MOVIES
Opening Wednesday:
"Jackie" (R): The Oscar buzz is strong around Natalie Portman's performance as Jacqueline Kennedy in this drama set during the immediate days following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
"Passengers" (PG-13): A spacecraft carrying thousands of people to a distant colony malfunctions, causing two of its passengers (Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt) to wake up from hyper-sleep 90 years early.
"Sing" (PG): Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane and Scarlett Johansson provide the voices for this animated fable about animals who put on a musical show to save an old theater.
"Assassin's Creed" (PG-13): Michael Fassbender stars in this adaptation of the hit video game as a man genetically linked to a member of a secret society of killers in 15th-century Spain.
"Lion" (PG-13): 25 years after being separated from his family, a young man (Dev Patel) leaves his adoptive parents (Nicole Kidman and David Wenham) and tries to track down the relatives he left behind in Calcutta.
Opening Friday:
"Elle" (R): A ferocious Isabelle Huppert stars in director Paul ("Showgirls") Verhoeven's drama about a woman plotting revenge against the home intruder who raped her.
"Why Him?" (R): An uptight father (Bryan Cranston) is aghast to discover his daughter (Zoey Deutch) is dating a Silicon Valley billionaire (James Franco) who lacks even a semblance of manners and social grace.
Opening Dec. 25
"Fences" (PG-13): Viola Davis is the early favorite in the best supporting actress Oscar race for her performance in this adaptation of August Wilson's play about race relations in the 1950s, directed by and starring Denzel Washington.
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In stores Tuesday:
"The Magnificent Seven" (DVD/Blu-ray): Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke are among the outlaws turned heroes in director Antoine Fuqua's remake of the classic 1960 western.
"Sully" (DVD/Blu-ray): Tom Hanks stars in director Clint Eastwood's dramatic recounting of the emergency landing by a passenger plane in the Hudson River.
"Storks" (DVD/Blu-ray): Andy Samberg and Jennifer Aniston provide the voices for this animated adventure about storks who have gone from delivering babies to delivering packages for a giant online retailer.
