Movies Released November 16, 2018

Friday, November 16

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald PG-13

The second installment of J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts trilogy (the first film hits theaters in 2016).
David Heyman, Johnny Depp, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, David Yates, Lionel Wigram, Eddie Redmayne, Zoe Kravitz, Callum Turner
Adventure Sequel Fantasy Family IMAX

Widows R

After four armed robbers are killed during a heist, their widows use a cache of books detailing the men's past robberies to pull off a raid themselves.
Jon Bernthal, Liam Neeson, Michelle Rodriguez, Colin Farrell, Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Debicki, Brian Tyree Henry, Robert Duvall
Thriller Heist
130 mins

Green Book PG-13

A bouncer at a New York nightclub takes a job as a pianist's chauffeur during a tour in the Deep South.
Peter Farrelly, Sebastian Maniscalco, Brian Currie, Linda Cardellini, Don Stark, Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Hayes Currie
Drama True Story
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119 mins

Instant Family PG-13

A couple get in over their heads when they adopt three children.
Rose Byrne, Iliza Shlesinger, Sean Anders, Steve Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Isabela Moner, Octavia Spencer, Eve Harlow
Comedy Family

At Eternity's Gate PG-13

A journey inside the world and mind of a person who, despite skepticism, ridicule and illness, created some of the world’s most beloved and stunning works of art. This is not a forensic biography, but rather scenes based on Vincent van Gogh’s (Willem Dafoe) letters, common agreement about events in his life that present as facts, hearsay, and moments that are just plain invented.
Willem Dafoe, Oscar Isaac, Jean-Claude Carriere, Julian Schnabel, Louise Kugelberg, Mads Mikkelsen, Emmanuelle Seigner, Amira Casar
Drama
102 mins

Speed Kills R

Story of a larger-than-life character in Don Aronow, a womanizing multimillionaire who created the Cigarette and other speedboats.
John Travolta, Jennifer Esposito, Matthew Modine, Katheryn Winnick, Mira Sorvino, Jordi Molla, Kellan Lutz, John Luessenhop
Drama Action Biography True Story

The Last Race

Documents the Riverhead Raceway, the last operating stock-car racetrack on Long Island.
Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
Documentary

A Private War

American journalist Marie Colvin writes for the British paper "The Sunday Times," covering wars and conflicts from Kosovo and Chechnya to East Timor and Sri Lanka — where she loses an eye. She is known for her brash style and fights to bring attention to the inhuman and blood-spilling scenes she is seeing. She also endures three divorces and PTSD. Colvin specializes in Middle Eastern affairs and covers the Syrian uprising in a building that is being shelled by the Syrian Army when she dies at age 56.
Charlize Theron, Rosamund Pike, Beth Kono, Stanley Tucci, Robert Jones, Basil Iwanyk, Marissa McMahon, Wayne Marc Godfrey
Drama Biography True Story
105 mins

Mobile Homes NR

A young mother drifts from one motel to the next with her intoxicating boyfriend and her 8-year-old son. The makeshift family scrapes by, living one hustle at a time, until the discovery of a mobile home community offers an alternative life.
Callum Keith Rennie, Callum Turner, Vladimir de Fontenay, Imogen Poots, Frank Oulton
Drama

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs R

An anthology of six short films that take place in 19th-century post-Civil War era during the settling of the Old West.
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Bill Heck, Aesop Aquarian, Charles Ash
Drama Western

Jonathan

Ansel Elgort will portray Jonathan and his twin brother John, who have agreed to not have girlfriends. Jonathan is a successful architect while John sleeps all day and spends the night socializing and starting to fall in love with a woman. Jonathan forces John to end the relationship, and then starts a new relationship with the woman himself.
Ansel Elgort, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Oliver, Peter Nickowitz, Suki Waterhouse, Matthew Bomer
Romance Sci-Fi
98 mins

Welcome Home NR

The story centers on a couple who spend a weekend at a rental home in the Italian countryside to repair their relationship, but soon become victims of the homeowner's sinister plans.
Allan Mandelbaum, Aaron Paul, George Ratliff, Tim and Trevor White, David Levinson, Emily Ratajkowski
Thriller Suspense

The Front-Runner R

Senator Gary Hart is the frontrunner during the early stages of the 1988 race for the Democratic presidential nomination when his campaign is rocked by revelations of an extramarital affair with Donna Rice. The Colorado senator then drops out of the race.
Kevin Pollak, Sara Paxton, Vera Farmiga, Bill Burr, Spencer Garrett, Helen Estabrook, Matt Bai, Courtney Ford
Drama Political True Story

Girl

With the support of her father, a 15-year-old transgender girl pursues her dream of becoming a professional ballerina.
Lukas Dhont, Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter
Drama

Boy Erased R

The film will tell the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Kidman, Crowe) at age 19. Jared is quickly pressured into attending a gay conversion therapy program – or else be shunned by his family, friends, and church. It is within the program that Jared comes into conflict with its head therapist (Edgerton).
Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Steve Golin, Joe Alwyn, Joel Edgerton, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Cherry Jones
Drama Adaptation LGBTQIA+ Coming-of-Age
109 mins

The Clovehitch Killer NR

Tyler's a good kid, a boy scout, raised by a poor but happy family in a small, religious town. But when he finds his dad, Don, has disturbing pornography hidden in the shed, he starts to fear that his dad might be Clovehitch, an infamous serial killer that was never caught. Tyler teams up with Kassi, a teenage outcast who's morbidly obsessed with the Clovehitch legend, to discover the truth in time to save his family.
Charlie Plummer, Duncan Skiles, Christopher Ford, Dylan McDermott, Samantha Mathis, Madisen Beaty
Thriller

The Princess Switch

One week before Christmas, Margaret, the gorgeous Duchess of Montenaro, switches places with Stacy, a “commoner” from Chicago, who looks exactly like her. With the assistance of a magical Santa's helper, Margaret falls in love with Stacy’s handsome co-worker, while Stacy falls in love with Margaret's fiance, the dashing Prince. A tour de force double role for the leading actress.
Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Mike Rohl, Megan Metzger, Robin Bernheim
Drama Holiday

Team Khan NR

A documentary about British superstar boxer Amir Khan. Outside of the ring Amir must grapple with the significance of family, fame, and religion, as he grows from being boxing's golden child into a professional fighter. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2004 Olympics, becoming Britain's youngest boxing Olympic medalist at the age of 17. He turned professional at 19, and within four years became a world champion at light-welterweight. He was boxing’s rising star, a UK phenomenon who had made the leap to the big pond of US boxing. He was the man to beat, until he was beat, and beat again. He has recently returned to the ring, winning his last two fights. He’s confident he can become a world champion once again.
Amir Khan, Blair MacDonald, Oliver Clark, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather
Sports Documentary

Of Fathers and Sons NR

After his Sundance award-winning documentary Return to Homs, Talal Derki returned to his homeland where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera focuses primarily on the children, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up with a father whose only dream is to establish an Islamic caliphate.
Documentary

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