While this week’s releases might not include the likes of the incredibly popular Doctor Strange, there are still some great movies hitting the big screen this week.
From alien attacks in Arrival to chilling horror in Shut In, there is something for everyone at the movies this week.
Check out this week’s biggest movie releases below:
Arrival
Age restriction: PG 10-12
Run time: 1h 56min
Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Synopsis:
A linguist is recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications.
Storks
Age restriction: PG
Run time: 1h 27min
Starring: Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Kelsey Grammer
Directed by: Nicholas Stoller, Doug Sweetland
Synopsis:
Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packages. But when an order for a baby appears, the best delivery stork must scramble to fix the error by delivering the baby.
Desierto
Age restriction: 16 LVP
Run time: 1h 34min
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo
Directed by: Jonás Cuarón
Synopsis:
A group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a man who has taken border patrol duties into his own racist hands.
Shut In
Age restriction: PG 13
Run time: N/A
Starring: Naomi Watts, Charlie Heaton, Jacob Tremblay
Directed by: Farren Blackburn
Synopsis:
A heart-pounding thriller about a widowed child psychologist who lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
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