PREVIEWS Northwest Arkansas

The Bye Bye Man

PG-13 Three college friends discover that there is only one way to avoid the title character's curse: Don't say it, don't think it. Because once the Bye Bye Man gets inside your head, he takes control. With Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount, Cressida Bonas, Doug Jones, Michael Trucco, Faye Dunaway, Jenna Kanell, Erica Tremblay, Marisa Echeverria; directed by Stacy Title. (1 hour, 36 minutes)

Elle

90 R A video game-company CEO (Isabelle Huppert) tries to learn the identity of the man who raped her. With Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Christian Berkel, Judith Magre, Jonas Bloquet; directed by Paul Verhoeven. (2 hours, 10 minutes)

Jackie

89 R Natalie Portman plays Jackie Kennedy, who in the wake of her husband's assassination, must, in the midst of her grief, console their two young children, vacate the home she painstakingly restored and plan her husband's funeral -- and define his legacy. With Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, Richard E. Grant, John Carroll Lynch, Beth Grant; directed by Pablo Larrain. (1 hour, 40 minutes)

Live by Night

81 R The son of a Boston police superintendent, who long ago turned outlaw during the Roaring '20s and Prohibition, crosses a powerful mob boss by stealing his money and his moll. With Ben Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Chris Messina, Elle Fanning, Matthew Maher, Brendan Gleeson, Sienna Miller, Chris Cooper; directed by Affleck. (2 hours, 8 minutes)

Monster Trucks

PG A high school senior (Lucas Till), looking for a way out of his small-town life, builds a monster truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars -- and acquires a monster as a ride-along. With Jane Levy, Rob Lowe, Danny Glover, Barry Pepper, Amy Ryan, Thomas Lennon, Frank Whaley; directed by Chris Wedge. (1 hour, 44 minutes)

Patriots Day

86 R After the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombing, a police sergeant (Mark Wahlberg), an FBI special agent (Kevin Bacon) and the police commissioner (John Goodman) join survivors, first responders and other investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the suspects and bring them to justice. With J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Beach, Christopher O'Shea, Rachel Brosnahan; directed by Peter Berg. (2 hours, 13 minutes)

Silence

86 R The lives of two 17th-century Portuguese missionaries (Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver) on a perilous journey to Japan to find their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) are at risk if they're caught by feudal lords or ruling samurai. With Tadanobu Asano, Ciaran Hinds, Issei Ogata, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Yoshi Oida, Yosuke Kubozuka; directed by Martin Scorsese. (2 hours, 41 minutes)

Sleepless

R Jamie Foxx plays an undercover Las Vegas police officer who, when a failed heist leads to the kidnapping of his teenage son, must race against time during a wild and restless night to save him and bring the criminals to justice. With Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney, David Harbour, T.I. , Gabrielle Union, Scoot McNairy, Octavius J. Johnson; directed by Baran bo Odar. (1 hour, 35 minutes)

MovieStyle on 01/13/2017

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