Special screenings
Bolshoi Ballet
11/6, The Bright Stream broadcast from Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet, 12:55 p.m., $15-$18. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com.
From Dusk Till Dawn 20th Anniversary
11/6, 11/9, movie plus broadcast of Q&A with Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Sun 6 & 9 p.m., Wed 2 & 7 p.m., $7.50-$12.50. Theaters: COL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com.
Joe and Caspar Hit the Road USA
11/10, documentary featuring YouTube stars Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee, 7 p.m., $12.50-$15. Theaters: VS. Info: fathomevents.com.
Love Is All You Need?
11/4, short film screening plus Q&A with cast and crew, 7 p.m., $10. The Center, 401 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-733-9800.
Rush: Time Stand Still
11/3, concert movie plus bonus features, 7:30 p.m., $13-$15. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com.
Sci Fi Center
Sun, Westworld viewing party, 7 p.m., free. Mon, Cinemondays, 8 p.m., free. 11/4, Dear God No!, Frankenstein Created Bikers, 8 p.m., $5. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter.com.
Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour
11/7, comedy concert film featuring Stephanie Miller, John Fugelsang, Frangela, 7;30 p.m., $13-$15. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, VS. Info: fathomevents.com.
Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou
Tue, 1 p.m., free. 11/8, The Best Man (1964). Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.
New this week
Army of One (Not reviewed)
Nicolas Cage, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Russell Brand. Directed by Larry Charles. Rated R. A private citizen decides to single-handedly take down Osama bin Laden in this comedy based on a true story.
Theaters: PAL
Certain Women (Not reviewed)
Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern. Directed by Kelly Reichardt. 107 minutes. Rated R. The lives and struggles of three different women intersect in small-town Montana.
Theaters: SC
Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Rachel McAdams. Directed by Scott Derrickson. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13. Marvel’s latest superhero movie follows a familiar template in telling the origin story of mystical hero Doctor Strange (Cumberbatch). While the story isn’t groundbreaking, the characters are engaging, the dialogue is snappy, the performances are lively and the special effects are dazzling, making for some astonishing action set pieces. —JB
Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, DTS, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX
Andrew Garfield, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn. Directed by Mel Gibson. 131 minutes. Rated R. The first half of this biopic about nonviolent WWII hero Desmond Doss (Garfield) is an ultra-corny small-town family drama and romance, while the second half has excessively violent and gory battlefield action. The movie lays on the sentiment and the blood and guts in equal measure, and both drown out the genuine heroism. —JB
Theaters: AL, CH, DI, FH, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS
Kim Tae-ri, Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo. Directed by Park Chan-wook. 145 minutes. Not rated. In Korean and Japanese with English subtitles. Adapted from Sarah Waters’ 2002 novel Fingersmith (and shifting the action from Victorian England to Japanese-occupied Korea in the 1930s), the latest film from Park Chan-wook (the original Oldboy) is a superbly acted, magnificently plotted, gorgeously designed, explicit (unrated) East Asian period soap opera. Good trashy fun. —MD
Theaters: VS
Mad Max: Fury Road (Black & Chrome Edition) (Not reviewed)
Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult. Directed by George Miller. 120 minutes. Rated R. Black and white version of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi sequel.
Theaters: RR
Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Ida Engvoll. Directed by Hannes Holm. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Swedish with English subtitles. A cranky old man learns to appreciate life again in this sappy, predictable hit comedy-drama from Sweden. The performances are strong, and there are some moments of dark humor, but they’re outweighed by the blatant heartstring-tugging and sentimental plot twists. —JB
Theaters: VS
Someone to Talk To (Not reviewed)
Mao Hai, Li Qian, Liu Pei. Directed by Liu Yulin. 109 minutes. Not rated. In Mandarin with English subtitles. A couple struggles with marital difficulties as their family and friends do the same.
Theaters: TS
Spirit of the Game (Not reviewed)
Kevin Sorbo, Aaron Jakubenko, Wade Briggs. Directed by Darran Scott. 95 minutes. Rated PG. In 1956, a group of Mormon missionaries help train the Australian basketball team for the Olympics.
Theaters: ST
LightTrolls 
Voices of Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Zooey Deschanel. Directed by Mike Mitchell. 92 minutes. Rated PG. This animated adventure based on the tiny, colorful, tall-haired dolls manages to avoid being crass, showcasing some cute characters and amusing situations in the process. It’s mostly forgettable and sloppily plotted, but for kids entertained by bright colors and catchy music, it will be a great time-passer. —JB
Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS
Now playing
Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. 128 minutes. Rated R. Affleck plays an autistic accountant and combat expert in this ludicrous thriller that grossly mischaracterizes autism. The sometimes solid action is surrounded by increasingly far-fetched and clumsily delivered exposition. The movie piles on silly plot twists and reveals in service of a story that’s not even particularly interesting. —JB
Theaters: AL, CH, DTS, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Not reviewed)
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma. Directed by Karan Johar. 158 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. Three people from India deal with love and heartbreak while living abroad.
Theaters: ST, VS
Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn. Directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. 101 minutes. Rated R. This disappointingly tame comedy is really just about one mom (Kunis), who finds herself questioning her priorities after she catches her husband cheating on her. The plot is aimless and disjointed, and the humor is mild and clichéd. —JB
Theaters: TC
Bakit Lahat ng Gwapo May Boyfriend? (Not reviewed)
Anne Curtis, Dennis Trillo, Paolo Ballesteros. Directed by Jun Lana. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. A wedding planner whose boyfriends always turn out to be gay tries to prove that her latest crush is gay, too.
Theaters: ORL, VS
Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King. Directed by Nate Parker. 120 minutes. Rated R. As writer, director, producer and star, Parker has complete control over this drama about Nat Turner’s 1831 Virginia slave rebellion. It’s a shame, then, that he’s not a better filmmaker. Birth is often powerful but just as often clumsy and heavy-handed, with lazy movie shorthand, one-dimensional supporting characters and awkward symbolism. —JB
Theaters: AL, SC, ST
James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid. Directed by Adam Wingard. 89 minutes. Rated R. Seventeen years after The Blair Witch Project galvanized and frustrated audiences, along comes a sequel that’s really more of a remake, supplying the traditional frights and jolts that the original deliberately withheld. It’ll appeal to those who hated the 1999 film, but annoy those who prefer horror that’s left to the imagination. —MD
Theaters: TC
Boo! A Madea Halloween (Not reviewed)
Tyler Perry, Diamond White, Bella Thorne. Directed by Tyler Perry. 103 minutes. Rated PG-13. Simmons family matriarch Madea spends Halloween watching unruly teenagers and fending off supernatural threats.
Theaters: AL, BS, CH, COL, DI, FH, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX
Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey. Directed by Sharon Maguire. 122 minutes. Rated R. The third Bridget Jones movie finds the rom-com icon (Zellweger) unsure of who’s fathered her unborn child: American tech mogul Jack (Dempsey) or onetime love Mark (Firth). Baby takes Bridget in a few new directions, but it’s still mostly redundant, dragging the predictable story over two full hours. —JB
Theaters: TC
Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez. Directed by Peter Berg. 107 minutes. Rated PG-13. Wahlberg demonstrates plausibly low-key heroism in this dramatization of the 2010 oil-rig explosion that killed 11 workers and dumped some 5 million barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico. Apart from a cartoonishly detestable BP rep played by John Malkovich, the nightmare feels distressingly accurate. —MD
Theaters: SP, ST, TS, TX
Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Mick Jackson. 110 minutes. Rated PG-13. The true story of the libel trial between academic Deborah Lipstadt (Weisz) and Holocaust denier David Irving (Spall) is told as a mostly dry procedural, with occasional clumsy appeals to emotion. The details of the case are fascinating, but the drama is one-sided and predictable, with minimal character development. —JB
Theaters: VS
Desierto
Gael Garcia Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo. Directed by Jonas Cuaron. 87 minutes. Rated R. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. An angry American stalks and kills illegal Mexican immigrants at the U.S. border in this monotonous thriller. Director and co-writer Cuaron builds occasional suspense but mostly sticks to the same generic and predictable beats, and the meager social commentary isn’t nearly as meaningful as it’s made out to be. —JB
Theaters: BS, TX
The Dressmaker (Not reviewed)
Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth. Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. 118 minutes. Rated R. In the 1950s, a woman returns to her small Australian home town to face up to a scandal from her past.
Theaters: VS
Voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence. Directed by Andrew Stanton. 103 minutes. Rated PG. Forgetful fish Dory decides to track down her long-lost parents in this animated sequel to Pixar’s Finding Nemo. While Dory is thoroughly charming and enjoyable, with funny supporting characters and often gorgeous animation, it’s also a bit formulaic and repetitive, especially during the drawn-out third act. —JB
Theaters: TC
Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux. Directed by Tate Taylor. 112 minutes. Rated R. For all its misdirections, at heart this thriller based on Paula Hawkins’ bestselling novel is a pretty conventional mystery with a fairly predictable outcome. But what it lacks in innovative thrills, it makes up for in engrossing, well-drawn characters, led by Blunt as an alcoholic divorcee fixated on a missing woman. —JB
Theaters: GVR, ORL, PAL, SC, SP, ST, TS
I'm Not Ashamed (Not reviewed)
Masey McClain, Ben Davies, Cameron McKendry. Directed by Brian Baugh. 112 minutes. Rated PG-13. A drama focused on the Christian faith and last days of Columbine shooting victim Rachel Scott.
Theaters: SC
Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster. Directed by Ron Howard. 121 minutes. Rated PG-13. Harvard symbology professor Robert Langdon (Hanks) returns to use his arcane knowledge to track down a deadly virus that could wipe out half the planet. Despite the absurdly raised stakes, though, Inferno never feels particularly urgent, and everyone involved seems to be just going through the motions. —JB
Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, DTS, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX
Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh. Directed by Edward Zwick. 118 minutes. Rated PG-13. The sequel to 2012’s Jack Reacher finds the title character (Cruise) determined to clear the name of his longtime military contact (Smulders), who’s been arrested and accused of espionage. He’s also saddled with a spunky teenage sidekick (Yarosh), and the generic plot and mediocre action scenes don’t help. —JB
Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, DTS, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS
Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot. Directed by Greg Mottola. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13. A boring suburban couple get caught up with their neighbors, who are undercover government agents, in this dumb action-comedy. The actors are barely going through the motions, the screenplay is sloppily constructed, and the direction is listless and often visually unappealing. —JB
Theaters: COL, FH, PAL, ST, TS, VS
Directed by Leslie Small. 96 minutes. Rated R. Hart’s third theatrical stand-up concert movie demonstrates just how phenomenally popular he is, with a performance recorded in front of 50,000 fans at a stadium in his Philadelphia hometown. It’s mostly funny, albeit a little stale at times, but should appeal to Hart’s fan base. An action-movie framing sequence pads things out unnecessarily. —JB
Theaters: BS, PAL, SHO, ST
Voices of Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey. Directed by Travis Knight. 101 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Laika CEO Knight, the stop-motion animation studio’s latest wonder draws from Japanese folklore in its tale of the title character and his quest through a mystical realm. It’s a simple story, but the filmmakers give it nuance and resonance in the small character moments and the rich visual detail. —JB
Theaters: COL
Luck-Key (Not reviewed)
Yoo Hae-jin, Lee Joon, Jo Yoon-hee. Directed by Lee Gye-beok. 112 minutes. Not rated. In Korean with English subtitles. A struggling actor finds himself mistaken for a deadly assassin.
Theaters: VS
Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. 132 minutes. Rated PG-13. Seven badasses (including Washington, Pratt and Hawke) band together to save a small town from a sadistic villain, each demonstrating his own specialized variant of combat-related magnificence. It’s such a durable scenario that not even a director as ham-handed as Fuqua (Southpaw, Shooter) can completely screw it up. —MD
Theaters: DTS, SF, SP, ST, TX, VS
Max Steel (Not reviewed)
Ben Winchell, Maria Bello, Andy Garcia. Directed by Stewart Hendler. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13. A teenager becomes a superhero after encountering an alien being.
Theaters: COL
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (Not reviewed)
Griffin Gluck, Thomas Barbusca, Lauren Graham. Directed by Steve Carr. 92 minutes. Rated PG. Fed up with his strict school, a sixth-grader enlists his friends to help him break every rule.
Theaters: CH, COL, RR, ST, TS, TX
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 
Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Eva Green. Directed by Tim Burton. 127 minutes. Rated PG-13. Based on a popular series of young-adult novels, Peculiar Children is a tedious mash-up of familiar teen-fantasy tropes, starting with the ordinary kid who learns that he’s part of a secret, magical world. Burton displays none of his trademark dark creativity, and even the special effects are lackluster. —JB
Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS
No Manches Frida (Not reviewed)
Omar Chaparro, Martha Higareda, Monica Dionne. Directed by Nacho G. Velilla. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Spanish with English subtitles. An ex-con poses as a substitute teacher in order to access his hidden loot.
Theaters: TC
Elizabeth Reaser, Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson. Directed by Mike Flanagan. 99 minutes. Rated PG-13. Director Flanagan (Oculus, Hush) scraps the previous, terrible Ouija (2014) and starts fresh with this sequel. It’s full of the usual white eyes and stretchy mouths, but its weird, deliberately off-putting compositions and morbidly funny twists turn it into an unexpectedly good chiller. —JMA
Theaters: BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS
Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o. Directed by Mira Nair. 124 minutes. Rated PG. Based on the true story of young Ugandan chess champion Phiona Mutesi (Nalwanga), who rose up from a slum outside Kampala to compete in international tournaments, Queen meticulously follows the beats of the inspirational sports movie. But its strong performances and unique setting offer a pleasant variation on a comfortable formula. —JB
Theaters: VS
Voices of Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate. Directed by Chris Renaud. 90 minutes. Rated PG. The hyperactive animated story, with loyal dog Max (C.K.) and his dog frenemy Duke (Stonestreet) lost in New York City, isn’t nearly as sophisticated as something from Pixar or even DreamWorks Animation, but it’s good for a few laughs and is entirely kid-friendly, with plenty of cute characters and madcap set pieces. —JB
Theaters: TC
Shivaay (Not reviewed)
Ajay Devgan, Sayesha Saigal, Erika Kaar. Directed by Ajay Devgan. 169 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A Himalayan mountaineer goes to extremes to protect his family.
Theaters: VS
Voices of Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Anton Starkman. Directed by Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland. 89 minutes. Rated PG. Set in a world where storks magically create and deliver actual babies, Storks gets points for weirdness, but writer and co-director Stoller mostly glosses over it in favor of kid-friendly animal antics. There are some vague lessons about family and togetherness, but the plot is too incoherent to make any of them stick. —JB
Theaters: AL, COL, FH, RP, RR, SF, SS, ST, TS, TX
Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman. Directed by David Ayer. 130 minutes. Rated PG-13. This super-villain team-up features a slightly more streamlined narrative than previous DC movies. But it’s still overstuffed, an ensemble piece with nearly a dozen main characters, telling origin stories for half of them, bringing them together into a new team and facing them off against two different antagonists. —JB
Theaters: COL, TC, TX
Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 96 minutes. Rated PG-13. When pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger (Hanks) landed a passenger jet on the Hudson River following dual engine failure, saving everyone on board, the incident lasted just 208 seconds. Stretching that into 96 minutes proves difficult for this true-life drama, which adds in narrative filler to build a few heart-stopping minutes into feature length. —JB
Theaters: GVR, SC
The Third Party (Not reviewed)
Angel Locsin, Sam Milby, Zanjoe Marudo. Directed by Jason Paul Laxamana. 117 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. A businesswoman attempts to reconnect with her ex-boyfriend, who is now dating a man.
Theaters: ORL
Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho. 118 minutes. Not rated. In Korean with English subtitles. The passengers of a train from Seoul to Busan must fend off a zombie outbreak. The cast is full of stock characters, all of whom get their moments to shine, but Train is really about the impressive, expertly staged zombie attacks. It’s cheesy and overlong, but mostly succeeds as disposable popcorn entertainment. —JB
Theaters: ORL, SC
The Wild Life (Not reviewed)
Voices of Yuri Lowenthal, David Howard, Laila Berzins. Directed by Vincent Kesteloot. 90 minutes. Rated PG. The animals living on a remote island are surprised by the arrival of castaway Robinson Crusoe.
Theaters: TC
JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo
Theaters
(AL) Regal Aliante
7300 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, 844-462-7342 ext. 4011
(BS) Regal Boulder Station
4111 Boulder Highway, 844-462-7342 ext. 269
(PAL) Brenden Theatres at the Palms
4321 W. Flamingo Road, 702-507-4849
(CAN) Galaxy Cannery
2121 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas, 702-639-9779
(CH) Cinedome Henderson
851 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson, 702-566-1570
(COL) Regal Colonnade
8880 S. Eastern Ave., 844-462-7342 ext. 270
(DI) Las Vegas Drive-In
4150 W. Carey Ave., North Las Vegas, 702-646-3565
(DTS) Regal Downtown Summerlin
2070 Park Center Drive, 844-462-7342 ext. 4063
(FH) Regal Fiesta Henderson
777 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson, 844-462-7342 ext. 1772
(GVR) Regal Green Valley Ranch
2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson, 844-462-7342 ext. 267
(GVL) Galaxy Green Valley Luxury+
4500 E. Sunset Road, Henderson, 702-442-0244
(ORL) Century Orleans
4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 702-889-1220
(RP) AMC Rainbow Promenade
2321 N. Rainbow Blvd., 888-262-4386
(RR) Regal Red Rock
11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 844-462-7342 ext. 1756
(ST) Century Sam’s Town
5111 Boulder Highway, 702-547-1732
(SF) Century Santa Fe Station
4949 N. Rancho Drive, 702-655-8178
(SHO) United Artists Showcase
3769 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 844-462-7342 ext. 522
(SP) Century South Point
9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-260-4061
(SC) Century Suncoast
9090 Alta Drive, 702-869-1880
(SS) Regal Sunset Station
1301-A W. Sunset Road, Henderson, 844-462-7342 ext. 268
(TX) Regal Texas Station
2101 Texas Star Lane, North Las Vegas, 844-462-7342 ext. 271
(TS) AMC Town Square
6587 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-362-7283
(TC) Regency Tropicana Cinemas
3330 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-438-3456
(VS) Regal Village Square
9400 W. Sahara Ave., 844-462-7342 ext. 272
