Movies Opening This Weekend – October 21st, 2016 [videos]

There are plenty of Hollywood films for your family this weekend,as the Autumn temperatures and leaves begin to fall. Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Ewan McGregor, Jon Hamm, and Tyler Perry are all on the silver screen, reminding you why they make the big bucks. Our choice for ‘must watch’ this weekend, are the latest Jack Reacher film starring Tom Cruise, and ‘Moonlight’ a wonderful movie about being outside the mainstream, growing up in Miami.

Director Rob Zombie leverages scary clowns in his latest thriller, and there are two foreign films with subtitles to enjoy.

Enjoy the movies this weekend – I always do!

I’m Not Ashamed (2016)
(PG-13) 112 min – Biography
Director: Brian Baugh
Stars: Masey McLain, Ben Davies, Cameron McKendry, Terri Minton

The Columbine mass murder was a low moment for this country in 1999. This film is based on the true story of the diary writings of Rachel Joy Scott, the very first student killed in the Columbine shooting. [watch trailer

We Are X (2016)
(R) 93 min – Documentary
Director: Stephen Kijak
Stars: Yoshiki, Toshi, Pata, Hiroshi Morie

If you’re a music fan with an open mind about different genre’s this film is for you! Enjoy this colorful documentary that celebrates the Japanese rock band X JAPAN. [watch trailer

Moonlight (2016)
(R) 110 min – Drama
Director: Barry Jenkins
Stars: Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson, Alex R. Hibbert

Imagine being a poor African American child in Miami, struggling with self-confidence, violence on the streets, and trying to figure out where you fit in? You will love this movie. [watch trailer]

31 (2016)
(R) 102 min – Horror
Director: Rob Zombie
Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Richard Brake, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sheri Moon Zombie

Rob Zombie has a different view of life, and ’31’ will entertain and frighten even the most robust movie goeres. Here is the premise; you have been kidnapped, and are now being held hostage in an isolated area of the country. You are forced to fight for your survival for 12 hours, and your opponents are clowns. Yikes! [watch trailer]

American Pastoral (2016)
(R) 126 min – Crime
Director: Ewan McGregor
Stars: Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Ewan McGregor, Uzo Aduba

In the mid-60s an average man with an average family watches his calm middle class life explode with his daughter’s new radical political affiliation. This movie has terrific political and familial overtones. [watch trailer]

Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016)
(R) 128 min – Crime
(PG-13) 103 min – Comedy
Director: Tyler Perry
Stars: Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Yousef Erakat

This is the Madea Halloween special you and your family will want to see! [watch trailer]

Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
(PG-13) 101 min – Comedy
Director: Greg Mottola
Stars: Gal Gadot, Isla Fisher, Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm

An average couple is pulled into an international spy game by their new neighbors. Mad Man’s Jon Hamm is terrific in this film, as are Zach and Isla. [watch trailer]

Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
(PG-13) 99 min – Thriller
Director: Mike Flanagan
Stars: Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser, Doug Jones, Kate Siegel

In the mid-60s, a deceiving Gypsy family that makes its living scamming people with fake séances, accidentally calls the devil into their evil game. The youngest daughter becomes possessed, and the family battles to keep her safe. [watch trailer]

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
(PG-13) 118 min – Action
Director: Edward Zwick
Stars: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Ninja N. Devoe

If you appreciate the Tom Cruise Jack Reacher franchise, you’ll love the latest Hollywood installment. The government has gone awry, and Jack is brought in to save his mentor and himself. [watch trailer]

The Handmaiden (2016)
(NR) 144 min – Romance
Director: Chan-wook Park
Stars: Min-hee Kim, Kim Tae-ri, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Jo

A woman is hired to work for a rich Japanese family, but the relationship turns into more than a business arraignment. [watch trailer]

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