Characters from the pages of novels and comics make their way into movie theaters this weekend. Charles Schulz’s gang goes from sketches to 3D in an animated film that’s sure to be a hit.
Charlie Brown and Snoopy take their adventures to the big screen with The Peanuts Movie. In the G-rated animated film, a new girl comes into town and Charlie tries to muster up the courage to talk to her. His faithful friend Snoopy begins his own challenge as he takes on his rival the Red Baron. The one hour and 26-minute family film is available in 3D.
Bond is back. A secret mission takes 007 across continents and into a covert criminal organization in Spectre. During his assignment, James Bond discovers that he has something in common with his enemy. Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz and Ralph Fiennes star in the adventure thriller. The PG-13 action film runs for two hours and 28 minutes.
Two inseparable best friends are rocked when one is diagnosed with breast cancer in Miss You Already. As one’s life unravels, the other’s is finally coming together, but their tight bond helps them cope with the good and the bad. Drew Barrymore, Toni Collette, Dominic Cooper and Jacqueline Bisset star in the PG-13 dramatic comedy. The film is playing in limited theaters for one hour and 52 minutes.
The Boston Globe’s decision to bring a controversial news story to light is the focus of Spotlight. The Pulitzer-prize winning paper investigated and later published the article that claimed Boston Catholic priests molested little boys. This report brought harsh criticism to the institution and opened the door for other victims around the country to step forward. The two hour and eight minute drama stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Stanley Tucci and Billy Crudup. The limited released film is rated R for language and sex. It expands to more theaters on Nov. 20. You can read our review right here.
An Irish girl comes to the United States in 1950 and falls for an Italian boy in Brooklyn. When the devastating news comes to her about her family back in Ireland, she heads back to her homeland and struggles between her loves across the Atlantic. The PG-13 romantic drama is based on Colm Tóibín’s novel. It’s playing in limited theaters and runs one hour and 45 minutes. You can read our review right here.
Communism and the Red Scare run rampant in Hollywood in 1947 in Trumbo. When a successful screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is accused of being a Communist, he is blacklisted and unable to get work. To go around the injustice, he writes under a pseudo-name and is able to score two Academy Awards. The two-hour and four-minute drama is based real events and stars Bryan Cranston, Louis C.K., Elle Fanning, John Goodman, Diane Lane and Helen Mirren. The limited released film is rated R for language and sex.
Following the death of his parents, a teenage boy hits the road in Lost in the Sun. He hitches a ride with a criminal, forming an unlikely bond with the thief and becoming an accessory to a slew of robberies. The unrated, adventure drama stars Josh Duhamel and runs one hour and 35 minutes. It’s available in limited theaters.
A conservationist and his family move to a home in the woods and discover the area is not as peaceful as it seems in The Hallow. They are tormented by evil spirits and creatures that lurk among the trees. The unrated horror film is playing in limited theaters for one hour and 37 minutes.
After all of the action this week, next week’s biggest films are about and for families. The star-studded Love the Coopers hits theaters on Nov. 13 alongside Aaron Eckhart’s My All American.
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