hess
Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Mary Elizabeth Ellis
An awkward and unappealing mix of mismatched parts that doesn’t generate enough laughs to make it feel like anything other than a waste of 90 minutes.
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: 2016-09-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Western
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Byung-hun Lee, Vincent D’Onofrio, Martin Sensmeier, Peter Sarsgaard, Hayley Bennett
With two better versions of this story readily available, why bother with this mediocre re-telling?
U.S. Release Date: 2016-09-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Horror
Director: Adam Wingard
Cast: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson, Valorie Curry
"Blair Witch" seems more like a pale homage than a new chapter to the saga.
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.