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New this week in Myrtle Beach-area theaters


Olivia DeJonge plays the role of Becca in “The Visit.”
Olivia DeJonge plays the role of Becca in “The Visit.” Universal Pictures via TNS

New this week

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.

Continuing

The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mother’s boyfriend, “the handsomest man in the world,” Monroe Rutherford. R. Starring: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård and Kristen Wiig.

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.

We Are Your Friends | Set in the world of electronic music and Hollywood nightlife, an aspiring 23-year-old DJ named Cole spends his days scheming with his childhood friends and his nights working on the one track that will set the world on fire. R. Starring: Zac Efron, Emily Ratajkowski and Wes Bentley.

American Ultra | A fast-paced action comedy about Mike, a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. R. Starring: Kristen Stewart, Walton Goggins and Topher Grace.

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.

Fantastic Four | A contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. PG-13. Starring: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan and Kate Mara.

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.

Pixels | As kids in the 1980s, Sam Brenner, Will Cooper, Ludlow Lamonsoff and Eddie “The Fire Blaster” Plant saved the world thousands of times – at 25 cents a game in the video arcades. PG-13. Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Michelle Monaghan.

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

Theater Information

▪ Carmike Broadway 16 (Broadway at the Beach), 1175 Celebrity Circle, Myrtle Beach, 445-1616 or carmike.com

▪ Carmike Colonial 12 (Myrtle Beach mall), 10177 N. Kings Highway, North Myrtle Beach, 272-6598 or carmike.com

▪ Carmike Cinema BigD Theater, Broadway at the Beach, Myrtle Beach, 445-1600 or carmike.com

▪ Cinemark at Myrtle Beach (Coastal Grand mall), 2100 Coastal Grand Circle, Myrtle Beach, 839-3225 or cinemark.com

▪ Frank Theatres-Rivertowne Stadium 12, 220 Rivertowne Blvd., Conway, 365-9000 or franktheatres.com

▪ Frank Theatres-Coastal Cinemas 10, 5200 Bridgers Road, Shallotte, N.C., 910-754-7469 or franktheatres.com

▪ Frank Theatres-Inlet 11, 10125 U.S. 17 Bypass, Murrells Inlet, 651-9400 or franktheatres.com

▪ Grand 14 at The Market Common, 4002 Deville St., Myrtle Beach, 282-0550 or www.stonetheatres.com

This story was originally published September 10, 2015 at 7:05 AM with the headline "New this week in Myrtle Beach-area theaters."

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