Movies Opening In Cinemas On October 14
Every Tuesday, Film Inquiry compiles a list of the movies that are opening in cinemas. Opening this week: Max Steel, The Accountant, Kevin Hart: What Now?, Desierto, Jack Goes Home, Priceless, The Handmaiden, Christine, Ordinary World, La Leyenda del Chupacabras, Certain Women and Miss Hokusai.
Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.
Opening in Cinemas This Week:
The Acccountant (2016)
2h 8min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Director: Gavin O’Connor
Writer: Bill Dubuque (screenplay)
Stars: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons
Certain Women (2016)
1h 47min | Drama
The lives of three women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Writers: Kelly Reichardt
Stars: Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern
The Handmaiden (2016)
2h 24min | Drama, Romance
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
Director: Chan-wook Park
Writers: Seo-Kyung Chung, Chan-wook Park | 1 more credit »
Stars: Min-hee Kim, Kim Tae-ri, Jung-woo Ha
Max Steel (2016)
1h 32min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and alien companion Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel.
Director: Stewart Hendler
Writer: Christopher Yost
Stars: Ben Winchell, Josh Brener, Maria Bello
Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)
1h 36min | Documentary, Comedy
Comedian Kevin Hart performs in front of a crowd of 50,000 people at Philadelphia’s outdoor venue, Lincoln Financial Field.
Directors: Leslie Small, Tim Story
Writers: Kevin Hart, Harry Ratchford, Joey Wells
Stars: Kevin Hart, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle
Desierto (2015)
1h 34min | Drama, Thriller
A group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a man who has taken border patrol duties into his own racist hands.
Director: Jonás Cuarón
Writers: Jonás Cuarón, Mateo Garcia
Stars: Gael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo
Jack Goes Home (2016)
1h 40min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After his father
is killed in a car crash, Jack travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother (who was injured in the crash) back to health. There, he uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family history, his parents, his friends and his very identity.
Director: Thomas Dekker
Writer: Thomas Dekker
Stars: Britt Robertson, Natasha Lyonne, Nikki Reed
Priceless (2016)
1h 37min | Drama, Romance
Priceless is a powerful story of James Stevens who was, at one time, a good man with a great life, but that was then and this is now. After the tragic death of his wife and losing custody of his little girl, James is at the darkest crossroad of his life.
Director: Ben Smallbone
Writers: Chris Dowling, Tyler Poelle
Stars: David Koechner, Kristen Rakes, Amber Midthunder
Christine (2016)
1h 55min | Biography, Drama
The story of 1970s TV reporter Christine Chubbuck.
Director: Antonio Campos
Writer: Craig Shilowich
Stars: Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts
Ordinary World (2016)
1h 26min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An aging punk rocker copes with life after rock.
Director: Lee Kirk
Writer: Lee Kirk
Stars: Billie Joe Armstrong, Selma Blair, Judy Greer
La Leyenda del Chupacabras (2016)
1h 21min | Animation
In the fourth installment of the ‘Leyenda’ saga, Leo San Juan and his gang will take on the Chupacabras.
Director: Alberto Rodriguez
Writers: Acán Cohen, Alberto Rodriguez
Stars: Eduardo España, Benny Mendoza, Mayté Cordero
Miss Hokusai (2015)
1h 33min | Animation, Biography, Drama
The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.
Director: Keiichi Hara
Writers: Miho Maruo (screenplay)
Stars: Kumiko Asô, Gaku Hamada, Kengo Kôra
Which of these will you be seeing? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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