Coming to Theaters Near You: 'Race,' 'Risen,' 'The Witch,' and More

By Beau Behan, Film Critic:

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

“Forsaken”

“Race”

“Risen”

“The Witch”

“Touched With Fire”

And here’s what they’re all about.

“Forsaken” (Limited, Feb. 19)

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R, 90 min, Drama, Western

Director: Jon Cassar

Writer: Brad Mirman,

Stars: Demi Moore, Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland

In 1872, John Henry Clayton (Kiefer Sutherland) retires as a gunfighter and returns to his hometown of Fowler, Wyoming in hope of repairing his relationship with his estranged father, Reverend Clayton (Donald Sutherland). However, he soon learns that the town is in turmoil, as the railroad will be coming through the area and a criminal gang is terrorizing ranchers who refuse to sell their land. John Henry is the only one who can stop them, but his father does not want his son to return to a life of violence. – Minds Eye Entertainment

“Race” (Limited, Feb. 19)

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PG-13, 134 min, Biography, Drama, Sport

Director: Stephen Hopkins

Writers: Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse

Stars: Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Eli Goree

“Race” is based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy. – Focus

“Risen” (Nationwide, Feb. 19)

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PG-13, 107 min, Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Kevin Reynolds

Writers: Kevin Reynolds, Paul Aeillo

Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth

The first forty days after the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is told through the eyes of an agnostic Roman Centurion charged by Pontius Pilate to investigate rumors of a risen Jewish Messiah and locate the missing deceased body of Jesus of Nazareth in order to subdue an imminent uprising in Jerusalem. – Sony Pictures

“The Witch” (Nationwide, Feb. 19)

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R, 90 min, Horror

Director: Robert Eggers

Writer: Robert Eggers

Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie

In this exquisitely made and terrifying new horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of one family’s frightful unraveling in the New England wilderness circa 1630. – A24

“Touched With Fire” (Nationwide, Feb. 19)

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R, 110 min, Drama, Romance

Director: Paul Dalio

Writer: Paul Dalio

Stars: Katie Holmes, Luke Kirby, Christine Lahti

When two poets with bipolar disorder meet in a treatment facility, their chemistry is instant and intense driving each other’s mania to new heights. They pursue their passion which breaks outside the bounds of sanity, swinging them from fantastical highs to tormented lows until they ultimately must choose between sanity and love. – Roadside Attractions

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