The Boxtrolls
81 PG A community of quirky, mischievous underground creatures have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy (voice of Isaac Hempstead Wright), who must go above ground to save them from a villain (voice of Ben Kingsley) plotting to get rid of the Boxtrolls. Animated. With voices of Elle Fanning, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Tracy Morgan, Simon Pegg; directed by Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable. (97 minutes)
The Equalizer
77 R Denzel Washington plays a guy who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and begun a new, quiet life -- until he feels obligated to come out of self-imposed retirement and help a young girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters. With Marton Csokas, David Harbour, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo; directed by Antoine Fuqua. (131 minutes)
My Old Lady
PG-13 A man inherits an apartment in Paris from his estranged father -- and also the apartment's feisty elderly tenant, who is not prepared to budge, and her daughter, who, it turns out, shares with him a common ground of childhood pain and neglect. With Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Dominique Pinon; directed by Israel Horovitz. (107 minutes)
The Song
83 PG-13 An aspiring singer-songwriter (Alan Powell), struggling to escape the long shadow of his country-music- legend father, writes a breakout hit that leads to stardom and a world of temptation that endangers his new marriage. With Ali Faulkner, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas; directed by Richard Ramsey. (112 minutes)
MovieStyle on 09/26/2014