Movies opening this week in theaters:
- THE EQUALIZER (Sony Pictures / R / Wide)
- THE BOXTROLLS (Focus Features / PG / Wide)
- THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY (Magnolia Pictures / PG-13 / Limited)
Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.
THE EQUALIZER
Official Synopsis
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
Film Details
- Starring: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, Melissa Leo, Bill Pullman, David Harbour
- Director: Antoine Fuqua
- Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
- Running Time: 131 min.
- Rating: R for strong bloody violence and language throughout, including some sexual references
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 59% (74 fresh, 52 rotten, score: 5.5/10).
- Metacritic: 56 out of 100 (19 positive, 17 mixed, 4 negative).
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THE BOXTROLLS
Official Synopsis
A family event movie from the creators of "Coraline" and "ParaNorman" that introduces audiences to a new breed of family - The Boxtrolls, a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs (voiced by Isaac Hempstead-Wright) in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley), comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, "into the light," where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnifred (Elle Fanning). Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family. Directors: Anthony Staachi and Graham Annable.
Film Details
- Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Elle Fanning, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan
- Director: Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi
- Genre: Animation, Comedy, Adventure
- Running Time: 97 min.
- Rating: PG for action, some peril and mild rude humor
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 71% (85 fresh, 34 rotten, score: 6.9/10).
- Metacritic: 63 out of 100 (18 positive, 12 mixed, 3 negative).
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THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY
Official Synopsis
Screenwriter Hossein Amini (The Wings of the Dove, Drive) makes a stylish directing debut with this sleek thriller set in Greece and Istanbul, 1962, and adapted from Patricia Highsmith's novel. Intrigue begins at the Parthenon when wealthy American tourists Chester MacFarland (Viggo Mortensen) and his young wife Collete (Kirsten Dunst) meet American expat Rydal (Oscar Isaac), a scammer working as a tour guide. Instead of becoming his latest marks, the two befriend him, but a murder at the couple's hotel puts all three on the run together and creates a precarious bond between them as the trio's allegiance is put to the test.
Film Details
- Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac, Daisy Bevan, David Warshofsky
- Director: Hossein Amini
- Genre: Thriller
- Running Time: 96 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for some violence, language and smoking
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 82% (56 fresh, 12 rotten, score: 6.9/10).
- Metacritic: 67 out of 100 (16 positive, 6 mixed, 0 negative).