November 2015 Movies

Set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s, a young woman is torn between her family in Ireland and the American who wins her heart.

A young female college student trapped on a deserted campus (during over Thanksgiving break) who's attacked by a violent gang.

Told through the eyes of five-year-old-Jack (Jacob Tremblay), Room is a thrilling and emotional tale that celebrates the resilience and power of the human spirit. To Jack, Room is the world.... It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma (Brie Larson) eat and sleep and play and learn. But while it’s home to Jack, to Ma it’s a prison. Through her fierce love for her son, Ma has managed to create a childhood for him in their ten-by-ten-foot space. But as Jack’s curiosity is building alongside Ma’s own desperation – she knows that Room cannot contain either indefinitely.

"Boston Globe" journalists expose the Catholic Church's decades-long cover-up of child molestation in Massachusetts. The "Globe" team eventually discovers that Cardinal Bernard Law, America's Senior Catholic Prelate, has hidden years of serial abuse by moving guilty priests from one parish to another where they often abused again.

The successful career of 1940s Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. Trumbo (directed by Jay Roach) tells Trumbo’s story and his fight against gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) in a war over words and freedom, which entangled everyone in Hollywood from John Wayne to Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.

The story of John, a small time crook, who finds an unlikely accomplice in Louis, a newly-orphaned teenage boy. As their open-road adventure progresses and John drags the kid on a string of robberies, the pair forge an unexpected and powerful bond.

Best friends Emily and Lesley go on a road trip to the desert. When Emily decides to get off the highway and take a “short cut,” they become the target of a relentless and psychotic trucker who forces them to play a deadly game of cat and mouse.

When London conservationist Adam (Joseph Mawle) and his wife Clare (Bojana Novakovic) move with their infant son to a remote house near the Irish forest, they quickly find their new neighbors unwelcoming. The discovery of a gruesome “zombie fungus” growing in the house is just the beginning, as the surrounding woods spew forth a terrifying array of folkloric banshees, baby snatchers, and demons.

Every year thousands of baristas compete to see who can make the world’s best coffee. They have 15 minutes to make 12 drinks -- to make an impact. It's like the Olympics of the coffee world. BARISTA follows these young, thirsty baristas trying to make their mark… as they try to be the best in the world.

Scrappy undersized defensive back Freddie Steinmark is a standout player on the national-title-winning 1969 University of Texas football team, before his gridiron career is tragically cut short when he goes to the hospital for a bone bruise and learns that he has a cancerous tumor that takes his leg and ends his career.

Follows the Cooper clan as four generations of extended family come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration. As the evening unfolds, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday.

"Boston Globe" journalists expose the Catholic Church's decades-long cover-up of child molestation in Massachusetts. The "Globe" team eventually discovers that Cardinal Bernard Law, America's Senior Catholic Prelate, has hidden years of serial abuse by moving guilty priests from one parish to another where they often abused again.

When their attempt to rob a casino owned by the feared gangster Pope (Robert De Niro) goes awry and a shootout ensues, Vaughn (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Cox (Dave Bautista) are forced to flee on foot and hijack city Bus 657 and take the passengers hostage. Now, in a high speed chase, Vaughn will not only have to outwit the police, led by Officer Bajos (Gina Carano) who are in hot pursuit, but he will have to contend with Pope’s maniacal right hand man, Dog (Morris Chestnut), in order to make it through the day alive. But we quickly learn that things are not what they seem, and Vaughn has more than one card up his sleeve.

Kilo Two Bravo relives the true story of a platoon tasked with neutralizing a Taliban roadblock in the Kajaki region of Afghanistan. As they close in on the insurgents, the unit find themselves marooned in the middle of an active minefield, setting in motion a desperate air rescue mission that risks detonating the entire explosive terrain. This excruciatingly tense thriller depicts the heroism, courage, and survival of the brothers of Kilo Two Bravo company and tells the story of one of the most valiant rescue efforts of modern warfare.

Follows an aging comedian (Gregg Turkington) as he performs at a string of underwhelming venues starting in Bakersfield, Calif.

James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. He retreats further into a self-destructive, hedonistic lifestyle, but as his mother battles a serious illness, James is forced to take control of his life.

Fed up with her parents’ bickering, poor-little-rich-girl Maya (Dylan Penn) moves in with her boyfriend who is squatting in an old, condemned building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. With neighbors that are meth heads, junkies and degenerates, this depraved hell hole is even more toxic than it appears: After a virus born from their combined noxious waste and garbage infects the building’s residents, one by one, they succumb to a terrifying pathogen that turns them into bloodthirsty, rampaging killers and transforms their building into a savage slaughterhouse.

Three childhood friends get together again in New York City to renew their old tradition of going out on Christmas Eve.

Follows Katniss Everdeen as she leads the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical and corrupt Capitol. As the war that will determine the fate of Panem escalates, Katniss must decipher for herself who she can trust and what needs to be done, with everything she cares for in the balance.

A court investigator decides to write a novel based on a rape/murder case over two decades old and finds himself in the middle of a judicial nightmare.

"Boston Globe" journalists expose the Catholic Church's decades-long cover-up of child molestation in Massachusetts. The "Globe" team eventually discovers that Cardinal Bernard Law, America's Senior Catholic Prelate, has hidden years of serial abuse by moving guilty priests from one parish to another where they often abused again.

During the 1950s and 1960s, West End nightclub owners and twins Ronald & Reginald Kray rub shoulders with prominent entertainers including Diana Dors, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland, and with politicians. But they also take part in murder, armed robbery, arson, racketeering, assault, and more. Reggie (older by 10 minutes) tries to control the psychotic tendencies of his younger twin. They are arrested in May 1968 and are both sentenced to life imprisonment.

Four friends stumble into a deal too good to refuse. But when the investment goes bad, they learn that part of their funding came from a notoriously ruthless crime boss… and it’s payback time. Now, they must successfully kidnap a family member of a rival kingpin in order to erase the life-threatening debt. In way over their heads, if they can complete the assigned task without screwing up, they just might escape with their lives.

Kingdom of Shadows takes an unflinching look at the human cost of the U.S.-Mexico drug war through the perspectives of three unlikely individuals.

Sister Consuelo Morales, based in the devastated city of Monterrey, prods government officials to take action against the drug cartels on behalf of grieving families whose loved ones have gone missing.

Texan rancher Don Henry Ford Jr. offers historical context for the evolution to the hyper-violent state of drug trafficking today. He recounts his career as a smuggler during the 1980s before he served time for importing marijuana.

Undercover agent-turned-senior Homeland Security officer Oscar Hagelsieb recounts his own remarkable journey and offers a unique perspective on the U.S.’ role in the drug war. As the child of undocumented parents, Oscar grew up in an impoverished neighborhood where of his many peers gave in to the temptations of the drug economy.

You’ve got followers… Cyberbullying goes offline during one deadly night. Based on a shocking true story, #HORROR follows a group of preteen girls living in a suburban world of money and privilege. But when their obsession with a disturbing online game goes too far, virtual terror becomes all too real.

Ayiva, a young migrant worker, seeks to reunite with his best friend in the wake of the most significant race riot in Italian history.

A sci-fi take on this classic story about a creature produced through a scientific experiment. The Hunchback character is described as pathologically dirty and dressed in old clowns clothing.

Based on the true story of Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener. Their marriage took a sharp turn after Einar stood in for an female model that Greta was set to paint.

The drama centers on a family of beekeepers living in stark isolation in the Tuscan countryside. The dynamic of their overcrowded household is disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenagedboy taken in as a farmhand and a reality TV show (featuring a host played by Monica Bellucci) intent on showcasing the family. Both intrusions are of particular interest to the eldest daughter, Gelsomina (Maria Alexandra Lungu), who is struggling to find her footing in the world, and Rohrwacher conveys her adolescent sense of wonder and confusion with graceful naturalism.

Keith and DJ are two college-bound football stars struggling to balance sports, family, and friendship. Once Keith is tempted by the fast money of the street, he brings DJ into the action. Soon they find themselves putting their entire future on the line and realize in the game of life nothing is certain, not even football.

After purchasing brand new pajamas for his young daughters as a Christmas gift, single father Jon Whelan is troubled when opening the packaging releases a foul odor. Determined to uncover the source of this mysterious stench and whether it poses a health risk to his daughters, Whelan quickly discovers that manufacturers and retailers in the U.S. have no obligation to reveal chemicals used in their products, even if those chemicals can cause cancer, birth defects, and reproductive damage.

Entertaining, enlightening, and at times almost absurd,“Stink! takes you on a madcap journey from the retailer to the laboratory, through corporate boardrooms, down back alleys, and into the halls of Congress.

The film sees a limo ride home from a party turning into a terrifying ordeal for a group of college kids. A young woman and her friends have been targeted by a ring of vengeful kidnappers and must do everything they can to survive after their limo is forced off the road and plunged into a canal.

Electronic guns, the high-tech alternative to bullets, are used by every police officer nationwide. Are they saving lives? Or killing people? This is the eye-opening story.

17-year-old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. Afraid of heights, she has never dared to even enter in one of the cockpits. At a summer aeronautical show near her parents’ lakeside villa, she meets Auste, a local girl of her age who, unlike Sangaile, lives her life to the fullest with creativity and daring. As the two girls become lovers, Sangaile allows Auste to discover her most intimate secret, and finds in her teenage love the only person to truly encourage her in flying.