New this week in Myrtle Beach-area theaters

New this week

Ride Along 2 | Ben and James venture to Miami to work on a case that involves a mysterious and dashing figure named Serge Pope. PG-13. Starring: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart and Tika Sumpter.

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | The gripping true story of six elite ex-military operators assigned to protect the CIA who fought back against overwhelming odds when terrorists attacked a U.S. diplomatic compound on September 11, 2012. R. Starring: Pablo Schreiber, John Krasinski and Max Martini.

Norm of the North | A polar bear of many words, Norm's greatest gripe is simple: there is no room for tourists in the Arctic. PG. Starring: Rob Schneider, Heather Graham and Ken Jeong.

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The Danish Girl | The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. R. Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Amber Heard and Alicia Vikander.

Carol | A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. R. Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and Sarah Paulson.

The Revenant | In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. R. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and Will Poulter.

The Forest | Rising at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan, the legendary real-life Aokigahara Forest is the suspense-filled setting of this supernatural thriller. A young American woman, Sara, journeys there in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared. In the company of expatriate Aiden, PG-13. Starring: Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney and Yukiyoshi Ozawa.

The Masked Saint | The journey of a professional wrestler who becomes a small town pastor and moonlights as a masked vigilante fighting injustice. PG-13. Starring: Brett Granstaff, Lara Jean Chorostecki and T.J. McGibbon.

The Hateful Eight | Bounty hunter John Ruth and his dangerous prisoner Daisy Domergue encounter a treacherous blizzard en route to her sentencing in Wyoming. R. Starring: Kurt Russell, Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Point Break | A young FBI agent, Johnny Utah, infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes - led by the charismatic Bodhi. PG-13. Starring: Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey and Teresa Palmer.

Joy | This is a story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. PG-13. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper.

Concussion | Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a sports-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. PG-13. Starring: Will Smith, Bitsie Tulloch and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

Daddy's Home | A mild-mannered radio executive strives to become the best stepdad to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids. PG-13. Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg and Linda Cardellini.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens | In this continuation, balance returns to the Force as the First Order, emerging from the ashes of the Empire, clashes with the Resistance, which includes scrappy newcomers as well as heroes from the former Rebel Alliance. PG-13. Starring: John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Oscar Isaac.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in New York City... and dump them. PG. Starring: Jason Lee, Tony Hale and Kimberly Williams-Paisley.

Sisters | Two disconnected sisters are summoned home to clean out their childhood bedroom before their parents sell the family house. Looking to recapture their glory days, they throw one final high-school-style party for their classmates. R. Starring: Tina Fey, Madison Davenport and Amy Poehler.

The Big Short | When four outsiders saw what the big banks, media and government refused to, the global collapse of the economy, they had an idea: The Big Short. R. Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Carrell and Ryan Gosling.

The Good Dinosaur | What if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? PG. Starring: Lucas Neff, John Lithgow and Frances McDormand.

Creed | Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavy weight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa. PG-13. Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, and Tessa Thompson.

Spotlight | This film tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious "Spotlight" team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church. R. Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, and Rachel McAdams.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. PG-13. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth.

Compiled by Lisa Urban, lurban@thesunnews

This story was originally published January 14, 2016 at 9:32 AM with the headline "New this week in Myrtle Beach-area theaters."