American Made
Barry Seal, a TWA pilot, is recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the
Vitals: Director: Doug Liman. Stars: Tom Cruise, Caleb Landry Jones, Domhnall Gleeson, Jesse Plemons, Sarah Wright, Jayma Mays, Lola Kirke, Connor Trinneer, Benito Martinez, Jed Rees, April Billingsley, Mickey Sumner, Juan Gaspard, Mike Pniewski, Jonnah-Blaine Bowling.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 116 min., Action Comedy, Box office gross: $51.342 million, Universal.
Extras: Deleted scenes, “American Storyteller”; “Cruise and Liman: A Conversation”; “In the Wings”: Sarah Wright Olsen, Caleb Landry Jones, and Domhnall Gleeson discuss their characters; “Shooting American Made”; “Flying High”: Tom Cruise and Doug Liman discuss the aerial stunts in the movie; “The Real Barry Seal.”
Available: 01/02.
Battle of the Sexes
In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women’s movement, the 1973 tennis match between women’s world champion Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-men’s-
Vitals: Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris. Stars: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Elisabeth Shue, Austin Stowell, Jessica Mcnamee, Natalie Morales, Fred Armisen, Martha MacIssac, Mickey Sumner, Bridey Elliott, Eric Christian Olsen.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 121 min., Bio-Drama Comedy, Box office gross: $12.634 million, Fox.
Extras: “Raw Footage: Billie Jean’s Grand Entrance,” “Reigniting the Rivalry,” “Billie Jean King: In Her Own Words,” galleries.
Available: 01/02.
Blade Runner 2049
Three decades after the events of “Blade Runner,” a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K,
Vitals: Director: Denis Villeneuve. Stars: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, Jared Leto.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 164 min., Science Fiction, Box office gross: $90.942 million, Warner.
Available: 01/16.
Brad’s Status
Ben Stiller stars as Brad, whose satisfying career, sweet wife and comfortable life in
Vitals: Director: Mike White. Stars: Ben Stiller, Jenna Fischer, Michael Sheen, Luke Wilson, Shazi Raja, Austin Abrams, Adam Capriolo, Erin Agostino, Pamela Figueiredo.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 102 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $2.133
million, Universal.
Extras: “A Look at Ben Stiller as Brad,” “A Culture of Comparing Ourselves,” “Mike White on Directing His Own Script,” “The Story of Brad’s Status.”
Available: 01/02.
The Foreigner
Jackie Chan stars as humble London businessman Quan, whose long-buried past erupts in a
Vitals: Director: Martin Campbell. Stars: Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan, Katie Leung, Orla Brady, Charlie Murphy, Michael McElhatton.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 113 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $33.769 million, Universal.
Extras: “The Making of The Foreigner,” interviews, trailers.
Available: 01/09.
Geostorm
When catastrophic climate change endangers Earth’s very survival, world governments unite and create the Dutch Boy Program: a world wide net of satellites, surrounding the
Vitals: Director: Dean Devlin. Stars: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara, Daniel Wu, Eugenio Derbez, Ed Harris, Andy Garcia.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 109 min., Science Fiction Action Thriller, Box office gross: $33.274 million, Warner.
Extras: “Search for Answers”: Inspired by his daughter’s question of why can’t global warming be stopped, director Dean Devlin retraces the creative journey that led to Geostorm. Blu-0ray adds ““Wreaking Havoc”: Cutting edge visual effects, research and technology create the world of Geostorm; “An International Event”: A global cast opens up about the secrets behind Geostorm.
Available: 01/23.
Goodbye Christopher Robin
At the end of the First World War, beloved children’s author A. A. Milne (Domhnall G
Vitals: Director: Simon Curtis. Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Will Tilston, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 107 min., Drama, Box office gross: $1.721 million, Fox.
Extras: Commentary by director Simon Curtis and writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce, eight promotional featurettes, photo gallery, theatrical trailer.
Available: 01/23.
Happy Death Day
Original and inventive rewinding thriller in which a blissfully self-centered co-ed (Jessica Rothe) is doomed to relive the day of her murder unless she can identify her
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 96 min., Horror-Thriller, Box office gross: $55.683
million, Universal.
Extras: Alternate ending, deleted scenes, “Cupcakes & Killers,” “You’ve Killed Me!,” “Tree’s Final Walk of Shame,” “Worst Birthday Ever” with the filmmakers and cast discussing the challenges of executing the time-loop concept at the center of the film, including how to make each day feel different despite the fact it’s being repeated, “Behind the Mask: The Suspects,” “The Many Deaths of Tree.”
Available: 01/16.
It
Seven young outcasts in Derry, Maine, are about to face their worst nightmare — an
Vitals: Director: Andy Muschietti. Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Nicholas Hamilton, Jackson Robert Scott.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 135 min., Horror, Box office gross: $326.748
million, New Line/Warner.
Extras: “Pennywise Lives! featurette with Bill Skarsgård and how he prepared to portray the primordial creature known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown; “The Losers’ Club” with the teenage stars; “Author of Fear” with Stephen King as he reveals the roots of his best-selling novel, the nature of childhood fear and how he created his most famous monster, Pennywise; deleted scenes.
Available: 01/09.
Jigsaw
In the latest installment of the legendary “Saw” series, law enforcement officials
Vitals: Director: Michael and Peter Spierig. Stars: Tobin Bell, Laura Vandervoot, Callum Keith Rennie, Brittany Allen, Matt Passmore, Hannah Emily Anderson.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 91 min., Horror, Box office gross: $38.052 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: Audio commentary with producers Mark Burg, Oren Koules, and Peter Block; “The Choice is Yours: Exploring the Props” featurette. Blu-ray adds “I Speak for the Dead: The Legacy of Jigsaw” seven-part documentary: “A New Game,” “You Know His Name,” “Survival of the Fittest,” “Death by Design,” “Blood Sacrifice,” “The Source of Fear” and “The Truth Will Set You Free.”
Available: 01/23.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Dr. Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon presiding over a spotless household with his ophthalmologist wife, Anna (Nicole Kidman), and their two
Vitals: Director: Yorgos Lanthimos. Stars: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Sunny Suljic, Raffey Cassidy.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 121 min., Drama Horror-Thriller, Box office gross: $2.257 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: “An Impossible Conundrum” featurette.
Available: 01/23.
Last Flag Flying
In 2003, 30 years after they served together in the Vietnam War, former Navy Corps medic Richard “Doc” Shepherd (Steve Carell) reunites with former marines Sal Nealon
Vitals: Director: Richard Linklater. Stars: Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Yul Vazquez, J. Quinton Johnson, Cicely Tyson.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 125 min., Drama, Box office gross: $.965 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: Deleted scenes, “An Unexpected Journey: Making Last Flag Flying” featurette, “Veterans Day” featurette, outtakes.
Available: 01/30.
My Little Pony: The Movie
Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity embark on
Vitals: Director: Jayson Thiessen. Stars: Voices of Tara Strong, Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain.Cathy Weseluck, Emily Blunt, Kristin Chenoweth, Liev Schreiber, Michael Peña, Sia, Taye Diggs, Uzo Aduba, Zoe Saldana.
2016, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 99 min., Animated Family, Box office gross: $21.603 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: Deleted scene, Equestria Girls short, “Baking with Pinkie Pie” featurette, “Making Magic With the Mane 6 and Their New Friends” featurette, “The Journey Beyond Equestria” featurette, “I’m the Friend You Need” music video (sung by Taye Diggs), “Hanazuki: Full of Treasures” featurette.
Available: 01/09.
The Snowman
For Detective Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender), the death of a young woman — whose
Vitals: Director: Tomas Alfredson. Stars: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson, Val Kilmer, J.K. Simmons.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 119 min., Mystery Thriller, Box office gross: $6.670
million, Universal.
Extras: “Cast of Characters” featurette, “Creating Jo Nesbø’s World,” “The Snowman Killer,” “Norwegian Landscape” featurette, “Stunt Files: The Sinking Lake.”
Available: 01/16.
Thank You for Your Service
based on the bestselling book by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author David Finkel. For Sergeant Adam Schumann (Miles Teller)—and many soldiers like him—the
2017, CC, MPAA rating: R, 109 min., Drama, Box office gross: $9.479 million, Universal.
Extras: “Staging a War,” “The Battle at Home.”
Available: 01/23.
Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
Madea and friends are back in this follow-up to Tyler Perry’s comedy hit. When Brian’s
Vitals: Director: Tyler Perry. Stars: Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Yousef Erakat, Diamond White, Lexy Panterra, Andre Hall.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 100 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $47.313 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: Outtakes, deleted scenes, “Caddy Whack Boo” featurette, “Why We Love Joe!” featurette.
Available: 01/30.