Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
PG (some mild rude humor and language). 92 minutes. Playing: Oak Creek Budget.
In the fourth live-action/computeranimated movie inspired by the noveltysong-turned-cartoon characters, Alvin, Simon and Theodore hit the road to stop Dave from getting married.
The Big Short R (pervasive language, some sexuality/ nudity). 130 minutes. Playing: Fox-Bay, Mayfair Mall.
An eccentric money manager, a young Wall Street banker, an activist hedge fund operator and a former banker bet against the 2005 housing boom — and the global economy. Michael Lewis’ bestselling nonfiction book about the economic collapse is the basis for this comedy directed by Adam McKay, with Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt. Oscar winner for best adapted screenplay.
The Boy PG-13 (violence and mature themes). 97 minutes. Playing: Southgate.
A young woman takes a job as a nanny in an English village, and finds out her charge is actually a life-size doll that’s the spitting image of the 8-year-old son thought lost in a fire 20 years earlier.
The Boy and the Beast PG-13 (some violence, language). 119 minutes. Playing: Mayfair Mall.
Fable about a street orphan who is taken in by a warrior beast in the hopes of making him his apprentice, with both forming an unexpected bond in the process. Japanese anime feature, with English subtitles.
Brooklyn PG-13 (brief sexuality, brief language). 112 minutes. Playing: Ridge.
Saoirse Ronan as a young Irish woman in the 1950s who comes to America and falls in love, only to be called back to Ireland and question where her true home lies. Based on Colm Toibin’s novel.
Concussion PG-13 ( thematic material, disturbing images, language). 122 minutes. Playing: Oak Creek Budget.
A doctor investigating the untimely death of a former NFL star discovers a new form of brain trauma traceable to collisions on the gridiron, raising the ire of one of America’s biggest institutions. Drama, based on the life and work of Bennet Omalu, with Will Smith.
Creed PG-13 (violence, language, some sensuality). 132 minutes. Playing: Oak Creek Budget.
The son of Rocky’s rival-turned-pal Apollo Creed seeks out the ex-fighter to help him train for the ring. With Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed and Sylvester Stallone as the aging Italian Stallion.
Deadpool R (pervasive violence and language, sexual content, nudity). 108 minutes.
Fox-Bay, Hillside, IPic/Bayshore, Majestic, Mayfair Mall, Menomonee Falls, North Shore, Ridge, Saukville, Showtime, South Shore, Southgate.
Ryan Reynolds plays a former mercenary who undergoes a lifesaving experiment that leaves him horribly scarred but also gives him accelerated healing powers — and amps up his expletivespewing, morally ambiguous persona. Latest superhero in the Marvel canon.
Dirty Grandpa R (pervasive crude sexual content, nudity, language, drug use). 102 minutes. Playing: Oak Creek Budget.
A lewd, crude oldster tricks his straightlaced grandson into taking a raunchy road trip in the hopes of liberating them both. With Zac Efron, Robert De Niro.
Eddie the Eagle PG-13 (some suggestive material, partial nudity, smoking). 105 minutes. Playing: Hillside, Majestic, Mayfair Mall, Menomonee Falls, North Shore, Ridge, Saukville, Showtime, South Shore.
An Olympic wannabe gives his all, with help from an unorthodox coach, and defies the odds in a bid to represent Britain in the 1988 Winter Games as a ski-jumper. Inspirational sports drama about real-life Olympic also-ran Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards, with Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman.
R (strong crude sexual content, some nudity, pervasive language). 92 minutes.
Oak Creek Budget.