In Theaters: September 18, 2015

There are three wide releases this weekend plus one limited release of interest.

Black Mass

Based on a true story.  The FBI in Boston in the 1970's collaborates with the Irish Mob to take down the Italian Mob.  This movie is supposed to be kind of a big deal because of the performances from Johnny Depp and Joel Edgerton.

Black Mass is rated R for brutal violence, language throughout, some sexual references and brief drug use.

Captive

This one snuck up on me but it's about a man who breaks out of prison (or jail or something) and ends up holding a woman hostage.  Both of them are in the midst of a trial of faith of sorts and I guess they help each other through their struggles.  In some way.

Captive is rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving violence and substance abuse.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

I never saw the first Maze Runner movie but I heard it wasn't all bad.  This one, in my opinion, looks a lot more awesome.  It certainly looks like it takes place in a more interesting world.  Not hard, when the previous movie was a bunch of kids stuck in a maze.  I think the main reason I didn't want to see the last one was because that one guy is in it.  You know, the one with the most punchable face in the world.

punchable

I haven't seen him in the trailers for this one though.  So maybe it's good!

Being honest I have no idea what it's about.  I even read the wikipedia summary of the book (like a year ago) and I still don't really understand what's going on.  I didn't try hard to understand, but anyway I don't.  And the trailer doesn't help.  A bunch of teenagers run around facing all sorts of danger from people and things, that's all I know.  But it looks like it could be good!

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is rated PG-13 for extended sequences of violence and action, some thematic elements, substance use and language.

So I guess some of the teenagers are junkies.

Pawn Sacrifice (limited release)

This is about Bobby Fischer, a real life chess master who is basically the Michael Jordan of chess.  During the Cold War he faced off against the reigning Russian champion.  This movie focuses around that event and Bobby's mental state (he was a bit nuts as I understand).

The only reason I want to see this movie is Tobey Maguire.

Pawn Sacrifice is rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some sexual content and historical smoking.

For now there are only a couple theaters in the Valley screening Pawn Sacrifice.

      Big Shot Critic