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Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed, Ann Cusack, Kevin Rahm, Anne McDaniels
Director: Dan Gilroy
Release Date: 10-31-2014
Run Time: 118 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for violence including graphic images, and for language
Distributor: Open Road Films
Reviews for Nightcrawler:
Starring Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser, Austin Stowell, Jayson Blair
Director: Damien Chazelle
Release Date: 10-24-2014
Run Time: 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for strong language including some sexual references
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Reviews for Whiplash:
Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Adrianne Palicki, Willem Dafoe, Bridget Moynahan, Jason Isaacs, Bridget Regan, Alfie Allen, Dean Winters
Director: Chad Stahelski, David Leitch
Release Date: 10-24-2014
Run Time: 101 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for strong and bloody violence throughout, language and brief drug use
Distributor: Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Entertainment
Reviews for John Wick:
Starring Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Release Date: 10-24-2014
Run Time: 119 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for language throughout, some sexual content and brief violence
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Reviews for Birdman:
Starring Melissa McCarthy, Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Chris O'Dowd, Terrence Howard, Scott Adsit, Kimberly Quinn, Alyssa Ruland, Katharina Damm, Alexandra Fong
Director: Theodore Melfi
Release Date: 10-17-2014
Run Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG-13), for mature thematic material including sexual content, alcohol and tobacco use, and for language
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Reviews for St. Vincent:
Starring Ansel Elgort, Judy Greer, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner, Emma Thompson, Dean Norris, J.K. Simmons, Dennis Haysbert, Kaitlyn Dever, Rosemarie DeWitt
Director: Jason Reitman
Release Date: 10-17-2014
Run Time: 119 min
MPAA Rating: (R), for strong sexual content including graphic dialogue throughout-some involving teens, and for language
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Reviews for Men, Women and Children:
Starring Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Bernthal, Michael Peña, Scott Eastwood, Xavier Samuel, Jason Isaacs, Jim Parrack
Director: David Ayer
Release Date: 10-17-2014
Run Time: 134 min
MPAA Rating: (R), for strong sequences of war violence, some grisly images, and language throughout
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Reviews for Fury:
Starring Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Barry Pepper, Rosemarie DeWitt, Paz Vega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jena Sims, Susan Walters, Rhoda Griffis, Yul Vazquez, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen
Director: Michael Cuesta
Release Date: 10-10-2014
Run Time: 112 min
MPAA Rating: (R), for language and drug content
Distributor: Focus Features
Reviews for Kill the Messenger:
Starring Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Dylan Minnette, Kerris Dorsey, Ed Oxenbould, Megan Mullally, Jennifer Coolidge, Bella Thorne
Director: Miguel Arteta
Release Date: 10-10-2014
Run Time: 81 min
MPAA Rating: (PG), for rude humor including some reckless behavior and language
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Reviews for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day:
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Leighton Meester, Ian Nelson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dax Shepard, Billy Bob Thornton, David Krumholtz
Director: David Dobkin
Release Date: 10-10-2014
Run Time: 141 min
MPAA Rating: (R), for language including some sexual references
Distributor: Warner Bros. Picture
Reviews for The Judge:
Starring Bill Nighy, Andrew Scott, Dominic West, George MacKay, Joseph Gilgun, Imelda Staunton, Paddy Considine, Ben Schnetzer, Sophie Evans
Director: Matthew Warchus
Release Date: 10-10-2014
Run Time: 120 min
MPAA Rating: (R), for language and brief sexual content
Distributor: CBS Films
Reviews for Pride:
Starring: Lisa Allen, Dan Ariely, Ava Arpaio, Joe Arpaio
Director: Randy Murray
Release Date: 10-3-2014
Run Time: 101 min
MPAA Rating: (Not Rated)
Reviews for The Joe Show:
