THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
Crime Drama) Joan Blondell. The death of her mother drives a bitter blonde to a life of crime that ends with prison. (cc)
Science Fiction) Tom Skerritt. Crewmembers aboard an interstellar freighter encounter a merciless monster that crawls around their ship’s dark corridors and service ducts as it kills them one by one. (cc) . . . . . . . . . .
Musical) James Cagney. A director creates and stages extravagant musical prologues for movie theaters. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Action) Hugh Jackman. Professor Xavier leads Wolverine and other superheroes against Magneto, a mutant who would rule humanity. (cc)
Adventure) Johnny Depp. Capt. Jack Sparrow encounters a woman from his past, who forces him to go aboard Blackbeard’s ship on a quest to find the legendary Fountain of Youth. (cc) . . .
Crime Drama) Ruth Chatterton. A woman kills her husband’s lover, then loses her memory as well as her guilt. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Jennifer Aniston. Indebted to a big-time drug lord, a pot dealer travels to Mexico with a fake family and a camper to pick up a large shipment and smuggle it into the U.S. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Science Fiction) Sigourney Weaver. On planet LV-426, Ripley and a dwindling number of Marines battle an almost-unstoppable army of monstrous predators which wiped out an entire colony of humans, save for one little girl. (cc)
Romance-Comedy) Amy Schumer. A promiscuous magazine writer considers monogamy for the first time when she starts to fall in love with the charming sports doctor she’s profiling. (cc)
Romance) Sanaa Lathan. From childhood to early adulthood, two friends fall in love while trying to establish basketball careers. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drama) Barbara Stanwyck. A rich man’s son marries a gambler’s daughter who makes her living with cards. (cc)
Action) Gerard Butler. American submarine Capt. Joe Glass learns that a secret Russian coup is in the offing. With crew and country on the line, Glass must assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters and rescue the kidnapped Russian president. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Shawn Wayans. Two male FBI agents pose as female socialites to foil a kidnapping plot and save their jobs. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Charlie Day. Premiere. Fired from his teaching job for losing his cool, a disgruntled man challenges the colleague who snitched on him to a fight after school. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s) Robin Williams. A magic board-game brings forth African perils and a guy who disappeared in 1969 while playing it. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Mila Kunis. Pushed beyond their limits, three overworked and stressed-out mothers go wild after ditching their daily routines. (cc)
Comedy) Chris Tucker. Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection. (cc)
Drama) Guy Kibbee. A Midwestern businessman and his wife aspire to middle-class greatness. (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) . . .
Adventure) Nicolas Cage. An adventurer must steal the Declaration of Independence and use its hidden map to find a legendary fortune. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Kay Francis. A society-conscious woman tries to keep tabs on the activities of her ex-husband. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Bradley Cooper. After a wild stag party in Las Vegas, three hazy groomsmen must find their missing friend and get him back to Los Angeles in time for his wedding. (cc) . .
Comedy) Jennifer Aniston. Indebted to a big-time drug lord, a pot dealer travels to Mexico with a fake family and a camper to pick up a large shipment and smuggle it into the U.S. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Action) Christian Bale. Following the death of his parents, young heir Bruce Wayne becomes a masked avenger who fights the forces of evil in Gotham City. (cc). . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Bradley Cooper. Hoping to avoid the mayhem that marked his friend’s Las Vegas bachelor party, Stu opts for what he thinks will be a safe prewedding brunch in Thailand. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Ed Helms. Following in his father’s footsteps, Rusty Griswold takes his wife and two sons on a cross-country road trip to America’s favorite fun park, Walley World. (cc) .
Horror) Jackie Earle Haley. Teens struggle to stay awake when a razor-gloved killer invades their dreams. (cc) . . . . .
Drama) Orson Welles. Enigmatic newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane rises, falls and leaves behind a riddle with his dying breath. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Action) Nicolas Cage. A page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth implicates Ben Gates’ great-great grandfather as a major conspirator in the assassination of President Lincoln. (cc)
Action) Ice Cube. A bounty hunter and a con artist work together to retrieve a lottery ticket from a group of diamond thieves. (cc)
Fantasy) Vin Diesel. The fate of the human race hangs in the balance when the Witch Queen rises from the dead, seeking revenge against Kaulder, the immortal warrior who slayed her centuries ago. (cc) . . . . . . .
Action) Christian Bale. Batman has to keep a balance between heroism and vigilantism to fight a vile criminal known as the Joker, who would plunge Gotham City into anarchy. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Melissa McCarthy. When her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, a desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go deep under cover as the world’s newest and unlikeliest secret weapon. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adventure) Burt Lancaster. A sea captain marries an islander and becomes a South Pacific king of dried coconut meat. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Biography) Burt Lancaster. Coach Pop Warner recalls the Oklahoma Indian forced to return his medals from the 1912 Olympics. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Romance-Comedy) Amy Schumer. A promiscuous magazine writer considers monogamy for the first time when she starts to fall in love with the charming sports doctor she’s profiling. (cc)
Action) Gerard Butler. American submarine Capt. Joe Glass learns that a secret Russian coup is in the offing. With crew and country on the line, Glass must assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters and rescue the kidnapped Russian president. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Science Fiction) Sigourney Weaver. On planet LV-426, Ripley and a dwindling number of Marines battle an almost-unstoppable army of monstrous predators which wiped out an entire colony of humans, save for one little girl. (cc)
Suspense) Burt Lancaster. Hatred for a sadistic captain drives a convict and his cellmates to escape. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s) Voices of Angela Bassett. Animated. A mysterious time-traveler named Wilbur Robinson takes a boy genius on a trip to the future to spend a day with Wilbur’s eccentric family. (cc) . . . . . . .
Comedy) Mila Kunis. Pushed beyond their limits, three overworked and stressed-out mothers go wild after ditching their daily routines. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Historical Drama) Burt Lancaster. British Gen. Burgoyne takes a Colonist for a pastor to be hanged.
Children’s) Voices of Ben Burtt. Animated. After years of tidying up an Earth devoid of humanity, a robot janitor meets a mechanical scout and chases her across the galaxy. (cc)
Action) Ioan Gruffudd. Four people gain unusual powers after a space mission exposes them to cosmic radiation. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adventure) Burt Lancaster. An acrobatic pirate and his sidekick help Caribbean rebels fight Spain with an inventor’s weapons. (cc) . . . . Suspense) Bruce Willis. David Dunn looks to deliver vigilante justice to the Beast — the madman who has superhuman strength and 23 personalities. Their epic showdown leads them to the mysterious Elijah Price, the criminal mastermind who holds critical secrets for both men. (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)
Science Fiction) Adrien Brody. On an alien planet, a mercenary and his ragtag band of fighters struggle to survive against an onslaught of fearsome warriors who hunt them for sport. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . .
Suspense) Burt Lancaster. An aide discovers his general’s Pentagon plot and tells the president. (cc) . . . . . . . . .
Action) Ice Cube. A bounty hunter and a con artist work together to retrieve a lottery ticket from a group of diamond thieves. (cc)
Fantasy) Vin Diesel. The fate of the human race hangs in the balance when the Witch Queen rises from the dead, seeking revenge against Kaulder, the immortal warrior who slayed her centuries ago. (cc) . . . . . . .
Children’s) Voices of Anika Noni Rose. Animated. A fateful kiss leads a young woman and a royal amphibian on an adventure through the bayous of Louisiana. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Suspense) Benicio Del Toro. FBI agent Matt Graver calls on operative Alejandro Gillick when Mexican drug cartels start to smuggle terrorists across the U.S. border. The war escalates even further when Alejandro kidnaps a kingpin’s daughter to deliberately increase the tensions. (cc)
Comedy) Melissa McCarthy. When her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, a desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go deep under cover as the world’s newest and unlikeliest secret weapon. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Science Fiction) Chris Pine. Young James T.
Kirk, Spock and the rest of the Enterprise crew embark on a collision course with a vengeful Romulan. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drama) Burt Lancaster. An all-powerful New York gossip columnist gives a press agent some dirty work. (cc)
Action) Sylvester Stallone. An expert in prison security joins forces with an inmate to break out of a top-secret, high-tech facility. (cc) .
Children’s) Voices of Albert Brooks. Animated. A clown fish embarks on a journey to find his son after losing him in the Great Barrier Reef. (cc) . . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Ice Cube. A South Central Los Angeles resident hangs out on his front porch with a pal who owes money to a drug dealer. (cc). . . . . . . . .
Comedy) Anjelica Huston. Gomez, Morticia and their ghoulish household are prey to a scam involving long-lost Uncle Fester. (cc)
Action) Denzel Washington. Robert McCall’s mysterious past cuts especially close to home when thugs kill Susan Plummer — his best friend and former colleague. Now out for revenge, McCall must take on a crew of highly trained assassins who’ll stop at nothing to destroy him. (cc) . . . . . . .
Science Fiction) Chris Pratt. The team struggles to keep its newfound family together as it tries to unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage in the outer reaches of the galaxy. (cc) . . . . . . . . . .
Action) Vin Diesel. Agent Hobbs offers Dom Toretto and his crew a full pardon if they help him nab a gang of lethally skilled mercenary drivers whose second-in-command is someone they all know. (cc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comedy-Drama) Faye Dunaway. A TV executive boosts her ratings with a mad anchorman who thinks he speaks for God. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Action) Keanu Reeves. New York City becomes the bulletriddled playground of a former assassin as he hunts down the Russian mobsters who destroyed everything he held dear. (cc)
Children’s) Voices of Ellen DeGeneres. Animated. With help from Nemo and Marlin, Dory the forgetful fish embarks on an epic adventure to find her mother and father. (cc) .
Comedy) Anjelica Huston. Gomez, Morticia and their ghoulish household are prey to a scam involving long-lost Uncle Fester. (cc)
Drama) Al Pacino. A football head coach and an aging quarterback clash with the new, contemporary, money-oriented owner of their team. (cc)
Drama) Greta Garbo. Silent. A wicked woman dishonors her husband and divides two Austrian officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .