Movies Released November 18, 2016

Released Friday, November 18th

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Poster

83%

4.1 / 5

(63)

Fantastic Beasts and Where t...

70 years before Harry Potter's adventures get underway, Newton Artemis Fido Scamander, who is a 25-year-old lowly Ministry of Magic employee, is commissioned by Augustus Worme of Obscura Books in 1918 to write a reference guide to magical beasts, which is published in 1927.

Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell, David Yates, Zoe Kravitz, Eddie Redmayne, Steve Kloves, Samantha Morton, David Heyman

PG-13 Adventure Fantasy 2 hrs, 12 mins

83% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

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70%

3.5 / 5

(16)

The Edge of Seventeen

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Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.

Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick, Haley Lu Richardson, James L. Brooks, Blake Jenner, Katie Stuart, Kelly Fremon

R Comedy Teen 1 hr, 39 mins

70% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

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83%

3.6 / 5

(5)

Bleed For This

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Bleed For This deals with boxer Vinny Pazienza’s miraculous recovery from a car crash that left him with a broken back. He was told he might never walk again, let alone fight, but no one could stop the Pazmanian Devil, a world champ in two weight classes.

Miles Teller, Martin Scorsese, Tom DeNucci, Ben Younger, Aaron Eckhart, Bruce Cohen, Katey Sagal, Ciaran Hinds

R Drama Biography 1 hr, 56 mins

83% WILL SEE

3.6 / 5

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80%

4 / 5

(24)

The Take

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Michael Mason (Richard Madden) is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar (Idris Elba), the field agent on the case, soon realizes that Michael is just a pawn in a much bigger game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy. Going against commands, Briar recruits Michael to use his expert pickpocketing skills to help quickly track down the source of the corruption. As a 24-hour thrill ride ensues, the unlikely duo discover they are both targets and must rely upon each other in order to take down a common enemy.

Kelly Reilly, Idris Elba, James Watkins, Richard Madden, Andrew Baldwin, Charlotte Le Bon, Jose Garcia

R Action 1 hr, 32 mins

80% WILL SEE

4 / 5

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49%

3 / 5

(16)

Nocturnal Animals

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The plot is described as a "story inside a story," with the first part following a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second part of the story follows the actual manuscript, called "Nocturnal Animals," which revolves around a man whose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself.

George Clooney, Armie Hammer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Ellie Bamber, Isla Fisher, Amy Adams, Laura Linney

R Thriller Adaptation

49% WILL SEE

3 / 5

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71%

4 / 5

(3)

Officer Downe

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The story of a savage LA policeman who is repeatedly resurrected and returned to active duty via dark science technology. When a rookie officer named Gable is recruited as backup, he discovers there's much more to the titular super-cop than a mindless law enforcement drone warring against a twisted rouges gallery of over-the-top super-villains.

Kim Coates, Tyler Ross, Joe Casey, Lauren Luna Vélez, Michael Shawn Crahan

Action Adventure

71% WILL SEE

4 / 5

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83%

3.9 / 5

(7)

Life on the Line

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Focuses on Beau (John Travolta), his beloved niece Bailey (Kate Bosworth) and the hardworking men who risk their lives to work "on the line" and keep the electric grid running. These unsung heroes brave raging storms and dangerously dizzying heights in their dedication to keeping the populace safe. Toiling hundreds of feet in the air on wires carrying as much as 500,000 volts of electricity, tragedy is often inches away. Haunted by the electrocution death of his brother, Beau is devoted to Bailey and determined to see her go off to college and away from the life of linemen. Bailey has other plans, which include the strapping second-generation lineman Duncan (Devon Sawa), whom Beau despises. A deadly tempest is brewing and headed straight to their Texas town. Beau, Duncan and a legion of linemen are thrust into the eye of the storm and must face down impending disaster to keep their community connected.

Ryan Robbins, John Travolta, David Hackl, Sharon Stone, Kate Bosworth, Devon Sawa, Julie Benz, Gil Bellows

R Drama Action 1 hr, 38 mins

83% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

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83%

4 / 5

(7)

A Street Cat Named Bob

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The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.

Joanne Froggatt, Luke Treadaway, Roger Spottiswoode, Ruta Gedmintas, Tim John, Anthony Head, Maria Nation

Drama Adaptation 1 hr, 47 mins

83% WILL SEE

4 / 5

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78%

3.2 / 5

(14)

Manchester by the Sea

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A Boston-living ne’er-do-well plumber is forced to return home to the titular town after he learns his brother passed away. There, he finds himself thrust into the care of the man's 16-year old son but finds himself crumbling due to a secret tragedy in his past.

Michelle Williams, Kara Hayward, Kyle Chandler, Gretchen Mol, Tate Donovan, Gigi Pritzker, Casey Affleck, Kenneth Lonergan

R Drama 2 hrs, 15 mins

78% WILL SEE

3.2 / 5

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60%

3 / 5

(2)

Daughters of the Dust

Limited

At the dawn of the 20th century, a multigenerational family in the Gullah community in the Sea Islands off of South Carolina -- former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors' Yoruba traditions -- suffers a generational split. An older group of sisters return after migrating north to New York with intentions of bringing the rest of their family back across the water to the mainland with them. But, tensions arrive when the newly Americanized sisters view their homeland’s way of living as backwards, all while Nana, the family elder who embodies the traditions and folklore of their African roots, is struggling to keep the family together and to pass on the knowledge of their ancestors.

Barbara-O, Tony King, Julie Dash, Alva Rogers, Bahni Turpin, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Cora Lee Day, Trula Hoosier

Drama Re-Release 1 hr, 52 mins

60% WILL SEE

3 / 5

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