THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
Action) Mila Kunis. Unexpectedly thrust into an international conspiracy, two best friends find themselves dodging deadly assassins and a suspicious British agent while hatching a plan to save the world. (cc)
Comedy) Marie Dressler. At least one of the guests misbehaves at a New York society party held for nobility. (cc) . . . . . . . . .
Science Fiction) Ewan McGregor. Seduced by the dark side, Anakin Skywalker turns against his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi and becomes Darth Vader. (cc) . . . . . .
Comedy) Rodney Dangerfield. An earthy self-made man divorces his no-good wife and buys his way into his son’s college. (cc). . . . . . .
Children’s) Sigourney Weaver. A boy and his friends question the motives of a woman who forces them to dig holes at a detention camp. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drama) Bette Davis. A spinster schoolteacher tries to cultivate a gifted student among illiterate miners in 1890s Wales. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Romance-Comedy) Jennifer Lopez. A senatorial candidate falls for a chambermaid after he mistakes her for a guest at the hotel. (cc). . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Chris Farley. A ne’er-do-well auto-parts heir must stop his father’s widow from selling the business. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Science Fiction) Tom Cruise. A New Jersey man and his two children face an epic battle for survival when hostile aliens invade Earth. (cc)
Musical Comedy) Anna Kendrick. After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart. But when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour, this group of awesome nerds will come together to make some music one last time. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s) Brendan Fraser. A science professor and his nephew encounter strange creatures and stranger lands as they travel beneath the Earth’s surface. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. Live action/animated. Perpetual adversaries SpongeBob and Plankton join forces and come ashore to battle a pirate who has plans for the stolen Krabby Patties recipe. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Crime Drama) John Russell. A gangster’s consort and an ambulance driver become involved in a villain’s plan to steal surplus war drugs.
Children’s) Voices of Tony Goldwyn. Animated. A man raised by apes in the African jungle encounters a professor, his daughter and a suspicious hunter. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Molly Ringwald. A girl turning 16 likes another girl’s guy and feels nobody cares about her birthday. (cc)
Romance-Comedy) Jennifer Lopez. A lonely organizer falls for an engaged pediatrician while coordinating his wedding and reception. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy-Drama) Martin Lawrence. A wealthy woman stalks the womanizing club owner who seduced, then betrayed, her. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drama) Victor Mature. A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him. (cc) .
Action) Chris Hemsworth. Thor must battle the Hulk in a deadly gladiatorial contest and prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home world and the Asgardian civilization. (cc)
Science Fiction) Felicity Jones. Recruited by the Rebel Alliance, Jyn Erso joins forces with a spy and other resistance fighters to steal the Empire’s plans for the most powerful weapon in the galaxy, the Death Star. (cc)
Comedy) Martin Lawrence. To protect a woman and her son from a robber, a male FBI agent assumes the guise of a large grandmother. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Vince Vaughn. Four couples find that paradise comes at a price when they must participate in therapy sessions at a tropical resort. (cc) . . . .
Biography) Rami Malek. Singer Freddie Mercury defies stereotypes and convention to become one of history’s most beloved entertainers. After leaving Queen to pursue a solo career, Mercury reunites with the band for one of the greatest performances in rock ’n’ roll history. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s) Voices of Nicolas Cage. Animated. A caveman catches the eye of a less-evolved female, as she and her family seek a new home. (cc) . . .
Children’s) Voices of Tate Donovan. Animated. The half-mortal strongman must become a hero to rejoin the gods on Mount Olympus. Charlton Heston narrates. (cc)
Musical) John Travolta. Nice Sandy and greaser Danny try to be like each other in their 1950s high school. (cc)
Comedy) Owen Wilson. Two divorce mediators spend a wild weekend partying with a politician and his eccentric family. (cc) . . . . . . . . . .
Fantasy) Fredric March. A politician’s campaign for governor is complicated by a seductive witch with romance and revenge on her mind. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell. Animated. Just as Gru settles into his new role as a suburban family man, the ultrasecret Anti-Villain League sends him on a mission to nab the perpetrator of a spectacular heist. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Romance-Comedy) Angela Bassett. A 40ish San Francisco stockbroker has a fling with a 20-year-old while vacationing in Jamaica. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A plastic surgeon enlists the aid of his assistant and her children to help him win the heart of a beautiful woman. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Romance-Comedy) Rock Hudson. An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up. (cc). . . . . Children’s) Voices of Ryan Potter. Animated. When a devastating turn of events thrusts them into the middle of a dangerous plot, a child prodigy, his robot and their friends become high-tech heroes on a mission to save their city. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Action) Hugh Jackman. Professor Xavier leads Wolverine and other superheroes against Magneto, a mutant who would rule humanity. (cc)
Science Fiction) Harrison Ford. Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his young allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Science Fiction) Jennifer Lawrence. A resourceful teen takes her younger sister’s place in a brutal contest in which youths from each of 12 districts fight to the death on live television.. .
Drama) Matt Dillon. In 1960s Oklahoma a sensitive youth gets in over his head when his best friend kills a member of a rival gang. (cc) . . Romance-Comedy) Sandra Bullock. Facing deportation to Canada, a high-powered book editor pretends she is engaged to her assistant, whom she’s tormented for years. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s) Voices of Steve Carell. Animated. As he tries to execute a fiendish plot to steal the moon, a supervillain meets his match in three little orphan girls who want to make him their dad. (cc) . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Barbra Streisand. A music professor visits San Francisco with his fiancee and meets a kooky woman. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s) Voices of John C. Reilly. Animated. After years of losing to his adversary, an arcadegame character grows tired of always being the bad guy and takes matters into his own hands to finally become a hero. (cc)
Comedy-Drama) Eddie Murphy. Wrongly convicted of murder, two men become close friends during decades in a Mississippi penitentiary. (cc) . . . . .
Action) Tommy Lee Jones. A veteran agent and a rookie protect mankind from dangerous extraterrestrials roaming the Earth. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comedy) Queen Latifah. Upon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to sell off all her possessions and live it up at a posh European hotel. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s) Sean Astin. Coastal Oregon kids follow the treasure map of pirate One-Eyed Willie past his deadly traps to gold. (cc) . . . . . . . .
GRomance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A spirited entertainer and a waitress with a boorish fiance work at the same weddings. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Science Fiction) Mark Hamill. Luke Skywalker’s peaceful and solitary existence gets upended when he encounters Rey, a young woman who shows strong signs of the Force. Her desire to learn the ways of the Jedi forces Luke to make a decision that changes their lives forever. (cc) . . . . . .
Drama) Viola Davis. Determined to become a writer, a 1960s Mississippi society girl turns her small town on its ear by interviewing Black women who work for prominent white families. (cc)
Action) Henry Cavill. Premiere. Though struggling with the ramifications of his extraordinary origin and abilities, young Clark Kent must become a hero and save those he loves from a dire threat. (cc)
Adventure)
Chris Pratt. Owen and Claire return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano that’s about to erupt. They soon encounter terrifying new breeds of gigantic dinos while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Action) Tommy Lee Jones. Two interstellar agents try to stop an alien disguised as a lingerie model from destroying the world. (cc)
Children’s) Voices of Anthony Gonzalez. Animated. Accompanied by a charming trickster, a young musician embarks on an extraordinary journey through the colorful Land of the Dead to unlock the real story behind his family’s history. (cc) . . . . . Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler. A plastic surgeon enlists the aid of his assistant and her children to help him win the heart of a beautiful woman. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Shawn Wayans. Two male FBI agents pose as female socialites to foil a kidnapping plot and save their jobs. (cc)
Romance) Sanaa Lathan. From childhood to early adulthood, two friends fall in love while trying to establish basketball careers. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s) Voices of Anne Hathaway. Animated. A domesticated macaw and his human friend travel to Rio de Janeiro to meet the last surviving female of his kind. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drama) Paul Robeson. A singing stoker finds work in a Welsh coal mine, where he is called upon to make a grave sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens his fellow miners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drama) Viola Davis. Determined to become a writer, a 1960s Mississippi society girl turns her small town on its ear by interviewing Black women who work for prominent white families. (cc) . . . . . . . .
Action) Mark Wahlberg. As war with the Transformers rages on, inventor
Cade Yeager forms an unlikely alliance with Bumblebee, an English lord and an Oxford professor to save the planet. (cc) . . .
Children’s) Voices of Dwayne Johnson. Animated. A oncemighty demigod and a spirited teenager embark on an epic adventure across the ocean. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Ben Stiller. A supermodel befriends a rival while becoming mixed-up in a brainwashing and assassination plot. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adventure) Chris Pratt. Owen and Claire return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano that’s about to erupt. They soon encounter terrifying new breeds of gigantic dinos while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Action) Gerard Butler. America’s national security team must rely on a disgraced former guard to save the president after terrorists seize control of the White House, taking the chief of state hostage. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s) Voices of Anne Hathaway. Animated. Blu, Jewel and their three children leave the comfort of the city and travel to the Amazon jungle to learn how to live as wild birds. (cc) .
Romance-Comedy) Kay Francis. A businesswoman makes a salesman her secretary and has him take dictation. (cc)
Suspense) Jason Statham. A troubled war veteran assumes a new identity and becomes a vigilante in a bid to atone for his sins. (cc) . . . . . . . . .
Adventure) Douglas Fairbanks Jr. A pair of World War I Air Force pilots return from battle to find adventure and romance in New York. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Ryan Reynolds. A womanizing waiter, his former girlfriend and his housemate ponder their lives while working at a chain restaurant. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .