Movies Coming out This Week – January 8th

1917 – R – Drama, War
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake’s own brother among them.
Colin Firth, Sam Mendes, Dean-Charles Chapman, Benedict Cumberbatch, George MacKay, Mark Strong, Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Andrew Scott

Like a Boss – R – Comedy
Two hard-charging best friends (Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne) build a juggernaut company and find their relationship tested when they are made a big buyout offer. Suddenly all the differences that made them the perfect odd-couple partners put them at war, threatening their business and personal relationships. Salma Hayek plays the exec who makes the buyout offer and becomes the corporate puppet master pulling the strings in creating acrimony among the partners.
Rose Byrne, Miguel Arteta, Tiffany Haddish, Salma Hayek, Karan Soni, Adam Cole-Kelly, Ari Graynor, Jimmy O. Yang

Just Mercy – PG13 – Drama, Crime
A powerful and thought-provoking true story, Just Mercy follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds—and the system—stacked against them.
Destin Daniel Cretton, Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson, O’Shea Jackson Jr, Gil Netter, Jamie Foxx, Denitra Isler

Underwater – PG13 – Action, Thriller
The film follows a crew of underwater researchers who must scramble to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory.
Kristen Stewart, T.J. Miller, Jenno Topping, Vincent Cassel, Peter Chernin, Tonia Davis, John Gallagher Jr., William Eubank

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