Movies Opening This Weekend – December 30th, 2016 [videos]

Let’s kick off the New Year with a movie that will make you forget about your troubles for a few hours. Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Clint Eastwood’s son Scott, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Kevin Costner are on the silver screen this weekend.

Are you a fan of legend Denzel Washington? Consider this – What do you do when you realize that you’ve been standing in place for decades? Denzel and Viola Davis are magnificent in ‘Fences.’ Keep your eye on Adam Driver in the film ‘Paterson.’ Adam has all the skills to be a wonderful actor.

Finally, let’s visit the 70s again with ’20th Century Women,’ a film that features the work of Hollywood’s most accomplished women. The movie you must see this weekend however is ‘Hidden Figures,’ a film about an unexpected hero that saves a critical NSASA mission. The catch is she’s a beautiful African American woman who is counter to the current day stereotypes. ‘Hidden Figures’ is the modern day civil rights movie what will inspire people of all colors.

Enjoy the movies this weekend – I always do!

Toni Erdmann (2016)
(R) 162 min – Comedy
Director: Maren Ade
Stars: Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl

This is a delightful German foreign film. Time can leave you in its wake if you’re not working at it. This film will detail how a dad tries to reconnect with his adult daughter; it’s hard work and painful to say the least. [watch trailer]

20th Century Women (2016)
(R) 118 min – Drama
Director: Mike Mills
Stars: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup

The 70s were really cool – well, perhaps not that cool. ’20th Century Women’ explores the love and freedom of three distinctly different women in the City of Angels. [watch trailer]

Fences (2016)
(PG-13) 138 min – Drama
Director: Denzel Washington
Stars: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Jovan Adepo

Set in the 1950s, Denzel Washington, An African-American family man, realizes that while being a good father, loving husband and provider, he’s been asleep for years. [watch trailer]

Hidden Figures (2016)
(PG) 127 min – Drama
Director: Theodore Melfi
Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner

NASA is in need of a hero, one person that can save a mission and human lives. What they didn’t realize is that hero didn’t look like them. This is the inspiring film about our country in an earlier time. This film is a MUST SEE this holiday. [watch trailer]

Gold (2016)
(R) 121 min – Adventure
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Matthew McConaughey, Toby Kebbell, Rachael Taylor

An unprepared couple traverse through the Indonesian jungle in search of gold. If you’re a fan of action and nature rolled into one film, this is the one for you. [watch trailer]

Live by Night (2016)
(R) 128 min – Crime
Director: Ben Affleck
Stars: Ben Affleck, Scott Eastwood, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning

America was legally dry during the Prohibition Era. Ben Affleck is the man who stands between the police and the millions he might make with bootleg booze. The problem is, Ben’s character yearns to go straight. Think ‘Elliott Ness’ meets ‘The Town.’ Incidentally this film is directed by Ben. [watch trailer]

Paterson (2016)
(R) 118 min – Drama
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Stars: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Nellie, Rizwan Manji

A bus driver works to find meaning in his lie while driving a bus in real live. He’s a poet, an artist a dreamer; now desperate to make a change in his life. [watch trailer]

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