November 2014 Movies - Movie Insider (original) (raw)
Best Movies Released November 2014
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Movies Released Friday, November 7, 2014
Interstellar PG-13
A sci-fi film that delves into Caltech physicist Kip Thorne's theories of gravity fields. A space travel story about a group of explorers who travel through a worm hole and into another dimension. Based on real science, the film will explore the mind-bending territory of black holes and gravity waves and touch on some of the hypotheses that Albert Einstein chased but never could prove.
Matthew McConaughey, Christopher Nolan, Anne Hathaway, Topher Grace, Matt Damon, Timothee Chalamet, Steven Spielberg, Jessica Chastain
Action Adventure Fantasy
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4 / 5
Big Hero 6 PG
An action-packed comedy-adventure about robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who learns to harness his genius—thanks to his brilliant brother Tadashi and their like-minded friends: adrenaline junkie Go Go Tamago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to his closest companion—a robot named Baymax—and transforms the group into a band of high-tech heroes determined to solve the mystery.
Genesis Rodriguez, Don Hall, James Cromwell, T.J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Kristina Reed, Maya Rudolph, Alan Tudyk
Action Comedy Animated
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In Theaters
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4 / 5
Jessabelle PG-13
Returning to her childhood home in Louisiana to recuperate from a horrific car accident, Jessabelle (Sarah Snook of Sleeping Beauty) comes face to face with a long-tormented spirit that has been seeking her return -- and has no intention of letting her escape.
Jason Blum, Sarah Snook, Chris Ellis, Robert Ben Garant, Mark Webber, Joelle Carter, Amber Stevens, Larisa Oleynik
Horror Supernatural
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3 / 5
Open Windows
Nick (Elijah Wood) is excited to discover that he's won a dinner date with his favorite actress, Jill Goddard (Sasha Grey). But when Jill refuses to honor the contest, her manager Chord (Neil Maskell) makes an offer he can't refuse - the ability to view Jill secretly via computer. Nick begins watching the unknowing star on her webcam, not realizing that this decision will put both himself and Jill at risk as they enter a terrifying world of cat-and-mouse where nothing, and no one are as they seem.
Elijah Wood, Rachel Arieff, Garrett Basch, Nacho Vigalondo, Belen Atienza, Sasha Grey, Neil Maskell
Action Thriller Crime
The Better Angels
The Better Angels looks at the formative years of Abraham Lincoln's life in the harsh wilderness of Indiana in 1817.
Nicolas Gonda, Terrence Malick, Wes Bentley, Jason Krigsfeld, Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Braydon Denney, Cameron Mitchell Williams
Drama Biography
Theory of Everything
Follows Eddie Redmayne as theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, world-famous as the author of A Brief History of Time, opposite Felicity Jones. The movie explores the excitement of the 1960s for Stephen as he studies at Cambridge University. At the dawn of a brilliant life’s work, he falls passionately in love with arts student Jane Wilde. Their relationship leads him through personal and scientific challenges and breakthroughs, and as his world opens up he opens up the entire world to new ways of seeing.
Eddie Redmayne, Lesley Manville, Lisa Bruce, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Felicity Jones
Drama Biography
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Limited Theaters
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3 / 5
Bank$tas R
Life could not be better for best friends Neal and Isaac. They just graduated college and landed their dream job with a top investment bank. But when they discover their boss is planning a crooked student loan deal, their lives are thrown into turmoil. Determined to stop the corrupt plan, they concoct a crazy scheme of sex, drugs and espionage resulting in a wildly chaotic adventure.
Laura Vandervoort, Jeff Stephenson, Michael Seater, Joe Dinicol, Alan Thicke
Comedy
Elsa and Fred PG-13
A widower and his vivacious new neighbor discover that it's never too late to fall in love and realize their dreams.
Wendell Pierce, Shirley MacLaine, Chris Noth, Jared Gilman, Ricardo Kleinbaum, Michael Bell, Marcia Gay Harden, James Brolin
Romantic Comedy
Virunga
The true story of a group of brave people risking their lives to build a better future in a part of Africa the world's forgotten and a gripping expose of the realities of life in the Congo. In the forested depths of eastern Congo lies Virunga National Park, one of the most bio-diverse places in the world and home to the last of the mountain gorillas. In this wild, but enchanted environment, a small and embattled team of park rangers - including an ex-child soldier turned ranger, a caretaker of orphan gorillas and a Belgian conservationist - protect this UNESCO world heritage site from armed militia, poachers and the dark forces struggling to control Congo's rich natural resources. When the newly formed M23 rebel group declares war in May 2012, a new conflict threatens the lives and stability of everyone and everything they've worked so hard to protect.
Documentary
West R
East Germany. Summer, late 70’s. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij’s apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij’s mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.
Christian Schwochow, Jordis Triebel, Tristan Gobel
Drama
Mr. Pip PG-13
Set in the Papua New Guinea province of Bougainville during an ongoing war between soldiers and rebels over copper mining, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel "Great Expectations," which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.
Andrew Adamson, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Robin Scholes, Hugh Laurie
Drama Adaptation
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Movies Released Friday, November 14, 2014
Beyond the Lights PG-13
Beyond the Lights is the story of Noni Jean, the music world’s latest superstar. But not all is what it seems, and the pressures cause Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who’s been assigned to her detail. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them who urge them to put their career ambitions ahead of their romance. But it is ultimately Kaz's love that gives Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.
Minnie Driver, Matt Alvarez, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Danny Glover, Tucker Tooley, Ryan Kavanaugh
Drama
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3 / 5
Foxcatcher R
Tells the story of Olympic Gold Medal-winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Tatum), who sees a way out from the shadow of his more celebrated wrestling brother Dave (Ruffalo) and a life of poverty when he is summoned by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont (Carell) to move onto his estate and train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Desperate to gain the respect of his disapproving mother, du Pont begins "coaching" a world-class athletic team and, in the process, lures Mark into dangerous habits, breaks his confidence and drives him into a self-destructive spiral.
Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave, Jon Kilik, Dan Futterman, Anthony Michael Hall
Drama Biography Mystery
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In Theaters
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3 / 5
Rosewater
Reporter Maziar Bahari is accused of being a spy and imprisoned by the Iranian government shortly after a "Daily Show" correspondent interviews him in Iran in 2009. He spends the next three months in Iran’s most notorious prison, enduring brutal interrogation sessions at the hands of a man he knows only by his smell: Rosewater. Bahari later reveals he was not imprisoned because of the TV show interview, but because his captors wanted an excuse to lock him up.
Scott Rudin, Golshifteh Farahani, Gael García Bernal, Gigi Pritzker, Haluk Bilginer, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dimitri Leonidas, Andrew Gower
Drama True Story
Dumb and Dumber To PG-13
The plot will follow Harry Dunne and Lloyd Christmas 20 years later trying to track down one of their children.
Jennifer Lawrence, Peter Farrelly, Rob Riggle, Sean Anders, Jeff Daniels, Bobby Farrelly, Jim Carrey, Bradley Thomas
Comedy Sequel
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In Theaters
User Rated:
4 / 5
Merry Friggin' Christmas PG-13
Follows Boyd Mitchler (Joel McHale) and his wife Luann (Lauren Graham) as they spend a dreaded Christmas with Boyd’s father Mitch (Robin Williams) and his family of misfits. Upon realizing that he has left all of his son’s gifts at home, Boyd hits the road with his father and younger brother in an attempt to make the eight-hour round trip before sunrise.
Phil Johnston, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Lauren Graham, Joel McHale, Pierce Gagnon, Matt Jones, Tristram Shapeero
Comedy Family Holiday
Miss Meadows
Katie Holmes plays a sweet and proper elementary school teacher whose perfect manners and pretty floral dresses hide a dark secret: when she's not teaching at the local elementary school or tending to her garden, she's moonlighting as a gun-toting vigilante.
Callan Mulvey, James Badge Dale, Katie Holmes, Karen Leigh Hopkins, Eric Brenner, Rob Carliner
Drama
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Limited Theaters
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3 / 5
Beside Still Water
Mourning the sudden death of his parents, Daniel invites his childhood friends up to their lake house in an attempt to relive the glory days of their youth -- whether they like it or not. Things take a turn for the worse when it becomes clear that none of his friends share his nostalgia for the good old days -- and his ex-girlfriend shows up with a new fiancé. But as the night progresses, secrets are confessed, romances are rekindled, and a particularly epic game of Whiskey Slaps is played.
Chris Lowell, Erin Darke, Beck Bennett, Will Brill, Ryan Eggold, Brett Dalton
Drama Comedy
Wolves R
Popular high school student Cayden Richards wakes from a horrific nightmare, only to realize that he’s living it… He is changing into something vicious, unpredictable and wild. Forced to hit the road after the brutal murder of his parents, Cayden tries to hunt down the truth of what he is. In the remote, mountain town of Lupine Ridge, he discovers others like him — Including the beautiful Angelina, a young woman caught between two ancient clans of "wolves". And when he finally discovers the shocking truth behind his ancestry, Cayden realizes there is only one way to save the woman he loves… a grisly fight to the death against forces more savage than he could have ever imagined.
Jason Momoa, Lucas Till, David Hayter, Benedict Carver, Merritt Patterson, Stephen McHattie
Thriller Suspense Horror
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Limited Theaters
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3 / 5
Red Army
Red Army is a feature documentary about the Soviet Union and the most successful dynasty in sports history: the Red Army hockey team. Told from the perspective of its captain Slava Fetisov, the story portrays his transformation from national hero to political enemy. From the USSR to Russia, the film examines how sport mirrors social and cultural movements and parallels the rise and fall of the Red Army team with the Soviet Union.
Documentary
The Homesman R
A pioneer woman and a claim-jumping rascal of a man usher three insane women on an odyssey from Nebraska to Iowa, braving the elements along the way.
Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, John Lithgow, David Dencik, Miranda Otto, Hilary Swank, James Spader, Grace Gummer
Drama Period
Saving Christmas PG
Regrounds the Christmas tradition in its Biblical roots.
Kirk Cameron, David Shannon, Raphi Henley, Ben Kientz, Cheston Hervey, Ankara Rosser, Darren Doane, Bridgette Ridenour
Holiday
Movies Released Friday, November 21, 2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 PG-13
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice, but even though she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. President Snow makes it clear that no one is safe either -- not Katniss's family, not her friends and not the people of District 12.
Stanley Tucci, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Sam Claflin, Liam Hemsworth, Nina Jacobson, Francis Lawrence, Elizabeth Banks
Action Sequel Thriller
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In Theaters
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4 / 5
The Imitation Game
A dramatic portrayal of the life and work of one of Britain’s most extraordinary unsung heroes, Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch).
The pioneer of modern-day computing, Turing is credited with cracking the German Enigma code and the film is a nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team at Britain’s top-secret code-breaking center, Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Turing, whose contributions and genius significantly shortened the war, saving thousands of lives, was the eventual victim of an unenlightened British Establishment, but his work and legacy live on.
Keira Knightley also stars as Turing's close friend and fellow code-breaker Joan Clarke.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Tom Goodman-Hill, Allen Leech, Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman
Drama Biography True Story
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Limited Theaters
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4 / 5
VHS: Viral R
A group of fame-obsessed teens unwittingly become stars of the next internet sensation.
Carrie Keagan, Michael Flores, Justin Benson, Blair Redford
Thriller Horror
Extraterrestrial
Still reeling from her parents divorce, April (Brittany Allen) is dragged back to the vacation cabin she spent fond summers at as a child accompanied by a group of friends. Her trip down memory lane takes a dramatic and terrifying turn when a fireball descends from the sky and explodes in the nearby woods. Lead by her boyfriend, played by Freddie Stroma, the group venture out toward the crash site and discover the remnants of a ship from another planet along with footprints that suggest its alien occupants are still alive. The college friends soon find themselves caught in the middle of something bigger and more terrifying than anything they could ever imagine.
Jesse Moss, Emily Perkins, Freddie Stroma, Collin Minihan, Colin Minihan, Brittany Allen, Melanie Papalia, Randy Manis
Horror Sci-Fi
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Limited Theaters
User Rated:
4 / 5
Movies Released Wednesday, November 26, 2014
The Penguins of Madagascar PG
Discover the secrets of the most entertaining and mysterious birds in the global espionage game: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private now must join forces with the chic spy organization, the North Wind, led by Agent Classified, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine, voiced by John Malkovich, from taking over the world.
Benedict Cumberbatch, John Malkovich, Michael Colton, Lara Breay, John Aboud, Ken Jeong, Simon J. Smith, Christopher Knights
Family Kids Animated
Where to Watch:
In Theaters
User Rated:
4 / 5
Horrible Bosses 2 R
Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business in Horrible Bosses 2. But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed and desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor's adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company.
Chris Pine, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, John Francis Daley, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Sean Anders, Jason Bateman
Comedy Sequel
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In Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
Movies Released Thursday, November 27, 2014
Jauja
Set in Denmark and Argentina, a man and his daughter journey to a desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.
Viilbjørk Malling Agger, Viggo Mortensen, Esteban Bigliardi, Fabian Casas, Alonso Casas, Adrián Fondari, Brian Patterso, Lisandro Alonso
Drama
Movies Released Friday, November 28, 2014
The Babadook NR
Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6 year-old, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel’s dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both.
When a disturbing storybook called ‘The Babadook’ turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he’s been dreaming about. His hallucinations spiral out of control, he becomes more unpredictable and violent. Amelia, genuinely frightened by her son’s behaviour, is forced to medicate him.
But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may be real.
Jennifer Kent, Daniel Henshall, Essie Davis
Suspense Horror Re-Release
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Limited Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5