Keeping Up With The Joneses
Release Date: October 21, 2016 (USA)
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Greg Mottola
Premise: The Gaffneys, a suburban couple, become embroiled in an international espionage plot when they discover that the Joneses, their seemingly perfect neighbors, are governmental secret agents.
Doctor Strange
Release Date: Novermber 4, 2016 (USA)
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction
Director: Scott Derrickson
Premise: Dr. Stephen Strange's (Benedict Cumberbatch) life changes after a car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he looks for healing, and hope, in a mysterious enclave. He quickly learns that the enclave is at the front line of a battle against unseen dark forces bent on destroying reality. Before long, Strange is forced to choose between his life of fortune and status or leave it all behind to defend the world as the most powerful sorcerer in existence.
Hacksaw Ridge
Release Date: November 4, 2016 (USA)
Rating: R
Genre: Drama/Action
Director: Mel Gibson
Premise: The true story of Pfc. Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield), who won the Congressional Medal of Honor despite refusing to bears arms during WWII on religious grounds. Doss was drafted and ostracized by fellow soldiers for his pacifist stance but went on to earn respect and adoration for his bravery, selflessness, and compassion after he risked his life -- without firing a shot -- to save 75 men in the Battle of Okinawa.
Bleed For This
Release Date: November 18, 2016 (USA)
Rating: R
Genre: Film/Sport
Director: Ben Younger
Premise: Vinny "The Pazmanian Devil" Pazienza (Miles Teller), a local Providence boxer, shoots to stardom after winning two world title fights. After a near-fatal car accident leaves him with a broken neck, he is told he may never walk again. Against all odds and doctor's orders, renowned trainer Kevin Rooney (Aaron Eckhart) agrees to help Vinny return to the ring just a year after the accident for what could be the last fight of his life. Based on a true story.
The Edge of Seventeen
Release Date: November 18, 2016 (USA)
Rating: NR
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Kelly Fremon Craig
Premise: Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until the unexpected friendship of a thoughtful boy gives her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all.
Allied
Release Date: November 23, 2016 (USA)
Rating: NR
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Premise: In 1942 North Africa, intelligence officer Max Vatan (Brad Pitt) encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressure of the war.
Man Down
Release Date: December 2, 2016 (USA)
Rating: R
Genre: Fantasy/Drama
Director: Dito Montiel
Premise: With help from his best friend (Jai Courtney), a Marine (Shia LaBeouf) embarks on a desperate search to find his wife (Kate Mara) and son (Charlie Shotwell) in post-apocalyptic America.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Release Date: December 16, 2016 (USA)
Rating: NR
Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction
Director: Gareth Edwards
Premise: In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.
Passengers
Release Date: December 21, 2016 (USA)
Rating: NR
Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction
Director: Morten Tyldum
Premise: On a routine journey through space to a new home, two passengers, sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions. As Jim and Aurora face living the rest of their lives on board, with every luxury they could ever ask for, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction until they discover the ship is in grave danger. With the lives of 5,000 sleeping passengers at stake, only Jim and Aurora can save them all.
Sneak Peek Into 2017
Live By Night
Limited Release Date: December 25, 2017 (USA)
Full Release Date: January 12, 2017 (USA)
Rating: R
Genre: Crime/Drama
Director: Ben Affleck
Premise: It's the Roaring '20s and Prohibition hasn't stopped the flow of booze in an underground network of gangster-run speakeasies. The opportunity to gain power and money is there for any man with enough ambition and nerve, and Joe Coughlin, the son of the Boston Police superintendent, long ago turned his back on his strict upbringing for the spoils of being an outlaw. But even among criminals there are rules, and Joe breaks a big one: crossing a powerful mob boss by stealing his money and his moll.