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BRIDGE OF SPIES Steven Spielberg resurrects the fascinating tale of the Cold War prisoner exchange of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel and Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union. The story centers on James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks), a Brooklyn insurance lawyer and former Nuremberg prosecutor who is drafted to represent Abel and uphold the image of the American justice system. As he works

with Abel (Mark Rylance), a bond of admiration forms between the two. The first half of the movie, which deals primarily with Abel and Donovan, hums along nicely, despite an occasional Spielbergian weakness for movie cliché. The second half, which sets Donovan to work arranging the swap, has too many threads to follow and loses focus. Both Hanks and Rylance are terrific. The movie reaches a powerful dramatic climax with the exchange on a West Berlin bridge and then sputters on a little further, reaching for a feel-good ending. Rated PG-13. 141 minutes. Regal Stadium 14; Violet Crown. (Jonathan Richards)

CRIMSON PEAK

Whether this film from co-writer and director Guillermo del Toro was intended to be a ghost story, a horror story, or a love story is up in the air, but it’s definitely over-the-top spooky and gory gothic fun. Aspiring young writer Edith (Mia Wasikowska) lives in early-20th-century Buffalo with her father (Jim Beaver), a local bigwig. Suave English baronet Thomas Spence (Tom Hiddleston) comes to town to talk business and find a bride. Daddy doesn’t fancy Thomas as a partner for himself or his daughter, but Edith eventually marries Thomas and moves with him to his crumbling castle, where his domineering sister Lucille (Jessica Chastain, going for broke) also lives — along with a big, nasty secret or two. You might wish del Toro had focused more on story and less on style, but this film’s aesthetics and atmosphere are almost enough to keep you spellbound. Rated R. 119 minutes. Regal Stadium 14; Violet Crown; DreamCatcher. (Laurel Gladden)

EVEREST

This adventure film is based on the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which several people died in a blizzard while trying to reach the mountain’s summit. Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, and John Hawkes play some of the climbers; and Keira Knightley and Emily Watson co-star. The film boasts such sweeping vistas that it was released in IMAX theaters a week before it showed in traditional theaters. Rated PG-13. 121 minutes. Screens in 2-D only at Regal Stadium 14; DreamCatcher. (Not reviewed)

FREEHELD

Julianne Moore portrays police officer Laurel Hester in this fictionalized account of Hester’s equal-rights battle to have her pension transferred to her registered domestic partner (Ellen Page) after she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in the mid-2000s. Steve Carell and Michael Shannon co-star in this film, which is partly inspired by the 2007 Academy Awardwinning documentary short of the same title. Rated PG-13.

103 minutes. Regal DeVargas. (Not reviewed)

GOOSEBUMPS

R.L. Stine’s popular young-adult horror books get a film adaptation — but it’s not the kind you might expect. A young boy named Zach (Dylan Minnette) moves to a new neighborhood, where he meets Hannah (Odeya Rush), whose father is the author Stine (Jack Black). When they and another boy (Ryan Lee) open up one of Stine’s manuscripts, all of the monsters are set free. Rated PG. 103 minutes. Screens in 3-D and 2-D at Regal Stadium 14; Violet Crown. Screens in 2-D only at DreamCatcher. (Not reviewed)

HE NAMED ME MALALA

The latest documentary by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) looks at Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who spoke out about granting young women the opportunity to pursue education and was nearly killed by the Taliban as a result. In 2014, she became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Rated PG-13. 87 minutes. Regal DeVargas.

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HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2

Adam Sandler lends his goofy accent to Dracula once again in this sequel to the 2012 animated hit. This time, the gang of monsters (including voice work by Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, and David Spade) tries to help the count’s half-human grandson unleash his inner monster. Mel Brooks voices the kid’s humanhating great-grandfather. Rated PG. 89 minutes. Screens in 2-D only at Regal Stadium 14; Violet Crown; DreamCatcher. (Not reviewed)

THE INTERN

In the latest movie by writer and director Nancy Meyers, Robert De Niro plays a retired widower who can’t figure out what to do with all of his time, so he becomes an intern for the founder of an online fashion site (Anne Hathaway). The jokes stem from the tough old-timer at an internet start-up, the heartwarming bits from the boss leaning on his sturdy wisdom. Rated PG-13. 121 minutes. Regal Stadium 14; Regal DeVargas. (Not reviewed)

JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS

The 1980s cartoon Jem featured a singer who rose to big-haired rock stardom by using hologram technology to form her band Jem and the Holograms. This live-action update uses the same essential formula, applying it to the modern ability to project different versions of oneself through social media. The plot spotlights the band members’ search for their own voices as their fame grows. Audrey Peeples plays Jem, and Molly Ringwald makes an appearance as Aunt Bailey. Rated PG. 118 minutes. Regal Stadium 14; Regal DeVargas; DreamCatcher. (Not reviewed)

LADRONES

The Spanish-language comedy (the title’s English translation is Thieves) from the Dominican Republic is the sequel to the 2007 film Ladrón que roba a ladrón (To Rob a Thief ). Fernando Colunga and Miguel Varoni return as two crooks who once more must steal from even bigger criminals who are exploiting the poor. Rated PG-13. 105 minutes. In Spanish with subtitles. Regal DeVargas. (Not reviewed)

THE LAST WITCH HUNTER

Vin Diesel takes a break from racing muscle cars in the Fast and

the Furious franchise to fight witches in this supernatural action tale. He plays Kaulder, an immortal warrior locked in an eternal struggle against an all-powerful Witch Queen hell-bent on wiping out humankind. Kaulder, the last of his kind, must team up with a good witch (Rose Leslie) to prevail. Elijah Wood and Michael Caine costar. Rated PG-13. 106 minutes. Regal Stadium 14; Regal DeVargas; DreamCatcher. (Not reviewed)

THE MARTIAN

Mark Watney (Matt Damon) may have been stranded on the Red Planet too early to get the memo about water on Mars, but he makes do with ingenuity and a cocky wit. Left behind for dead by his beleaguered crewmates after a Martian storm, he has to rely on can-do American spirit and science smarts (he’s the team’s botanist) to grow enough food to last him until a rescue mission can be mounted. Director Ridley Scott is back in space, and he keeps things lively in the thin atmosphere forty million miles from home. The movie is much more than a one-man show. Jessica Chastain heads a strong team aboard the spacecraft, Jeff Daniels and Chiwetel Ejiofor run things at NASA, battling over humanitarian, scientific, and political considerations as they work to bring their man back home. Damon gives a star performance. The great thing about this film is that it makes intelligence cool. Rated PG-13. 141 minutes. Screens in 3-D and 2-D at Regal Stadium 14; Violet Crown. Screens in 2-D only at DreamCatcher. (Jonathan Richards)

MEET THE PATELS

Ravi Patel is an Indian-American man who is still single in his thirties. His parents back in India do not approve of this, so to appease them, he joins a matchmaking service. He and his sister Geeta film what happens next for this comedic documentary, which takes Ravi on the whirlwind of modern dating and cultural divides. Rated PG. 88 minutes. Regal DeVargas.

(Not reviewed)

PAN

Director Joe Wright takes a crack at a family film with a new version of the Peter Pan story, intended as a prequel to author J.M. Barrie’s iconic work. In this telling, Peter (Levi Miller) is whisked off to Neverland and finds himself siding with the man who will someday be Captain Hook (Garrett Hedlund) to take down the ruthless pirate Captain Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman). Rated PG. 111 minutes. Screens in 2-D only at Regal Stadium 14. (Not reviewed)

ROCK THE KASBAH

On a visit to Kabul, a washed-up rock manager (Bill Murray) loses his last client (Zooey Deschanel), along with his wallet and passport. Upon discovering a talented teenage singer (Leem Lubany), he digs deep and uses his old wiles to help her conquer Afghanistan’s version of American Idol. Barry Levinson directs; Bruce Willis and Kate Hudson also star. Rated R. 100 minutes. Regal Stadium 14; DreamCatcher. (Not reviewed)

SICARIO

The latest film by Denis Villeneuve brings us inside an attempt by a shadowy U.S. task force to take down a Mexican drug lord. The details are vague, and that’s partly because we’re shown the mission through the eyes of an FBI agent (Emily Blunt) who is often kept in the dark. She follows the orders of a casually no-nonsense chief (Josh Brolin) and the sicario, or hit man, who travels alongside him (Benicio Del Toro). The story can get very dark, but the film is mesmerizing due to its virtuoso acting, lean script, moral ambiguity, and efficient editing as well as the towering cinematography of Roger Deakins, who captures the rural and urban desert landscapes as evocatively as anyone in film ever has. Indeed, the movie would come close to being considered a modern masterpiece if it didn’t lose focus in the home stretch. Rated R. 121 minutes. Regal Stadium 14; Violet Crown; DreamCatcher. (Robert Ker)

STEVE JOBS

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, director Danny Boyle, and actor Michael Fassbender (in the title role) take on the second fictional film about the Apple co-founder in as many years. Between these films, the books, and the documentary, anyone who could possibly be interested in Jobs has most likely gotten their fill by now. The story is based on conversations around three main product launches by Jobs and comes across