The Girl in the Spider's Web

Vigilante and hacker Lisbeth Salander (Foy) has made it her personal mission to hunt down men who hurt women, but when she takes a job to retrieve a computer program capable of accessing all of the world's nuclear codes, she finds that she may have bitten off more than she can chew. After a group of mercenaries steals the program from her, she contacts her former lover, Mikael (Gudnason), for help. He identifies her assailants as members of a crime syndicate called "The Spiders," which has a disturbing connection to Lisbeth's long-buried past.

Director: Fede Alvarez. Stars: Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, Lakeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Claes Bang. 2018. 117 min. Action.

The Grinch

Every Who in Whoville loves Christmas, but the green, furry Grinch (Cumberbatch), who lives in a nearby mountaintop cave, does not. The bitter creature devises a plan to steal Christmas, and on Christmas Eve he disguises himself as Santa Claus and sets out to rob every home in Whoville, stealing all of the presents. When he falls into the trap that the young Cindy Lou Who (Seely) has set to capture the real Santa, he begins to learn the true meaning of Christmas, and she teaches him that there's more to the holiday than just gifts.

Directors: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier. Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones, Pharrell Williams, Kenan Thompson, Angela Lansbury. 2018. 86 min. Animation.

The Sisters Brothers

Brothers Eli (Reilly) and Charlie (Phoenix) Sisters are hitmen in the Wild West working for the mysterious Commodore (Hauer), who sends them to track down a man who stole something from him. After tracking their target to California, they discover that, rather than having stolen from the Commodore, he instead has an exciting new invention that could make the Commodore a lot of money, forcing the Sisters brothers to choose between staying loyal to their employer and joining their target to strike it rich.

Director: Jacques Audiard. Stars: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rutger Hauer, Rebecca Root. 2018. 121 min. Adventure.