Coming to Theaters Near You: 'Suffragette,' 'Burnt,' 'Our Brand Is Crisis' and More

– By Beau Behan, Film Critic

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

“Burnt”

“Our Brand Is Crisis”

“Room”

“Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse”

“Suffragette”

“Truth”

“Room” (Limited, Oct. 30; Nationwide, Nov. 6)

WATCH the above movie review, and find out why “ Room ” is majestic, and that Brie Larson and Jack Tremblay both deserve Oscar nominations for their stellar performances.

R, 118 min, Drama

Director: Lenny Abrahamson

Writers: Emma Donoghue (novel and screenplay)

Stars: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H. Macy

A film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel of the same title by Emma Donoghue, “Room” is a riveting emotional journey.

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson (“Frank”), the psychological drama stars Brie Larson (“Short Term 12”) as Joy and Jacob Tremblay as her five-year-old son— both locked in a 10-by-10-foot “Room.”

“Burnt” (Nationwide, Oct. 30)

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R, 100 min, Comedy, Drama

Director: John Wells

Writers: Steve Knight (screenplay), Michael Kalenisko (story)

Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Bruhl

Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) had it all - and lost it. A two-star Michelin rockstar with the bad habits to match, the former enfant terrible of the Paris restaurant scene did everything different every time out, and only ever cared about the thrill of creating explosions of taste. To land his own kitchen and that third elusive Michelin star though, he’ll need the best of the best on his side, including the beautiful Helene (Sienna Miller). This remarkably funny and emotional story is about the love of food, the love between two people, and the power of second chances. – Weinstein

“Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” (Limited, Oct. 30)

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R, 93 min, Comedy, Horror

Director: Christopher Landon

Writer: Emi Mochizuki, Carrie Lee Wilson

Stars: Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan

Three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world’s most unlikely team of heroes. When their peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, they’ll fight for the badge of a lifetime and put their scouting skills to the test to save mankind from the undead. – Paramount Pictures

“Our Brand Is Crisis” (Nationwide, Oct. 30)

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R, 107 min, Comedy, Drama

Director: David Gordon Green

Writers: Peter Straughan (screenplay), Rachel Boynton (documentary)

Stars: Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton

A Bolivian presidential candidate failing badly in the polls enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still brilliant strategist “Calamity” Jane Bodine (Bullock). In self-imposed retirement following a scandal that earned her nickname and rocked her to her core, Jane is coaxed back into the game for the chance to beat her professional nemesis, the loathsome Pat Candy (Thornton), now coaching the opposition. – Warner Bros. Pictures

“Suffragette” (Limited, Oct. 30; Nationwide, Nov. 20)

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PG-13, 106 min, Drama, History

Director: Sarah Gavron

Writer: Abi Morgan

Stars: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham, Meryl Streep

A drama that tracks the story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. These women were not primarily from the genteel educated classes, they were working women who had seen peaceful protest achieve nothing. Radicalized and turning to violence as the only route to change, they were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality - their jobs, their homes, their children and their lives. Maud was one such foot soldier. The story of her fight for dignity is as gripping and visceral as any thriller; it is also heart-breaking and inspirational. – Focus Features

“Truth” (Nationwide, Oct. 30)

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R, 121 min, Biography, Drama

Director: James Vanderbilt

Writers: James Vanderbilt (screenplay), Mary Mapes (book)

Stars: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid

On the morning of September 9, 2004, veteran CBS News producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) believed she had every reason to feel proud of a broadcast journalism job well done. By the end of the day, Mapes, CBS News, and the venerable CBS News anchor Dan Rather (Robert Redford) would be under harsh scrutiny. – Sony Pictures Classics

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