Coming attractions

The Prodigy

R A mother (Taylor Schilling) whose young son's disturbing behavior signals that an evil force has overtaken him must grapple with her maternal instinct to protect him in favor of investigating what is causing his dark turn. With Jackson Robert Scott, Colm Feore, Peter Mooney, Olunike Adeliyi, Brittany Allen; directed by Nicholas McCarthy. (1 hour 40 minutes) Opens today

What Men Want

R A sports agent, constantly boxed out by her male colleagues, seeks answers from a psychic, drinks a weird concoction that suddenly allows her to hear what men are thinking and starts to turn the tables on her obnoxious male colleagues while racing to sign the next basketball superstar. This quasi-remake of What Women Want stars Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Richard Roundtree, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Tracy Morgan, Josh Brener, Max Greenfield, Erykah Badu, Tamala Jones; directed by Adam Shankman. (1 hour 57 minutes) Opens today

Isn't It Romantic

PG-13 A New York architect who works hard to get noticed at her job has been going unrewarded gets knocked unconscious during a subway mugging and magically wakes up to find herself in an alternate universe -- where she suddenly discovers that she's playing the leading lady in a real-life romantic comedy. With Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, Adam Devine, Priyanka Chopra; directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson. (1 hour 28 minutes) Opens Wednesday

Happy Death Day 2U

PG-13 A college student wakes up in horror to learn that she's stuck in a parallel universe, that her boyfriend's roommate has been altering time and that she is once again the target of a masked killer. With Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu, Suraj Sharma, Sarah Bennani, Rachel Matthews, Ruby Modine, Steve Zissis; directed by Christopher Landon. (1 hour 40 minutes) Opens Wednesday

Alita: Battle Angel

PG-13 Several centuries in the future, a compassionate cyber-doctor finds and rehabilitates an abandoned cyborg whom, while she is learning to navigate her new life on the treacherous streets of Iron City, he must shield from her mysterious past. With Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson, Lana Condor; directed by Robert Rodriguez. (2 hours 2 minutes) Opens Thursday

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Director Nicholas McCarthy works with young actor Jackson Robert Scott on the set of the horror movie The Prodigy.

MovieStyle on 02/08/2019

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