Assassin's Creed
75 PG-13 Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, a man (Michael Fassbender) discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society of assassins and amasses the knowledge and skills to take on the present-day oppressive, powerful Templar organization. With Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Michael K. Williams, Ariane Labed, Callum Turner; directed by Justin Kurzel. (2 hours, 20 minutes) Opened Wednesday
Fences
88 PG-13 A former baseball star (director Denzel Washington), now working as a garbage collector in 1950s Pittsburgh, creates tension in his family when he squashes his son's (Jovan Adepo) dream of playing college football. With Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Mykelti Williamson, Russell Hornsby, Saniyya Sidney, Toussaint Abessolo. (2 hours, 18 minutes) Opens Sunday
La La Land
91 PG-13 A jazz musician (Ryan Gosling) and an aspiring actress (Emma Stone), struggling to make ends meet in Los Angeles, are drawn together by their common desire to do what they love, but achieving success threatens to rip them apart. With John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock, Meagen Fay, Callie Hernandez; directed by Damien Chazelle. (2 hours, 8 minutes) Opens Sunday
Lion
89 PG-13 A 5-year-old Indian boy lost on a train that takes him thousands of miles across the country, away from home and family, learns to survive alone in Calcutta before being adopted by an Australian couple; 25 years later, armed with only a handful of memories, an unwavering determination and Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family. With Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman; directed by Garth Davis. (1 hour, 58 minutes) Opens Sunday
Passengers
74 PG-13 On a long space journey to a new home, two passengers (Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt) sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions -- and, as they fall for each other, learn to their dismay that only they can save the lives of the other 5,000 sleeping passengers. With Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Andy Garcia, Aurora Perrineau; directed by Morten Tyldum. (1 hour, 56 minutes) Opened Wednesday
Sing
81 PG A dapper koala will do anything to preserve the once-grand theater he's in charge of -- to the point where he produces the world's greatest singing competition, featuring a mouse, a timid elephant, a pig, a gorilla and a punk-rock porcupine. Animated; with voices of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Jennifer Saunders; directed by Garth Jennings and Christophe Lourdelet. (1 hour, 48 minutes) Opened Wednesday
Why Him?
73 R A loving but overprotective dad (Bryan Cranston), visiting his daughter at college, meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but filter-lacking Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend (James Franco). With Zoey Deutch, Griffin Gluck, Megan Mullally, Steve Aoki, Keegan-Michael Key, Tangie Ambrose; directed by John Hamburg. (1 hour, 51 minutes)
MovieStyle on 12/23/2016