In Theaters: ATOMIC BLONDE, THE EMOJI MOVIE, AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER and BRIGSBY BEAR

This week in theaters we have the action thriller "Atomic Blonde" starring Charlize Theron and the animated film "The Emoji Movie", which was mauled by critics. In limited release, two new releases might be worth checking out, the documentary sequel "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" (they're really making sequels to anything and everything these days) and the dramedy "Brigsby Bear".

Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.

ATOMIC BLONDE

Official Synopsis

A high-stakes, global action-thriller that takes place in the city of Berlin, on the eve of the Wall's collapse and the shifting of superpower alliances. Charlize Theron ("Mad Max: Fury Road") portrays Lorraine Broughton, a top-level spy for MI6, who is dispatched to Berlin to take down a ruthless espionage ring that has just killed an undercover agent for reasons unknown. She is ordered to cooperate with Berlin station chief David Percival (James McAvoy of "X-Men"), and the two form an uneasy alliance, unleashing their full arsenal of skills in pursuing a threat that jeopardizes the West's entire intelligence operation.

Film Details

• Director: David Leitch
  
  
• Starring: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Eddie Marsan, Toby Jones, Sofia Boutella
  
  
• Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
  
  
• Running Time: 115 min.
  
  
• Rating: R for sequences of strong violence, language throughout, and some sexuality/nudity
  
  

Critical Reception

• Rottentomatoes: 73% (78 fresh, 29 rotten, score: 6.5/10)
  
• Metacritic: 63 out of 100 (28 positive, 14 mixed, 1 negative).

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THE EMOJI MOVIE

Official Synopsis

This animated comedy takes place in Textopolis, a world inside a smartphone that's inhabited by various emojis. There, an emoji named Gene (voiced by T.J. Miller) is ashamed that he has multiple facial expressions while his colleagues only have one each, and he embarks on a quest to be like everyone else. James Corden, Anna Faris, Jennifer Coolidge, Patrick Stewart, and Maya Rudolph also lend their voices to this film from Sony Pictures Animation.

Film Details

• Director: Tony Leondis
  
  
• Starring: T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge, Patrick Stewart, Christina Aguilera, Sofia Vergara
  
  
• Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
  
  
• Running Time: 86 min.
  
  
• Rating: PG for Rude Humor
  
  

Critical Reception

• Rottentomatoes: 3% (1 fresh, 29 rotten, score: 2.2/10)
  
• Metacritic: 9 out of 100 (0 positive, 2 mixed, 16 negative).

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AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER

Official Synopsis

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Cameras follow him behind the scenes-in moments private and public, funny and poignant-as he pursues the empowering notion that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion. Renowned filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk (Audrie & Daisy, 2016 Sundance Film Festival) have taken the baton from 2006 Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim. What started then as a profound slide show lecture has become a gorgeously cinematic excursion. Our extraordinary former vice president invites us along on an inspirational journey across the globe that delivers the tools to heal our planet. The question is: Will WE choose to take the baton?

Film Details

• Director: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk
  
  
• Starring: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Donald J. Trump
  
  
• Genre: Documentary
  
  
• Running Time: 98 min.
  
  
• Rating: PG for thematic elements and some troubling images
  
  

Critical Reception

• Rottentomatoes: 75% (36 fresh, 12 rotten, score: 6.4/10)
  
• Metacritic: 67 out of 100 (15 positive, 5 mixed, 0 negative).

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BRIGSBY BEAR

Official Synopsis

Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James (Kyle Mooney). When the show abruptly ends, James' life changes forever, he sets out to finish the story himself and must learn to cope with the realities of a new world that he knows nothing about.

Film Details

• Director: Dave McCary
  
  
• Starring: Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, Greg Kinnear, Mark Hamill, Claire Danes
  
  
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
  
  
• Running Time: 100 min.
  
  
• Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, brief sexuality, drug material and teen partying
  
  

Critical Reception

• Rottentomatoes: 86% (38 fresh, 6 rotten, score: 7.0/10)
  
• Metacritic: 68 out of 100 (15 positive, 6 mixed, 0 negative).

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