Movies Opening in Cinemas On October 23
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Steve Jobs, Suffragette, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Jem and the Holograms, The Last Witch Hunter, Rock the Kasbah, Burnt, I Smile Back and Nasty Baby.
Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.
Opening in Cinemas This Week:
Steve Jobs (2015)
122 minutes – Biography, Drama
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter.
Director: Danny Boyle
Stars: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels
Suffragette (2015)
106 minutes – Drama
The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
Director: Sarah Gavron
Stars: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
88 minutes – Horror
Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.
Director: Gregory Plotkin
Stars: Chris J. Murray, Brit Shaw, Ivy George, Dan Gill
Jem and the Holograms (2015)
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Music
As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden.
Director: Jon M. Chu
Stars: Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott, Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
106 minutes – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.
Director: Breck Eisner
Stars: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Rock the Kasbah (2015)
Comedy, Music
A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, Afghan Star.
Director: Barry Levinson
Stars: Bill Murray, Leem Lubany, Zooey Deschanel, Bruce Willis
Burnt (2015)
Comedy, Drama
Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.
Director: John Wells
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Brühl, Riccardo Scamarcio
limited release in U.S., full release on October 30 – International Release Dates
I Smile Back (2015)
85 minutes – Drama
Laney Brooks does bad things. Married with kids, she takes the drugs she wants, sleeps with the men she wants, disappears when she wants. Now, with the destruction of her family looming, and temptation everywhere, Laney makes one last desperate attempt at redemption.
Director: Adam Salky
Stars: Sarah Silverman, Josh Charles, Skylar Gaertner, Shayne Coleman
Nasty Baby (2015)
100 minutes – Drama
A close-knit trio navigates the idea of creating life, while at the same time being confronted with a brutal scenario that causes them to take a life.
Director: Sebastián Silva
Stars: Sebastián Silva, Tunde Adebimpe, Kristen Wiig, Reg E. Cathey
Which of these will you be seeing? Share your thoughts in the comments!
(top image source: Steve Jobs – Universal Pictures)
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