This week’s new movie releases include an interesting variety. There’s sure to be something for each family member.
Tiger Eyes, Runner Runner, We Are What We Are, Thanks for Sharing, I’m So Excited! and other recent box office hits.
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New Movie Releases – 10/7/16
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 The Act of Killing [Blu-ray] In this chilling and inventive documentary, executive produced by Errol Morris (‘The Fog Of War’) and Werner Herzog (‘Grizzly Man’), the filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of the American movies they love.  |
 We Are What We Are  A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers, have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. |
 Wedding Palace Abandoned at the altar, Jason’s (Brian Tee) family quickly introduces him to other eager brides in waiting but to their horror, he rejects them all. The clock is literally ticking on Jason’s life as his 30th birthday is fast approaching, bringing along an old family curse.  |
 Tiger Eyes ‘Tiger Eyes’ marks the first major motion picture adaptation from the work of iconic author Judy Blume, whose books have sold more than 82 million copies in 41 countries. Davey is a 17 year-old girl abruptly relocated by her grieving mother to the strange “atom bomb” town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. With the sudden and violent death of her father, the displaced Davey no longer knows who to be or how to fit in.  |
 Big Ass Spider! An exterminator (Greg Grunberg) and his Hispanic sidekick (Lombardo Boyar) are caught in an epic battle when a military assault fails to contain a giant alien spider rampaging through the city of Los Angeles.  |
 I’m So Excited! [Blu-ray] The passengers and crew of an airliner bound for Mexico City find their lives in jeopardy due to a technical failure, and experience a collective catharsis that helps to ward off the specter of death in this comedy written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Upon learning of the problem, the pilots of flight 2549 begin working with their colleagues on the ground to find a solution. Meanwhile, the flamboyant flight attendants and their chief steward work overtime to distract the concerned passengers of business class from the mad scramble to land the plane safely.  |
 Birth of the Living Dead Filmmaker Rob Kuhns examines the volatile social climate that gave birth to George A. Romero’s highly-influential horror classic Night of the Living Dead, while paying tribute to the staunchly independent filmmaker and his unconventional methods.  |
 Inequality for All [Blu-ray] A passionate argument on behalf of the middle class, ‘Inequality For All’ features Robert Reich-professor, best-selling author, and Clinton cabinet memberas he demonstrates how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American economy.A passionate argument on behalf of the middle class, ‘Inequality For All’ features Robert Reich-professor, best-selling author, and Clinton cabinet memberas he demonstrates how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American economy.  |
 Closed Circuit (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD with UltraViolet) In this international thriller, two ex-lovers, Martin (Eric Bana of “Hanna”) and Claudia (Golden Globe Award nominee Rebecca Hall), find their loyalties tested and their lives at risk when they are joined together on the defense team in a terrorism trial.  |
 Thanks for Sharing From Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and first-time director Stuart Blumberg (‘The Kids Are All Right’), ‘Thanks for Sharing’ is a sharply comic and deeply moving look at a new kind of modern family, as a group of friends in recovery learns to face life together with heart, humor and humility. Academy Award-nominee Mark Ruffalo, Academy Award-winner Tim Robbins and Broadway star Josh Gad (“The Book of Mormon”) anchor a stellar ensemble that includes Academy Award-winner Gwyneth Paltrow and pop star Alecia Moore (“Get the Party Started”) in her first film role.  |
 Runner Runner A Princeton grad student finds himself caught between the FBI and a malevolent online gambling tycoon in this thriller from The Lincoln Lawyer director Brad Furman.  |
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