New this week in Myrtle Beach-area theaters

New this week

Sinister 2 | Courtney and her twin boys, Zach and Dylan, have moved into a seemingly idyllic secluded old house in an attempt to start a new life. R. Starring: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, and Lea Coco.

Minions | The story of Minions begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. PG. Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm and Pierre Coffin.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | In this next chapter of the epic "Maze Runner" saga, Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. PG-13. Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.

Black Mass | In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly persuades Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. R. Starring: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Captive | A thrilling drama about the spiritual collision of two broken lives. PG-13. Starring: David Oyelowo, Kate Mara and Michael Kenneth Williams.

Grandma | Elle who has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when [her] granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing 600 bucks before sundown. R. Starring: Lilly Tomlin, Julia Garner and Marcia Gay Harden.

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The Visit | A single mother sends her two young children to visit their grandparents on a remote Pennsylvania farm for a week-long trip, but the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in deeply disturbing activity, and the youngsters’ chances of getting back home look less and less likely with every minute that passes. PG-13. Starring: Olivia DeJonge, Kathryn Hahn and Ed Oxenbould.

90 Minutes in Heaven | Don Piper died Jan. 18, 1989, when a semi-tractor truck crushed his car. Declared dead by the first rescue workers to arrive on the scene, Don’s body lay under a tarp for the next 90 minutes. Don’s soul, meanwhile, was experiencing love, joy and life like he’d never known before. Don was in heaven. When another pastor’s prayers helped bring Don back to life, he became a living miracle. PG-13. Starring: Hayden Christensen and Kate Bosworth.

The Perfect Guy | After a painful breakup, successful lobbyist Leah Vaughn jumps into a passionate relationship with a charming stranger. When her ex-boyfriend resurfaces in her life she has to figure out who she should trust and who she should fear. PG-13. Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy and Morris Chestnut.

The Transporter Refueled | Frank Martin, a former special-ops mercenary, is now living a less perilous life - or so he thinks - transporting classified packages for questionable people. PG-13. Starring: Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson and Loan Chabanol.

A Walk in the Woods | This road trip comedy is about an aging travel writer who decides to hike the 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail, accompanied by a long estranged high school buddy he’s been avoiding for years. R. Starring: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte and Kristen Schaal.

No Escape | Jack is a man desperate to protect his family in this intense, fast-paced action thriller that will leave you breathless. R. Starring: Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan and Owen Wilson.

War Room | Tony and Elizabeth Jordan have it all - great jobs, a beautiful daughter and their dream house. But appearances can be deceiving. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan’s world is actually crumbling under the strain of a failing marriage. PG. Starring: Meg Crosbie, Ben Davies and T.C. Stallings.

Hitman: Agent 47 | The film centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. R. Starring: Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto and Ciarán Hinds.

Straight Outta Compton | In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, Calif., were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. R. Starring: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin are forced to put aside longstanding hostilities and team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization that is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. PG-13. Starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer and Hugh Grant.

The Gift | Can you really go through life having never wronged anyone? Even if you are unaware of how, or when, and even who you may have wronged ... chances are there is someone out there who won’t ever forget it ... or you. R. Starring: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall and Joel Edgerton.

Vacation | The next generation of Griswolds is at it again. Following in his father’s footsteps and hoping for some much-needed family bonding, a grown-up Rusty surprises his wife, Debbie, and their two sons with a cross-country trip back to America’s “favorite family fun park,” Walley World. R. Starring: Ed Helms, Christina Applegate and Leslie Mann.

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation | Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating The Syndicate – an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF. PG-13. Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg.

Southpaw | Billy Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife, an adorable daughter and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a rundown local gym: Tick Willis, a retired fighter and trainer to the city’s toughest amateur boxers. R. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams and Rita Ora.

Ant-Man | Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. PG-13. Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Hayley Atwell.

Trainwreck | Since she was a little girl, it’s been drilled into Amy’s head by her rascal of a dad that monogamy isn’t realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo - enjoying what she feels is an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment - but in actuality, she’s kind of in a rut. R. Starring: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader and Brie Larson.

Inside Out | Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. PG. Starring: Amy Poehler.

Jurassic World | Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series. PG-13. Starring: Chris Pratt.

Compiled by Lisa Urban, lurban@thesunnews

This story was originally published September 17, 2015 at 1:13 PM with the headline "New this week in Myrtle Beach-area theaters."