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What's playing on the big screen: current releases

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What's playing on the big screen: Capsule listings, reviews of current releases

Cast members of the new movie "Bad Moms Christmas" include (from left) Kathryn Hahn, Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell.

OPENING THIS WEEK

"Daddy's Home 2" — Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays. With Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, John Lithgow, Mel Gibson. (1:40) PG-13
  • "Murder on the Orient Express" — From the novel by Agatha Christie, "Murder on the Orient Express" tells of t13 stranded strangers and one man's race to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again. With Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Daisy Ridley. (1:54) PG-13
CRITICS' CHOICES
  • "Blade Runner 2049" — A young blade runner's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for 30 years. With Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista. (2:43) R
  • "Happy Death Day" — A college student relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer's identity. With Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine. (1:36) PG-13
  • "It" — A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children. With Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Jeremy Ray Taylor. (2:15) R
  • "Last Flag Flying" — Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman re-unites with his old buddies to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War. With Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne. (2:04) R
  • "LBJ" — The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House. With Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bill Pullman, C. Thomas Howell. (1:38) R
  • "Only the Brave" — Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire. Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connolly. (2:13) PG-13
  • "Thank You for Your Service" — A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggles to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield. With Haley Bennett, Miles Teller, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Amy Schumer. (1:48) R
  • "Thor: Ragnorok" — Imprisoned, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilization. With Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Anthony Hopkins. (2:10) PG-13.
ALSO PLAYING
  • "American Assassin" — A story centered on counterterrorism agent Mitch Rapp. With Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan. (1:51) R
  • "A Bad Moms Christmas" — A Bad Moms Christmas follows our three under-appreciated and over-burdened women as they rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for moms: Christmas. With Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Justin Hartley, Kathryn Hahn. (1:44) R
  • "The Foreigner" — A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities. With Jackie Chan, Katie Leung, Pierce Brosnan. (1:54) R
  • "Geostorm" — When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate start to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone. With Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Andy Garcia. (1:49) PG-13
  • "Jigsaw" — Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for 10 years. With Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell, Callum Keith Rennie. (1:31) R
  • "The Lego Ninjago Movie" — Six young ninjas are tasked with defending their island home, called Ninjago. By night, they're gifted warriors, using their skills and awesome fleet of vehicles to fight villains and monsters. By day, they're ordinary teens struggling against their greatest enemy — high school. With the voices of Jackie Chan, Dave Franco, Fred Armisen. (1:41) PG
  • "Suburicon" — A home invasion rattles a quiet family town. With Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac. (1:44) R
  • "The Snowman" — Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman. With Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Chloë Sevigny, Val Kilmer. (1:59) R


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