Our critics have been hard at work reviewing the latest films. Here is a look at what’s coming out this weekend (in select cities, check your local listings) and what else may be in theaters right now.
Opening: Oct. 16-18, 2015
Wide (United States)
Bridge of Spies
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Crimson Peak
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Goosebumps
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Expanding (United States)
Finders Keepers
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Steve Jobs
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Limited (United States)
The Assassin
David Bax @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: The Assassin cannot be reduced to some alternate, arty version of a wuxia movie. It is a wuxia movie in every sense and it is also overwhelmingly artful.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: An enchanting cinematic work of art that turns a martial arts drama into a meditation on beauty and empathy.
Beasts of No Nation
Tony Dayoub @ Cinema Viewfinder
- Excerpt: What ultimately makes BEASTS OF NO NATION worthwhile are the two performances at its center. Elba is a formidable enough presence. Attah not only holds his own onscreen with Elba, the young actor occasionally eclipses him.
Candice Frederick @ Reel Talk Online
Courtney Howard @ Sassy Mama In LA
- Excerpt: Beasts Of No Nation’ is a grim study in blistering, bruising and unrelenting misery. You should watch it immediately.
Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: Undeniably hard to watch, but also a dramatically wrenching depiction of contemporary realities one might prefer to ignore—but shouldn’t.
Momentum
Room
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: I wish I could have stopped the film — numerous times — simply to give myself a chance to step back from an emotional precipice of horror and tension.
Steve Katz @ The Alpha Primitive
- Excerpt: The most vital aspects of the film, the lives of Joy and Jack, are when it is at its best. It is an uncompromising look at trauma, abuse and neglect and the tenacity and determination required to overcome life’s trials while remaining a steadfast and dependable parent and guardian.
Tales of Halloween
Truth
David Bax @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: After two hours of distracting us from the real story, it has the nerve to feign grandiosity, weakly gesturing at observations about American journalism that were made with more strength and elegance ten years ago in Good Night, and Good Luck. Truth pretends to stand for the unvarnished virtues of pure journalism while partaking in the very same obfuscation and bias it condemns.
Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Intense and tantalizing, delving into the deplorable decline of modern journalism…
2015 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
99 Homes
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Addicted to Fresno
Ashby
Big Stone Gap
Travis Hopson @ Punch Drunk Critics
- Excerpt: A heartfelt and earnest homespun comedy about the family ties that bind us all together.
Black Mass
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The Boy from Geita
A Brilliant Young Mind
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Brooklyn
- Excerpt: Lively and lovely, Brooklyn is a delight that will bring you to tears, but leave you smiling.
Dukhtar
Everest
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The Final Girls
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The Forbidden Room
Freeheld
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Furious 7
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The Gift
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He Named Me Malala
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Hitchcock/Truffaut
- Excerpt: A treat for film buffs.
The Inhabitants
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
- Excerpt: It’s a step up from the Rasmussens’ John Carpenter collaboration The Ward because it isn’t afraid to let its mysteries exist without easy answers. There’s no attempt for twists, just a barebones, atmospherically tense ghost thriller moving at its own pace.
Inside Out
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Insidious Chapter 3
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Junun
Edwin Davies @ A Mighty Fine Blog
- Excerpt: It’s a very enjoyable lark, thanks not only to the great music on display, but also Anderson’s clear love for the setting, but a lark nonetheless. It’s an esoteric work from a major filmmaker, and one that looks like it provided a welcome opportunity for Anderson to get away from the grind of promoting Inherent Vice.
The Keeping Room
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Knock Knock
Legend
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The Martian
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Mississippi Grind
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Nina Forever
No Escape
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Pan
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Partisan
Pay the Ghost
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Sicario
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Stonewall
Straight Outta Compton
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Tab Hunter Confidential
Kristen Lopez @ Awards Circuit
Taxi
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Time Out of Mind
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Trash
Nicholas Bell @ Ioncinema
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
- Excerpt: The boys deliver truly engrossing performances full of drama and inexplicably the same amount of optimism despite it. Each one proving the capacity to instill change is within us all.
Victoria
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The Walk
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Yakuza Apocalypse
Travis Hopson @ Punch Drunk Critics
- Excerpt: Yakuza Apocalypse may not be Miike’s best film, and lord knows he’ll try to top it ten times over, but it’s the only one to feature a kung-fu frog monster destroyer of worlds.
2015 Films (Coming Soon)
Aaaaaaaah!
After Eden
Diego Salgado @ Diagonal [Spanish]
The Beach of the Drowned
Diego Salgado @ Guía del Ocio [Spanish]
Bota
- Excerpt: Albania’s Oscar submission is a hidden gem.
The Club
Diego Salgado @ Guía del Ocio [Spanish]
De Palma
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: More edited than directed, “De Palma” is rightfully content to let the director of such classics as “Carrie” and “Scarface” tell the story of his career.
Drown
In the Room
The Invitation
Jazbaa
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Miles Ahead
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: Don Cheadle’s independently produced labor of love is an exquisitely polished love letter to the iconic genius who revolutionized music five times over during the 20th century.
Naciye
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Night of the Living Deb
Parisienne
The Silence of the Flies
Sky
The Surface
A Syrian Love Story
- Excerpt: Heart-breaking and important
Tig
Edwin Davies @ A Mighty Fine Blog
- Excerpt: Tig manages to sort through the messiness of a tumultuous period in its subject’s life without completely smoothing them out. While that’s an admirable achievement, it also prevents the film from reaching much of a conclusion or a point of catharsis.
Where to Invade Next
- Excerpt: Where to Invade Next might be Moore’s shrewdest move yet.
