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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:
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Corey Stoll, Maria Howell, Sarah Baker, Thad Luckinbill, Sharon Conley, Mike Pniewski, Joshua Mikel, Kaitlyn Ervin, Jeff Matthew Glover, Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Emmanuel Jal, Kuoth Wiel, Peterdeng Mongok, Okwar Jale, Thon Kueth
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Release Date: 10-3-2014
Run Time: 110 min
MPAA Rating: (PG-13), for thematic elements, some violence, brief strong language and drug use
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Reviews for The Good Lie:
Starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Missi Pyle, Kim Dickens, Tyler Perry, Patrick Fugit, Casey Wilson, Emily Ratajkowski, Boyd Holbrook
Director: David Fincher
Release Date: 10-3-2014
Run Time: 148 min
MPAA Rating: (R), for a scene of bloody violence, some strong sexual content/nudity, and language
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Reviews for Gone Girl:
Starring: Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno, Christopher Plummer
Director: Peter Chelsom
Release Date: 9-26-2014
Run Time: 114 min
MPAA Rating: (R), for language and some brief nudity
Distributor: Relativity Media
Reviews for Hector and the Search for Happiness:
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Melissa Leo, Marton Csokas, Haley Bennett, Johnny Messner, Vladimir Kulich, Dan Bilzerian, Robert Wahlberg, David Harbour
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Release Date: 9-26-2014
Run Time: 132 min
MPAA Rating: (R), for strong bloody violence and language throughout, including some sexual references
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Reviews of The Equalizer:
Starring: Will Poulter, Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Patricia Clarkson, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Don McManus, Blake Cooper, Chris Sheffield, Thomas Brody Sangster
Director: Wes Ball
Release Date: 9-19-2014
Run Time: 114 min
MPAA Rating: (PG-13) for thematic elements and intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, including some disturbing images
Distributor: Fox Films, 20th Century Fox
Reviews of The Maze Runner:
Starring : Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Joel David Moore, Lance Reddick, Leland Orser, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Chase Williamson, Jesse Luken
Director: Adam Wingard
Release Date: 9-17-2014
Run Time: 99 min
Rating: (R), for strong violence, language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality
Reviews of The Guest:
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