San Francisco Chronicle

NEW MOVIES

- — Leba Hertz

Baby Driver: Get ready for a wild ride in this bank heist caper movie starring Ansel Elgort in the title role with a supporting cast of Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx. Directed by Edgar Wright of Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy fame.

The Beguiled: This year, Sofia Coppola became only the second woman to win the best director honor at the Cannes Film Festival for her work on the remake of the 1971 film starring Clint Eastwood about an injured Civil War Union soldier being tended to by women at a Southern boarding school. In this version, Colin Farrell plays the Eastwood role with Nicole Kidman as the proprietor, Kirsten Dunst as the teacher and Elle Fanning as one of the students.

The Big Sick: Silicon Valley’s Kumail Nanjiani stars as himself in this rom-com that he co-wrote with his wife, Emily Gordon. Kumail is worried how his Pakistani parents will feel about his relationsh­ip, but when his love interest (Zoe Kazan) falls into a coma, he develops a relationsh­ip with her parents (Ray Romano and Holly Hunter).

Despicable Me 3: The Minions and the cranky pseudo-villain (voiced by Steve Carell) return to stop the latest bad guy, an ’80s child star named Balthazar Bratt (Trey Parker), from taking over the world.

The House: After spending their daughter’s college fund, a couple (Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler) try to recoup their losses by opening a casino in their home.

The Journey: Two opposing politician­s in Northern Ireland form a bond that will change history. Based on a true story. Stars Timothy Spall as Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party and Colm Meaney as Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness. Toby Stephens plays Tony Blair.

Moka: Emmanuelle Devos and Natalie Baye star in this movie about a woman seeking revenge on a couple who appear to be the culprits in the death of her son in a hit-and-run accident.

Nowhere to Hide: This documentar­y chronicles five years in the life of a medic in war-torn Iraq.

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