The Boss

Michelle Darnell (McCarthy) is an industrial titan, living a life of success, wealth and glamor. When she's sent to prison for insider trading, though, her business empire crumbles away in her absence. When she's finally released, she takes up residence in the apartment of her former assistant, Claire (Bell), and decides to rebrand herself as an all-American sweetheart. Soon enough, she has recruited Claire's daughter (Anderson) and her girl scout troop and turned them into an adorable baked goods sales team, but her former business rival and ex-lover, Renault (Dinklage), doesn't believe the new face that Michelle is presenting to the world.

Director: Ben Falcone. Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage, Ella Anderson, Kathy Bates. 2016. 99 min. Comedy.

Criminal

Computer hacker Jan Stroop (Pitt), who goes by the alias "the Dutchman," has created a computer program that can bypass the safeguards on the world's nuclear arsenals. Realizing the implications of his creation, he panics and betrays his shadowy boss by approaching the CIA with his secret. The agent dispatched to secure him is captured and killed after getting the Dutchman to safety, but before he can tell his superiors where the safe house is located. Now, desperate to find the Dutchman and his computer program, the CIA uses experimental technology to transfer the dead agent's memories into the brain of Jericho Stewart (Costner), a criminal convict. The procedure, however, does not go exactly as planned.

Director: Ariel Vromen. Stars: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Gal Gadot, Michael Pitt. 2016. 113 min. Action.

I Am Wrath

When Stanley's (Travolta) wife is horribly murdered by thugs in a parking garage and the corrupt police officials are unable to find the killers, Stanley decides to take justice into his own hands. He calls up his old friend, Dennis (Meloni), and the pair sets out on a campaign of vengeance, soon uncovering a conspiracy that extends further than either of them ever could have realized.

Director: Chuck Russell. Stars: John Travolta, Christopher Meloni, Amanda Schull, Sam Trammell. 2016. 92 min. Action.