
John Krasinski is shown in a scene from “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.” (Photo credit: Paramount Pictures)
Opening Friday:
“13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” (R): Michael Bay (“Transformers”) directs this adaptation of Mitchell Zuckoff’s nonfiction book about the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. State Department office in Libya.
“Anomalisa” (R): Charlie Kaufman (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”) and Duke Johnson co-direct this tale, shot in stop-motion animation, about an isolated man who is forced out of his emotional shell.
“Norm of the North” (PG): Rob Schneider and Heather Graham provide the voices for this animated tale of a polar bear that travels to New York City.
“Ride Along 2” (PG-13): Ice Cube and Kevin Hart reunite for the further misadventures of two bickering brothers-in-law.
“Mustang” (PG-13): This French drama about five sisters who are imprisoned in their home by their grandmother is expected to land an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film on Jan. 14
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In stores Tuesday:
“The Martian” (DVD/Blu-ray): Ridley Scott’s box office smash stars Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars.
“Irrational Man” (DVD/Blu-ray): Joaquin Phoenix is a college professor juggling affairs with two women (Emma Stone and Parker Posey) in Woody Allen’s latest exploration of morality.
“The Look of Silence” (DVD/Blu-ray): Director Joshua Oppenheimer’s follow-up to “The Act of Killing” focuses on the survivors of the Indonesian genocide.
“The American Friend” (DVD/Blu-ray): Wim Wenders’ 1977 adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel, about the con artist Tom Ripley’s foray into the art world, gets the Criterion Collection treatment.