Coming & Current Unreviewed Movies

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

currently showing nationwide—3,521 U.S. theaters

Halloween comes to life in the small town of Wardenclyffe on Halloween Night. This film is based on R.L. Stine’s series of books.

Night School

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currently showing nationwide—2,780 theaters)

White Boy Rick

Open: September 14, 2018 (wide—2,504 theaters)

Halloween

Open: October 19, 2018 (wide—3,700+ theaters)

The Hate U Give

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Open: October 19, 2018 (wide—2,300+ theaters)/p>

Indivisible

“One marriage. One family. Under God.”

Open: October 26, 2018 (wide release)

Pure Flix—Produced by Reserve Entertainment / Starring: Sarah Drew, Justin Bruening, Jason George, Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Skye P. Marshall, Tanner Stine, Madeline Carroll / Director: David G. Evans—“The Grace Card” (2010)

Upon returning from serving in the U.S. Army, Chaplain Darren Turner faces a crisis that shatters his family and faith in God but through the help of his fellow soldiers, he returns to his faith and family.

Johnny English Strikes Again

“When only the best will do and no one else is available”

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Open: October 26, 2018 (wide release)

Focus Features—Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Olga Kurylenko, Emma Thompson / Director: David Kerr

‘Johnny English Strikes Again’ is the third installment of the Johnny English comedy series, with Rowan Atkinson returning as the much loved accidental secret agent. The new adventure begins when a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain, leaving Johnny English as the secret service’s last hope. Called out of retirement, English dives head first into action with the mission to find the mastermind hacker. As a man with few skills and analogue methods, Johnny English must overcome the challenges of modern technology to make this mission a success.

Hunter Killer

“Start a battle to win a war”

Open: October 26, 2018 (wide release)

Summit Entertainment, a division of Lionsgate Films—Starring: Gary Oldman, Gerard Butler, Common, Michael Nyqvist, Caroline Goodall

Deep under the Arctic Ocean, American submarine Captain Joe Glass (Gerard Butler, Olympus Has Fallen, 300) is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress when he discovers a secret Russian coup is in the offing, threatening to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Captain Glass must now assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to rescue the kidnapped Russian president and sneak through enemy waters to stop WWIII.

This film is based on the novel Firing Point by Don Keith and George Wallace.

Suspiria

Open: November 2, 2018 (wide release)

Amazon Studios—Starring: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Grace Moretz, Mia Goth / Director: Luca Guadagnino

Suspiria is a Latin word for “sighs.”

‘Suspiria’ follows a young American woman named Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson), who travels to the prestigious Markos Tanz Company in Belin in 1977, and arrives just as one of its members, Patricia (Chloe Moretz), has dissapeared under mysterious circumstances. As Susie looks into the woman's whereabouts under the guidance of Madame Blanc, she befriends another dancer, Sara (Mia Goth), who shares her suspicions that the matrons and the company itself, could be harboring a dark secret.

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

Based on Dario Argento's 1977 film of the same name

Nobody's Fool

“She shows up. Everything blows up.”

Open: November 2, 2018 (wide release)

Paramount pictures Corporation—Starring: Tiffany Haddish, Missi Pyle, Tika Sumpter, Whoopi Goldberg, Courtney Henggeler / Director: Tyler Perry

Nobody messes with these sisters. A wild woman (Tiffany Haddish) gets released from prison and reunites with her sister (Tika Sumpter), who discovers she is in an online relationship with a man that may be “catfishing” her.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Open: November 2, 2018 (wide release)

Bohemian Rhapsody

Open: November 2, 2018 (wide release)

Dr. Seuss' The Grinch

“Scheme big.”

Open: November 9, 2018 (wide release)

Universal Pictures—Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch (voice) / Directors: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier

A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.

“The past never forgets”

Open: November 9, 2018 (wide release)

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures—Starring: Claire Foy, Lakeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Vicky Krieps, Cameron Britton, Sverrir Gudnason / Director: Fede Alvarez—“Don't Breathe” (2016), “Evil Dead” (2013), “Panic Attack!” (2009)

Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.

Lisbeth Salander, the cult figure and title character of the acclaimed Millennium book series creaTED BY STIEG LARSSON, RETURNS TO THE SCREEN IN THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB, a first-time adaptation of the recent global bestseller. Golden Globe winner Claire Foy, the star of “The Crown,” plays the outcast vigilante defender under the direction of Fede Alvarez, the director of 2016’s thriller ‘Don’t Breathe.’

Open: November 9, 2018 (wide release)

“Just add chaos, laughter, awkwardness, mistakes, love”

Open: November 16, 2018

Paramount Pictures Corporation—Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Moner, Octavia Spencer / Director: Sean Anders

A couple decides to start a family and adopt three children through the foster-care system, only to find they’re raising wild kids who have interest in being parented. The movie is based on real events from the life of writer/director Sean Anders. Isabela Moner plays a rebellious 15-year-old (Transformers: The Last Knight).

Widows

Open: November 16, 2018 (wide release)

At Eternity's Gate

Open: November 16, 2018

CBS Films—Starring: Willem Dafoe, Mads Mikkelsen, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac / Director: Julian Schnabel—“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (2007), “Before Night Falls” (2000), “Miral” (2010)

American drama film about the final days of painter, Vincent Van Gogh

Academy Award® Nominee Julian Schnabel's At Eternity's Gate is a journey inside the world and mind of a person who, despite skepticism, ridicule and illness, created some of the world's most beloved and stunning works of art. This movie is an accumulation of scenes based on Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings, common agreement about events in his life that parade as facts, hearsay, and scenes that are just plain invented. The making of art gives an opportunity to make a palpable body that expresses a reason to live, if such a thing exists. Even with all the violence and tragedy that has been associated with Van Gogh’s life, there is no doubt, his was a life lived rich with magic, profound communication with nature and the wonder of being. Van Gogh’s work is ultimately optimistic. His unique perspective is one whose belief and vision make visible and physical the inexpressible. He seems to have transgressed death and encouraged others to do the same.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT: This is not a forensic biography, but rather scenes based on Vincent van Gogh's (Academy Award® Nominee Willem Dafoe) letters, common agreement about events in his life that present as facts, hearsay, and moments that are just plain invented. It is about what it is to be an artist. It is fiction, and in the act of pursuing our goal, if we lean towards the divine light, we might even stumble onto the truth. The only way to describe a work of art is to make a work of art.

“How to achieve such inaccuracies, such anomalies, such alterations and refashioning of reality that what comes out of it is lies, if you like, that are more true than literal fact.” (Vincent Van Gogh).

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Open: November 16, 2018 (wide release)

Robin Hood

“No force is stronger than family / From the producers of Arrival and Stranger Things”

Open: November 21, 2018 (wide)

Summit Entertainment, a division of Lionsgate Films—Starring: Taron Egerton (Robin Hood), Jamie Dornan (Will Scarlet), Jamie Foxx (Little John), Ben Mendelsohn (Sheriff of Nottingham), Paul Anderson (Guy of Gisborne), Eve Hewson (Maid Marian) / Director: Otto Bathurst

Robin of Loxley (Taron Egerton) a war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander (Jamie Foxx) mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown in a thrilling action-adventure packed with gritty battlefield exploits, mind-blowing fight choreography, and a timeless romance.

Green Book

“Inspired by a true friendship”

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Open: November 21, 2018

Universal Pictures—Director: Peter Farrelly, Linda Cardellini, Don Stark, P.J. Byrne, Sebastian Maniscalco, Brian Stepanek, Iqbal Theba, Tom Virtue, Daniel Greene, David Kallaway, Joe Cortese, Ninja N. Devoe, Anthony Mangan / Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali

Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, Hidden Figures) star in Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures’ GREEN BOOK. In his foray into powerfully dramatic work as a feature director, Peter Farrelly helms the film inspired by a true friendship that transcended race, class and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line.

When Tony Lip (Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Ali), a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on The Green Book to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger—as well as unexpected humanity and humor—they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime.

Jim Burke (The Descendants), Charles B. Wessler (The Heartbreak Kid) produce alongside Farrelly’s fellow writers, Brian Currie and Nick Vallelonga, and Farrelly. The drama is executive produced by Participant’s Jeff Skoll (The Help) and Jonathan King (Lincoln), along with Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station) and Kwame L. Parker (Kill Bill series), as well as Cinetic Media’s John Sloss (Boyhood) and Steven Farneth.

Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2

Open: November 21, 2018 (wide release)

Creed II

Open: November 21, 2018 (wide release)

Open: November 30, 2018 (wide release)

Screen Gems, a division of Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment—Director: Diederik Van Rooijen / Starring: Stana Katic, Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon

When a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue, she faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses.

Anna and the Apocalypse

Open: November 30, 2018

Orion Pictures, owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (MGM Holdings, Inc.)—Starring: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire / Director: John McPhail

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

Open: December 14, 2018

Warner Bros.— Director: Clint Eastwood / Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Taissa Farmiga, Michael Pena, Laurence Fishburne, Clifton Collins, Jr., Dianne Wiest, Alison Eastwood

Second Act

“Her talent was real. Her résumé was not.”

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Open: December 14, 2018 (wide release)

STX Entertainment—Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Milo Ventimiglia, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini, Treat Williams / Director: Peter Segal—“50 First Dates”

‘Second Act’ is a comedy in the vein of Working Girl and Maid In Manhattan. Jennifer Lopez stars as Maya, a 40-year-old woman struggling with frustrations from unfulfilled dreams. Until, that is, she gets the chance to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts, and that it is never too late for a Second Act. ‘Second Act’ follows a big-box store employee (Lopez) who, after reinventing herself, gets the chance to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as a college degree.

“Some scars never heal” / from the filmmakers of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit”

Open: December 14, 2018 (wide)

Universal Pictures—Written and produced by Peter Jackson / Director: Christian Rivers / Starring: Hugo Weaving, Frankie Adams, Stephen Lang, Caren Pistorius, Robert Sheehan, Ronan Raftery

Many years after the “Sixty Minute War,” cities survive a now desolate Earth by moving around on giant wheels attacking and devouring smaller towns to replenish their resources.

This is a film adaptation of the popular Scholastic book series of the same name by Philip Reeve. The story is set thousands of years in the future. Earth’s cities now roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle over diminishing resources. On one of these massive Traction Cities, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the Outlands, who will change the course of his life forever.

Open: December 14, 2018 (wide)

Mary Poppins Returns

Open: December 19, 2018 (wide)

“Holmies”

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Open: December 21, 2018 (wide)

Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures—Director: Etan Cohen / Starring: Will Ferrell (Holmes), Ralph Fiennes (Moriarty), John C. Reilly (Watson), Hugh Laurie (Mycroft), Rebecca Hall (Dr. Grace Hart)

A humorous take on Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.

Aquaman

“Home is calling”

Open: December 21, 2018 (wide)

Warner Bros. Pictures—Director: James Wan / Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Karl Urban, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson

Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and to be a hero to the world—Aquaman, the King of the Seven Seas, who is caught between a surface world constantly ravaging the sea and Atlanteans looking to lash out in revolt, but is committed to protecting the entire globe. This sea-based superhero has the ability to live under water and communicate telepathically with sea creatures. / Brand: DC Comics

Open: December 21, 2018 (wide release)

Welcome to Marwen

Open: December 21, 2018 (wide release)

Vice

Open: December 25, 2018 (wide release)

On the Basis of Sex

“Her story made history”

Open: December 25, 2018 (wide release)

Focus Features—Starring: Felicity Jones (Ruth Bader Ginsburg), Armie Hammer (Marty Ginsburg), Kathy Bates, Justin Theroux, Stephen Root, Sam Waterson, Jack Reynor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg / Director: Mimi Leder

Distributor’s synopsis: “The film tells an inspiring and spirited true story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination.”

Facts:
• The film’s release is in line with her 25th anniversary on the Court.
• She was an ACLU lawyer and was appointed by Bill Clinton, taking the oath of office in 1993.
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg is currently the Supreme Court’s most liberal judge and much loved by Progressive Liberals for consistently opposing conservative viewpoints. For the period of 1937-2006, her votes rank her as the 2nd most liberal Supreme Court judge.
• In 2012, she advised Egytians not to use the U.S. Constitution as a model, but rather the leftist progressive South African constitution.
• Her career began at Harvard University and Columbia Law School.
• She is 85 years old and currently the oldest Supreme Court justice.

Serenity

“On Plymouth Island, no one ever dies… unless you break the rules”

Open: January 25, 2019

Aviron Pictures—Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong / Director: Steven Knight

“From the creative mind of Oscar nominee Steven Knight comes a daringly original, sexy, stylized thriller. Baker Dill (Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey) is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen (Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway) tracks him down with a desperate plea for help. She begs Dill to save her – and their young son – from her new, violent husband (Jason Clarke) by taking him out to sea on a fishing excursion, only to throw him to the sharks and leave him for dead. Karen’s appearance thrusts Dill back into a life he’d tried to forget, and as he struggles between right and wrong, his world is plunged into a new reality that may not be all that it seems.”

Three Seconds

Open: February 1, 2019 (wide release)

Aviron Pictures—Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Clive Owen, Rosamund Pike, Common, Ana de Armas

An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.

Pete Koslow (Joel Kinnaman), a reformed criminal and former special operations soldier, is working undercover for crooked FBI handlers to infiltrate the Polish mob's drug trade in New York. In a final step toward freedom, Koslow must return to the one place he's fought so hard to leave, Bale Hill Prison, where his mission becomes a race against time when a drug deal goes wrong and threatens to identify him as a mole.

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Open: February 14, 2019

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation—Director: Robert Rodriguez / Producers: James Cameron and Jon Landau / Starring: Rosa Salazar (Alita), Jennifer Connelly, Michelle Rodriguez, Christoph Waltz, Eiza González, Jackie Earl Haley, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, etc.

An action-packed story of one young woman's journey to discover the truth of who she is and her fight to change the world.

From visionary filmmakers James Cameron (AVATAR) and Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY), comes ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, an epic adventure of hope and empowerment. When Alita (Rosa Salazar) awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo (Keean Johnson) offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is only when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she discovers a clue to her past – she has unique fighting abilities that those in power will stop at nothing to control. If she can stay out of their grasp, she could be the key to saving her friends, her family and the world she’s grown to love.

Set in the 26th century, the rebuilt Alita, remembering only her training in a deadly martial art, becomes a hunter-warrior, tracking down and eliminating vicious criminals. Within the context of an epic action-adventure, the film aims to explore a young woman’s journey of self-discovery and finding love.

The movie is based on the Japanese manga and graphic novel Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro.