In Theaters
A brief look at films playing in the Denver area.
Atomic Blonde
Charlize Theron is a rampaging British agent in Berlin as the wall collapses in 1989, teaming with another agent (James McAvoy) to help a defector and find a traitor. Works well as actioner, not so well as espionage thriller. (1:55) R
Brigsby Bear
Kyle Mooney is James, a young man raised in captivity in an underground bunker who obsessively watches his parents’-produced kiddie show starring a bear named Brigsby. After his liberation, he struggles in the real world, but the real world is more than willing to meet him halfway. (1:37) PG-13
The Emoji Movie
Animated story set inside a smartphone where a misfit emoji (voice of T.J. Miller) embarks on a quest to be like everyone else. Featuring the voices of James Corden, Anna Faris, Jennifer Coolidge, Patrick Stewart and Maya Rudolph. (1:26) PG
The Glass Castle
An adaptation of Jeannette Walls’ best-selling memoir about growing up with extreme poverty and parents who both inspired and damaged her. Events conveyed through the eyes of a child often come across as flat and messy. With Brie Larson, Naomi Watts, and Woody Harrelson. (2:07) PG-13
Menashe
Hassidic comedian Menashe Lustig plays a version of himself in this docudrama about a single Hassidic man caught in an unresolvable conflict between devotion to his son and devotion to his face. (1:22) Unrated
Wind River
Taylor Sheridan’s screenplay has smart dialogue, likable neo-Western heroes in cowboy hats, sudden open-carry shootouts, a capable woman navigating a man’s world, and some searing social commentary, but as a rookie director, Sheridan gets lost trying to assemble these elements into a tight package. (1:41) R