Arts & Entertainment

Financial giant Arthur Shaw has just been placed under house arrest in his luxury New York City penthouse for cleaning out his investors to the tune of two billion dollars.

Meanwhile, on the complete opposite end of the financial spectrum, Josh Kovacs earns a modest living as the manager of The Tower — the luxurious building where Shaw resides. Upon learning that the building staffers who entrusted Shaw with their retirement funds are about to lose their life savings, and that the thief will likely get off scot-free, Josh convinces a small group of Tower employees and a downtrodden former resident that Shaw has stashed a million-dollar safety net in his penthouse, and that it’s theirs for the taking if they can just slip past security.  Josh as he recruits crafty swindler Slide to help get their money back. Director: Brett Ratner. Cast:Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick. Rated: PG-13. Time: 1:45.

Brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes matches wits with the nefarious Professor Moriarty after uncovering a diabolical plot to destabilize the entire Western world.

A criminal mastermind without a conscience, Moriarty is Holmes’ worst nightmare — a man who uses his incredible intellect for unspeakably evil purposes. When the Crown Prince of Austria dies and Inspector Lestrade rules the death a suicide, Holmes steps back to see the big picture.

But little does Holmes realize that Moriarty is about to commit a crime that will shock the entire world, and that solving it may be the death of him.

Director: Guy Ritchie. Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Jared Harris. Rated: PG-13. Time: 2:09.

The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow in Ireland’s County Cork, in 1983.

Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story of Paco, a young boy without a father who adopts the pilot and convinces the town to build a runway to get him home. Director: Ian Power.  Cast: Kerry Condon, James Cosmo and Demián Bichir. Rated: N/A. Time: 1:41.

A devoted Muslim family man experiences a hilarious identity crisis after discovering that he was adopted at birth, and his real name is Solly Shimshillewitz. Mahmud Nasir is still grieving the recent death of his mother when he finds his birth certificate, and learns he was born to a Jewish mother. In order to embrace his heritage, Mahmud seeks the advice of drunken cab-driver Lenny, whose crash course in Judaism is more quirky than kosher. Director: Josh Appignanesi. Cast: Omid Djalili, Richard Schiff and Archie Panjabi. Time: 1:45.

A married couple find their relationship on life support following the devastating loss of their young child.

The further their relationship deteriorates, the harder the grieving parents fight to keep it alive. Director: John Cameron Mitchell. Cast:Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, Miles Teller, Tammy Blanchard. Rated: PG-13. Time: 1:31.

An American paleontologist and a team of Norwegian scientists fight for their lives against a shape-shifting extraterrestrial that can perfectly mimic any living creature in this prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 horror classic.

Upon receiving word that the Antarctic research team has unearthed an alien craft, paleontologist Kate Lloyd joins the group to explore what secrets the ship might hold. Though by Kate’s estimation the creature inside the spaceship has been dead for centuries, it has actually just been lying dormant in the ice. Perfectly preserved, it has awaited the day when it would finally be freed from its frigid prison. Suddenly revived during a crucial experiment, the malevolent alien begins methodically mimicking each member of the crew undetected. As paranoia among the crew begins to intensify, it’s up to Kate and the crew’s helicopter pilot, Carter, to make sure the extraterrestrial menace is exterminated before it has the opportunity to escape or humanity’s days may be numbered. Director: Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr. Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Rated: R. Time: 1:48.