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Starring Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Kathleen Turner, Laurie Holden, Rob Riggle, Rachel Melvin, Steve Tom
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Release Date: 11-14-2014
Run Time: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for crude and sexual humor, partial nudity, language and some drug references
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Reviews for Dumb and Dumber To:
Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Harry Lloyd, Lesley Manville, Adam Godley, Maxine Peake, Joelle Koissi
Director: James Marsh
Release Date: 11-14-2014
Run Time: 123 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for some thematic elements and suggestive material
Distributor: Focus Features
Reviews for The Theory of Everything:
Starring Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung, Genesis Rodriguez, T.J. Miller, Damon Wayans Jr., Alan Tudyk, James Cromwell, Katie Lowes, Maya Rudolph
Director: Don Hall
Release Date: 11-07-2014
Run Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG), for action and peril, some rude humor, and thematic elements
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Reviews for Big Hero 6:
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, John Lithgow, Casey Affleck, David Gyasi, Wes Bentley, Mackenzie Foy, Timothée Chalamet
Director: Christopher Nolan
Release Date: 11-07-2014
Run Time: 169 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for some intense perilous action and brief strong language
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Reviews for Interstellar:
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:
