Arts & Entertainment

Movie Reviews, Trailers: 'Blair Witch,' ‘Bridget Jones's Baby,’ ‘Snowden,’ and More

Patch Movie Critic Beau Behan's guide to movies with a theatrical release on Sep 16, 2016.

Are you planning on going to the movies this weekend? Here are this week’s new releases:

  • Video Review: "Sully"
  • Video Review: "The Light Between Oceans"
  • Video Review: “Don’t Breathe”
  • “Blair Witch”
  • “Bridget Jones's Baby”
  • “Snowden”
  • “Wild Oats”

And here’s what they’re all about.

Video Review: Does Tom Hanks' 'Sully' Fly High?

Video Review: Does "The Light Between Oceans" Glow Brightly?

Video Review: Does “Don’t Breathe" Redefine the Paradigm of Horror Films?

“Blair Witch” (Wide, Sep 16)

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R, 89 min, Horror, Thriller

Director: Adam Wingard

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Writer: Simon Barrett

Stars: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez

A sequel to "The Blair Witch Project," "Blair Witch" follows the story of James and his friends as they take on the task of searching for his long-lost sister, Heather, in the Black Hills Forest.

“Bridget Jones's Baby” (Wide, Sep 16)

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R, 122 min, Comedy, Romance

Director: Sharon Maguire

Writers: Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer

Stars: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey

Bridget Jones discovers that she is pregnant, but there is one big mystery she must figure out— the identity of her baby's father.

“Snowden” (Wide, Sep 16)

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R, 134 min, Biography, Drama, Thriller

Director: Oliver Stone

Writers: Kieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone

Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo

It is based on the true story of former NSA contractor, Edward Snowden, who leaks a large number of classified documents to the media to expose the U.S. government's covert surveillance activities.

“Wild Oats” (Limited, Sep 16)

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PG-13, 86 min, Action, Comedy, Drama

Director: Andy Tennant

Writers: Gary Kanew, Claudia Myers

Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, Demi Moore

It is the story of Eva (Shirley MacLaine) who receives a life insurance check which was mistakenly made out for $5,000,000.

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