New Movie Releases October 17th, 2014

List below shows all new movies released in theaters on October 17th, 2014, including both wide and limited movie releases.

The Best of Me

Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/2014
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Hoffman
Actors: Michelle Monaghan, James Marsden, Liana Liberato, Luke Bracey
Plot: A couple who were once an item in high school find themselves meeting back up after each returns to their small home town.

The Book of Life

Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jorge R. Gutierrez
Actors: Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, Danny Trejo, Ron Perlman
Plot: A young man finds himself on a path that can go two different ways: to follow the expectations of his family or to follow his heart. But before making a momentous choice in his life, he must face his greatest fears - and the fantastical journey begins.

Free Fall

Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Malek Akkad
Actors: D.B. Sweeney, Sarah Butler, Malcolm McDowell, Ian Gomez

Fury

Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Ayers
Actors: Brad Pitt, Michael Peña, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman
Plot: As WWII winds down a battled-hardened sergeant, Wardaddy, commands a Sherman tank and five-man crew, aiming for the heart of Germany despite being out-manned, out-gunned and fielding a rookie recruit.

The Trial

Theatrical Release Date: 10/15/2014
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chito S. Roño
Actors: John Lloyd Cruz, Richard Gomez, Gretchen Barretto, Jessy Mendiola

The Demon's Rook

Theatrical Release Date: 10/13/2014
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Sizemore
Actors: Ashleigh Jo Sizemore, James Sizemore, John Chatham, Melanie Richardson

The Day the Series Stopped

Theatrical Release Date: 10/12/2014
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ryan Fleck
Actors: Will Clark, Jose Canseco, Dennis Eckersley, Bob Ley
Plot: During game three of the 1989 World Series, the Oakland A's were playing against the nearby San Francisco Giants. When a magnitude 6.9 earthquake suddenly rocked the Bay Area it did more than just stop the series - it brought a city to a standstill.

Limited Movie Releases

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Actors: Emma Stone, Michael Keaton, Naomi Watts, Edward Norton
Plot: He once played an iconic superhero - but that was then, and this is now. With a huge ego and family trouble - a washed-up actor will attempt to put his troubles behind him at he mounts a comeback on Broadway.

Camp X-Ray

Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/2014
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Sattler
Actors: Kristen Stewart, John Carroll Lynch, Lane Garrison, Tara Holt
Plot: A young woman looking to escape her suffocating small-town life joins the military - but instead of seeing action in Iraq, she is assigned to Guantanamo Bay. While she is met by hate and abuse from most of the men in her charge, she forges a connection with one young man who has been in the prison for eight long years.

Dear White People

Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Justin Simien
Actors: Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Teyonah Parris, Brandon P Bell
Plot: Four black students at an ivory league school start a riot when they crash an African-American themed party in this tongue-in-cheek look at modern racial relations.

Tale of Princess Kaguya, The ( Kaguyahime no monogatari )

Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/2014
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Isao Takahata
Actors: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Darren Criss
Plot: Based on the oldest surviving, and one of the most famous, Japanese folklore tales - an old man who makes a living selling bamboo comes across a princess, no bigger than his finger, in one of the plants. Named Kaguya, she grows and when she is of age, five suitors from five prestigious families come to propose. She requests five memorable wedding gifts - but each of the five men fails to bring her what she wants - then, the Emperor of Japan proposes as well.

Young Ones ( Bad Land: Road to Fury )

Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/2014
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jake Paltrow
Actors: Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Shannon
Plot: Sometime in the near future, water has become mankind's most precious resource - dictating everything from global politics to family relationships. As dust settles on a withered Earth, those who survive make a hard living to continue. The Holm family is one such unit - the father not only defends against bandits, but works a supply line all while hoping to rejuvenate his land - he provides for his son and daughter, but his daughter's boyfriend looks to expand his own grand ideals, even if it means taking everything the Holms have fought for.

A Matter of Faith

Theatrical Release Date: 10/14/2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Rich Christiano
Actors: Jordan Trovillion, Jay Pickett, Harry Anderson, Chandler Macocha
Plot: A young Christian woman attending college finds her faith shaken by a popular biology professor who uses evolution as his theory on the origins of life. When her father finds out, he works to bring faith back into her life - by accepting a challenge to debate the professor on creationism vs. evolution.

Stretch

Theatrical Release Date: 10/14/2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joe Carnahan
Actors: Jessica Alba , Chris Pine, Patrick Wilson, Norman Reedus
Plot: After vowing to go straight, a down-on-his-luck limo driver, wanting to pay back his bookie, takes on a crazed passenger who is in possession of ledger implicating some dangerous criminals.

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